Wolf Hound (2022) User Reviews

Some good, some bad

[trinaboice · 5/10 · 12 June 2022]

IN A NUTSHELL: Inspired by the real-life German special operations unit KG 200 that shot down, repaired, and flew Allied aircraft as Trojan horses, "Wolf Hound" takes place in 1944 German-occupied France and follows the daring exploits of Jewish-American fighter pilot Captain David Holden. Ambushed behind enemy lines, Holden must rescue a captured B-17 Flying Fortress crew, evade a ruthless enemy stalking him at every turn, and foil a plot that could completely alter the outcome of World War II.

THINGS I LIKED: There are some beautiful aerial shots and impressive cinematography. The first 25 minutes are exciting aerial acrobatics in the sky over German-occupied France.

Real WWII Period Aircraft featured in this film include a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, North American P-51 Mustang fighters, Supermarine Spitfire fighter, Hawker Hurricane fighter, North American B-25 Mitchell bomber, and Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME 109) fighter. Not a single computer-generated plane is in the movie! That's impressive!

For aircraft destruction/explosion shots, detailed scale models were filmed and then further enhanced with Visual Effects, but no shot is 100% computer-generated.

To film the skydiving sequences after two weeks of prep, Luke Aikins and Skydiving Double Andy Farrington performed a total of 14 jumps with customized parachute rigs on their helmets in 2 shooting days for the film.

The handsome and buff cast members include James Maslow, Trevor Donovan, John Turk, Michael Wayne Foster, John Wells, Taylor Novak, Michael Parrish, Brian Heintz, and more.

THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE: The plot is kind of silly with basically one American defeating a ton of Nazis and saving the day. The movie is said to be based on a true story, but I don't know enough about the actual history of these events to know how accurate the movie is.

The most compelling moments of the film are when we're up in the air with the dogfights.

It's pretty cliched and extremely melodramatic.

Some bad editing moments.

The movie is simply too long for what it offers.

Some of the accents aren't very good.

One-note characters with very clunky dialogue. Most of the dialogue is grumbled through clenched teeth.

Some of the action sequences and shoot-outs aren't very good. For example, the Nazis conveniently jump out to attack the Americans one at a time.

There are some really dumb lines like, "Oh man, this does not look good! What are we going to do?" Another line that is spoken quite a number of times is, "No, no, no!" The blood on people looks really fake.

TIPS FOR PARENTS: Explosions and destruction Bloody deaths with a high dead body count Some German is spoken without subtitles.

Torture is seen and heard.

THEMES: Persistence Patriotism Revenge WWII Jews and faith War

YouTube channel.

Cliché-packed silliness

[imdb-2920 · 4/10 · 10 July 2022]

Wolf hound? You'll be the one howling with laughter at this thing. Come for the gigantic brass star of David pendants apparently all Jewish flight crew were issued. Stay for the big plastic swastika flag melting.

This flick ticks all the cliché boxes: We've got a creepy scientist who looks like a cross between the Nazi from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Gollum. We've got the now-obligatory Black soldier(s) and French resistance woman. We've got a guy yelling "nooo" when someone gets shot in slow motion, with the surrounding firefight thoughtfully remaining silent for a minute so dying guy can say his last words. We've got a big musclebound Nazi who strips down to his wifebeater for the big fight scene. We've got a guy saying "This ends now" and "Let's finish this."

We've got so much modern language going on ("brainstorm"? Really?), that you expect the evil commandant to bust out a "Hashtag Jews be bad, yo."

Four stars for the story managing to hold together and for the effort the Nazi officers put into sucking in their cheeks to have cheekbones.

As long as expectations are set low or if you want to burn some time. it works

[hugo-211 · 3/10 · 29 July 2022]

Simply don't set any expectations and you'll make it through. It's a bit tough to chew on, but it's edible. The cover of the movie is perhaps the key feature. The actors do what they need to do to get paid and meh they pumped out a film.

Visually beautiful, but a bad movie.

[jcktqsw · 4 August 2022]

The aircraft scenes are absolutely gorgeous because they used actual airplanes for them, however the rest of the movie sucks. Bad cgi bullets, things that make no sense, and an obvious push for woman power, etc.

You will be disappointed!

[kenm-28793 · 2/10 · 4 June 2022]

Reminds me of the old spaghetti westerns, low budget , terrible acting , doesn't live up to the hype it was given! Would view this more as a comedy then an action movie . Movie says it was based on real events ....really?? But don't take my word for it , if you have 2 hours to waste please watch this movie and see for yourself!

