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

The last film ever to screen at The Empire Leicester square screen 1 as part of Fright Fest before it's conversion to IMAX screens.

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Goofs

At the end, Micki is looking for a cell phone to call his colleagues, so he takes a bike and goes down the hill, until he meets the horseman. But Yoram, who is sleeping, has a cell phone.. If he had used that phone, the whole end could have been changed.

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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

Spoofed in Eretz Nehederet: Episode #11.8 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Everyday
Written by Buddy Holly (aka Charles Hardin Holly) and Norman Petty
Performed by Buddy Holly

User Reviews

Funny, witty, interesting, captivating...

It sounds like a comedy, and certainly, the way the movie plays undermines the seriousness of the subject, (no spoilers here!) but that is okay, because not always do things have to be so gritty, dark and brutal.

In a way, "Big Bad Wolves" is the antithesis of "Prisoners" (2013), and this is not a bad thing, because "Big Bad Wolves" does not toy with our emotions, anger or despair, but with our curiosity, with our doubts, all the way to the final scene that fades into the elegance of irony and what we already knew.

The acting and the atmosphere creates what I crave most in a film, and this is: unpredictability; who really did it?, why?, where? These questions became irrelevant, because we are just in it for the ride that provides a good movie like this.