Big Bad Wolves (2013)

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the ... See full summary »

Directors:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Writers:

Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado

Stars:

Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad

16 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tzahi Grad	...	Gidi
Lior Ashkenazi	...	Micki
Rotem Keinan	...	Dror
Doval'e Glickman	...	Yoram (as Dov Glickman)
Menashe Noy	...	Rami
Dvir Benedek	...	Tsvika
Nati Kluger	...	Eti
Kais Nashif	...	Stranger on a Horse
Ami Weinberg	...	Principal Meir
Guy Adler	...	Eli
Arthur Perry	...	Ofer
Gur Bentwich	...	Shauli
Yuval Nadborany	...	Arik
Alisa Vaisburd	...	School Girl
Guy Shefa Pesso	...	School Boy

Storyline

A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings - a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder.

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Plot Keywords:

satire | burned with a blow torch | palestine | arab | teacher | 

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Taglines:

Some men are created evil.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

Israel

Language:

Hebrew Arabic

Release Date:

15 August 2013 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Big Bad Wolves: Στο στόμα των λύκων

Filming Locations:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,887, 17 January 2014, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$33,232, 27 March 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

United Channel Movies, United King Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the best films of 2013 in Quentin Tarantino's opinion.

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Goofs

While Micki is tied to the pole, his hands can reach to his gag but he never tries to ungag himself.

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Quotes

Gidi: Don't you want to discuss the strategy?
Micki: Strategy?
Gidi: You know... good cop, bad cop?
Micki: There's no room for good cops.
Gidi: No problem. Bad cop, bad cop.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are bilingual English and Hebrew.

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Connections

References Fisfusim (1991)

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Soundtracks

The Missing Girl and Epilogue
(uncredited)
Written by Haim Frank Ilfman (as Frank Ilfman)

User Reviews

Highly entertaining

So Quentin Tarantino had this one on his top ten flicks of 2013. I don't know why I thought this was going to be a horror movie, maybe it was because of the tittle, but it does have some frighting elements in it.

Three men from three different walks of life, all of which are bad fathers. The movie centers around one bad father whose child is raped and murdered supposedly by one of the other bad fathers, and when the cops, lead by another bad father, failed to bring this man to justice even by any means necessary, he takes matters into his own hands.

It was a well crafted psychological thriller about what a father would do to seek vengeance for the crimes committed against their children based upon his own guilt of not being there for them. The movie was very low key and had the viewer use their imagination for a lot of what could have been the horror parts.

What surprised me most was how this slow film was such a roller coaster ride as they keep the viewers trying to figure out if the protagonist was doing the right thing to the right man to get vengeance.

Tarantino was right about this one.