Very Very Bad movie

[tomfarrell2004 · 1/10 · 13 October 2022]

The script for this movie is totally ridiculous. I did not serve in combat during WWII, did serve in the Marines in Vietnam. I laughed through the first 15 minutes of the movie. No professional military person, whether he was in the Army, Navy, Marines or Army Air Corp would have acted as these people did. Totally unbelievable. They found a suitable bunch of actors to match the quality of the script. Some of them would never have made the cut in most of the high school plays I've seen. I've seldom heard worst German accents than these people had. If you have to kill 2 hours of time, don't spend it watching this terrible movie. Hit your thumb with a hammer. It will be less painful.

Disappointed

[jlc-34357 · 2/10 · 4 June 2022]

Cool aircraft, so so acting & a stupid story line make for a movie I wish I'd not paid money to see. A Bf 109 can't out maneuver a B 25?? Some really hard to believe sequences in this movie.

Donovan and Maslow

[hampersnow-41369 · 1/10 · 14 June 2022]

I have to admit I only sat down to watch this to see James Maslow and Trevor Donovan as both seemed completely miscast for this type of film. They were, and I lasted about 15 minutes before turning it off. The opening sequence, with 5 fighter planes, could have been exciting, but it was so choppily filmed and edited I had no idea who was in what plane or what was even going on. I was both bored and then horrified by the bad acting. No sense or feeling at all that this was supposed to be taking place in 1944. Not entertaining.

not recommended

[mzunah · 1/10 · 4 June 2022]

Bad movie and not worth watching Don't waste two hours of your life watching it I don't recommend it at all It doesn't deserve even half its star Bad acting and directing.

Missed Opportunity

[asolomon-46191 · 4/10 · 5 June 2022]

Bad acting! These two words describe the movie in toto. The plot and storyline was good and I think it would have turned out to be a good movie only if the acting and dialogue was better.

It's OK......a bit boring

[deafo · 3/10 · 3 June 2022]

The acting, the timing and direction are poor. Most of the action effects were probably made from home by using Adobe After Effects. Lots of silly moves that are unrealistic. This this movie is ok for the kids.

Don't miss this movie!

[rozapinky · 8/10 · 5 June 2022]

Pretty solid film, no matter the duration. Definitely one of the better ones in this category. If obvious technical omissions are ignored, well spent two hours. T. Donovan stands out from the cast. I'm surprised he was able to play a role like this and he did it more than great.

No Top Gun, but...

[umax1200 · 6/10 · 7 June 2022]

This movie is better than the rating it received so far.

Yeah, some of the actors are a bit over the top, but the the combat sequences are good enough to keep you watching.

Also, if you are into WWII era warplanes, this is a good watch.

Just plain awful

[joerickels · 1/10 · 8 June 2022]

Wow. The cheesy acting, ridiculous one liners, and over the top stereotypes. What a colossal waste of time and money. Save yourself two hours and just dont.

This one is right up there with Oh and Dear!!!

[5eriously · 1/10 · 8 June 2022]

Oh Dear, what a terrible movie, to sum up the stupidity in one scene our hero bails out of an P51, and lands safely. Then proceeds to strip down to a snow white singlet and run around the forest like Rambo. Who in their right mind would give up camouflage whilst behind enemy lines?

In the next scene our hero fights off an Nazi who looses their pistol which lands at his feet, so while the Nazi is out of reach of the pistol and lying on the ground, instead of picking up the pistol and - well I don't know - shoot the Nazi the hero runs off and the Nazi then gets to his feet picks up his dropped pistol and fires at our hero!

This sums up the entire film, what a waste of time, don't bother you have been warned.

Some big holes in the story!

[loeikat · 3/10 · 5 June 2022]

It doesn't make sense so many times, that it becomes infuriating. From the illogical combats, to people changing language when it helps the writer, and predictable moves... I mean, if you can watch this movie to the end, you certainly are the hero, here!

If you are into warplanes - consider it a bad comedy.

[xmhunter · 1/10 · 5 June 2022]

Honestly I don't know who might like it. It's terrible. Cast, acting, plot, it's all bad.

Now if you are into a warplanes, and you think this might be a movie for you - it is not. Don't watch it. Following is for people who are into war planes:

Yes, there a beautiful P-51s, B-17, Spitfire, Hurricane, B-25 and BF109. But don't watch this, just Google some clips with this part of this movie. Cause you can probably forgove the P-51s hollywood-exploding mid-air, or the torturously unrealistic and stupid dogfighting, but the in the end, you will watch B-25 dogfighting a BF-109, and it will get on BFs tail, by diving low to the water, scaring BF off, and then getting on its tail. And that's after shaking BF of its tail and going in head to head. And yes, pilot picks B-25, to chase and shoot down B-17, cause... it is just ridiculous.

