Wolves (2014)

A boy is trying to find out about his family history and stumbles upon a town of lycans.

Director:

David Hayter

Writer:

David Hayter

Stars:

Lucas Till, Stephen McHattie, John Pyper-Ferguson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lucas Till	...	Cayden Richards
Stephen McHattie	...	John Tollerman
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Wild Joe
Merritt Patterson	...	Angelina Timmins
Jason Momoa	...	Connor
Janet-Laine Green	...	Clara Tollerman
Melanie Scrofano	...	Gail Timmins
Adam Butcher	...	Deke
Philip Maurice Hayes	...	Kino
Brandon McGibbon	...	Carter
Miriam McDonald	...	Haley
Stephen Sparks	...	Dean Richards
Jennifer Hale	...	Janice Richards
Kaitlyn Leeb	...	Lisa Stewart
Daniel Kelly	...	Brad Lewis

Storyline

The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders, lost, without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe, who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge, to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?

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Plot Keywords:

murder | female nudity | werewolf | dead woman on a bed | frame up | 

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Taglines:

Unleash the beast

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody violence throughout, and some sexuality

Details

Country:

France Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 August 2014 (Belarus)

Also Known As:

Farkasok

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$12,139

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$491,154

Company Credits

Production Co:

TF1 International, Copperheart Entertainment, Téléfilm Canada

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director and writer David Hayter came up with the idea of the film after turning down similar projects. His script was originally titled "Slaughter's Road".

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Goofs

When Cayden gets hit in mid air playing football he hits the ground and fumbles the ball. You can see the ball bouncing off in the background. When the camera switches angles you can now see Cayden has the football in his hands.

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Quotes

Cayden Richards: Wolves don't terrorize towns, or kidnap innocents, or brutalize women!

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Connections

References Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010)

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Soundtracks

You Rascal You
(aka "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You")
Written by Spo-De-Odee (as Sam Theard)
Performed by Hanni El Khatib
Published by EMI Mills Music Inc. (BMI) / EMI Blackwood Music (Canada) Inc. (SOCAN)
Courtesy of Die Alone Records
(C) 2011 Innovative Leisure
All rights reserved Used by permission.

User Reviews

Highly Entertaining Adventure

The teenager Cayden Richards (Lucas Till) lives in a small town with his parents Dean Richards (Stephen Sparks) and Janice Richards (Jennifer Hale) and is having violent nightmares. He is the quarterback of the local football team and his girlfriend Lisa Stewart (Kaitlyn Leeb) is a cheerleader. After a game, Lisa decides to have sex with Cayden for the first time in the car. However he transforms into a monster and she flees from him. He goes home and finds his parents murdered. He leaves town hitchhiking while he is wanted by the police and he learns that his parents were actually stepparents.

Cayden decides to find his origins and helps a prostitute at a truck stop that is assaulted by two men. Then he steals the motorcycle of one of the men and later he stops at a bar where he meets the weird Wild Joe (John Pyper-Ferguson). The stranger identifies that Cayden is a wolf and gives the direction to Lupine Ridge. Cayden arrives in a bar owned by the teenagers Angelina "Angel" Timmins (Merritt Patterson) and Gail Timmins (Melanie Scrofano) and he asks for a job, telling that his name is Danny. However he is not welcomed by the locals and he leaves the bar. But a man called John Tollerman (Stephen McHattie) hires him to work in his farm where he lives with his wife Clara Tollerman (Janet- Laine Green). Soon Cayden learns that John is his uncle and his mother was raped by the local leader Connor (Jason Momoa). He also finds that he is a pure town wolf together with John, Angeline, Gail and two other inhabitants. Connor is also pure, but has formed a pack of impure wolves and has a pact with the inhabitants to leave them in peace. But he is getting old and wants to have a baby with Angelina as part of the deal. But the problem is, Cayden and Angelina has fallen in love for each other and Cayden intends to stop Connor.

"Wolves" is an entertaining adventure underrated in IMDb maybe because it is indicating the horror genre, frustrating the fans of this genre. The plot is predictable but the characters are charismatic; Lucas Till and Merritt Patterson have a great chemistry; and the special effects and fight choreography are excellent. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Lobos" ("Wolves")