Wer (2013)

A defense attorney begins to suspect that there might be more to her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, than meets the eye.

Director:

William Brent Bell

Writers:

William Brent Bell (screenplay), Matthew Peterman (screenplay)

Stars:

A.J. Cook, Sebastian Roché, Stephanie Lemelin

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
A.J. Cook	...	Kate Moore
Sebastian Roché	...	Klaus Pistor
Stephanie Lemelin	...	Claire Porter
Vik Sahay	...	Eric Sarin
Oaklee Pendergast	...	Peter Porter
Simon Quarterman	...	Gavin Flemyng
Brian Johnson	...	Henry Porter
Sarah-Jane Mee	...	News Presenter
Corneliu Ulici	...	Police Officer
Brian Scott O'Connor	...	Talan Gwynek
Constantin Florescu	...	French Farmer #1
Ozana Oancea	...	German Woman
Alexandra Pirici	...	German Reporter
Camelia Maxim	...	Mrs. Gwynek
Ionut Grama	...	American Reporter

Storyline

In France, the Porter family is slaughtered while camping in the woods and only Claire Porter survives seriously wounded. She reports that her husband Henry and her son Peter have been eaten alive by a strong man. The eremite Talan Gwynek that lives in the woods with his mother is arrested by the police accused of being the killer. The defense attorney Kate Moore is assigned to defend Talan and she comes to the police station with her investigator Eric Sarin and the animal expert Gavin Flemyng to interview Talan. The unwilling police inspector Klaus Pistor is sure that Talan is the murderer but has to let Kate and her team work. There is turmoil in the precinct and Gavin is scratched by Talan. Then they visit Talan's mother Mrs. Gwynek and they learn that Talan has a rare disease. Further, the government wants her lands to dispose nuclear waste and her husband has recently died in car accident. Soon Eric discloses that the death of Mr. Gwynek was suspicious and Pistor was in charge of...

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural power | murder | fourth of july | written by director | subjective camera | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence, gruesome images and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

19 August 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Inhumano: La leyenda renace

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company Credits

Production Co:

FilmDistrict, Incentive Filmed Entertainment, Prototype

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vic Sahay initially debated whether or not to take the role of Eric Sarin due to a busy schedule, but ultimately decided to join because the character and the movie's world "were just too interesting to walk away from".

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Goofs

After the Initial Interview between the accused his solicitor, we then cut to the scene In the car. The guy who says his glasses were knocked off must have been mistaken, as they never get so much as moved during the scuffle.

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Connections

References Planet of the Apes (1968)

User Reviews

Bringing back the vicious nature of a Werewolf

Since Twilight Werewolves, along with Vampires, were made a joke of. Timid and caring instead of the old fashioned rip-them-to-pieces killing machines. Fortunately "Wer" understands the true value of a Werewolf and will have fans of the sub genre rejoicing! The biggest plus is the vicious nature the film has and a solid build up with a mythology behind the main villain. I liked the way the mysterious Werewolf unfolded and it promised to a thrilling climax. Unfortunately, even though the pay off is incredibly violent, the movie starts getting a bit silly and loses all the control that the first half had. Mixing it with some pretty ordinary CGI effects, the second half is nowhere near as polished as the first, which ultimately hurts it, but thankfully there is enough to like about "Wer" to make it a recommended film!