Good grief- so bat that I don't know where to start

[olaf-meys · 1/10 · 27 June 2022]

The only really good bits of the movie are the aerial sequences. The film showing the aircraft in flight (and even a few of the parked shots) is well-done and shows off the aircraft beautifully.

There are even a few bits with vehicles that are beautifully restored.

The script, however, is a mess. "Inspired by true events" is a get out of jail card for any total mess that excuses wannabe action movie makers. If you have access to all that gorgeous hardware, why not make sure your story is even vaguely plausible?

Two of the most obvious and glaring errors are the never-emptying magazines/don't need to work the bolt rifle and mismatched uniforms and slovenly dress and bearing for what is supposed to be an elite unit. Add to this terrible German accents that are so thick you can cut planks with them, and inconsistent, at that. Oh, and stereotypes galore in the characters.

The mish-mash of aircraft, uniforms and equipment is apallingly wrong, as is the very idea of transport drivers being held for any length of time in the same impromptu prison facility as a group of pilots from an aeroplane that's just been forced to land and appears repaired within hours? And don't even get me started on a pilot being a better infantryman than the entire cast of Saving Private Ryan put together, and taking on an entire squad in both a shooting match and hand-to-hand combat.

Oh, and what about a flimsy car (Kübelwagen) being bullet-proof and protecting an entire crew from being hit by a barrage of small-arms fire? Barrels of fuel being piled haphazardly in and around a hangar, and exploding on demand when shot, but not when a grenade goes off near them? Masses of soldiers firing at a concentrated group but not hitting ANYTHING, while that group manages to hit with just about every shot using unfamiliar weapons? I could go on, but what's the point?

Frankly, if I'd known exactly how terrible it is, I wouldn't have watched it. My suggestion? IF you're a plane-nut, have the movie on in the background, watch the aerial footage (but mostly ignore the combat), and forward past the rest.

Calling this movie stupid, would be a compliment!

[blackhawks-67239 · 22 August 2022]

In the 60's, I read many biographies and autobiographies of pilots and soldiers. At the time they were in their late 40's to mid 50's.

Anyone who knows ANYTHING about WWII aircraft, air combat, and tactics knows that this movie is PUTRID.

The high ratings come from those who must be both very young, and ignorant.

The usual US armed forces boring story

[mohammed-alhadidy · 1/10 · 4 June 2022]

A very boring movie with poor acting. No storyline, cheap drama, and expected events. I've wasted 2 hours of my weekend on this and I totally regret it. Ok we know US and UK won the war, but this doesn't mean that a one US soldier can kill dozens of German ones without getting a scratch! Come on, don't be cheap movie makers.

It's really really bad..

[keithmcguinness-01564 · 1/10 · 3 July 2022]

The movie is so unbelievable when you are watching it you are scratching your head going who the hell made it... It's stupid, the soldiers dodge bullets with impunity and can litterally stand up in the face of machine guns, tanks, being outnumbered 20 to 1 and absorb all the bullets hiding behind a wooden cart or a motorbike yet they can't get shot.. but can effectively wipe out the whole German division.. acting is shocking, story is terrible . Wish I could get a refund for my rental.

Groan

[cruzin-18544 · 2/10 · 7 June 2022]

Great aircraft scenes with equally good dog fight sequences, and some great sets and camera work.

However, the script, direction and acting were so poor our group chose to give it up at about the halfway mark. The feeling we were wasting our time was just too great.

Great film!

[sarahleabu · 10/10 · 17 July 2022]

Great film! It was different from your typical WW2 movies which was a refreshing change for me. I loved the Indiana Jones feel it had to it. Definitely recommend giving it a watch!

It's not bad. I enjoyed it.

[supremevaultmaster · 7/10 · 6 June 2022]

Sure, there's things to be critical about. Yes, the combat was not realistic as other reviews stated. But if you want an anti-Nazi flick with maybe a hint of Chuck Norris and decent ariel combat thrown in, then it's pretty cool. The ending was feel good American heroism, if you're into that.

Truly awful

[jason-92862 · 2/10 · 14 June 2022]

A poor script backed up by woeful acting and worse directing. Even the special effects are mediocre. The guns fights are typical 80's fare with the bad guys making storm troopers look like specialist marksmen, and the good unable to miss. Even the score is overblown and beyond cliché.