As schizophrenic as they come. It's nearly 2 and half hours long, and straddles the line between martial arts/period piece/creature feature/buddy flick. At times the directing is beautiful and makes excellent use of the color pallette and diverse locations. At others it is immensely annoying, with slow-mo action sequences and obnoxious camera tricks that were all the rage in the early 2000's. But there are positives to take away from glorious mess of a film. Some solid, if not terrific, performances abound. Vincent Cassel does what he does best-- act dastardly. Within 10 minutes of him being on screen, you're a fool if it doesn't register "Yep, he's the villain!". But hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it. The…

[Director's Cut]

This one has been on my radar for quite a while, but after doing all those alternative lists lately I figured I had to get around to at least one of those movies I've kept postponing onto my ever-growing to-do watchlist, so Brotherhood of the Wolf from Crouse's original 100 was my choice.

The first thing I realized after watching this movie, is just how many of Émilie Dequenne's early roles I've had my sight at for years. I've never even seen one of her performances, and yet this, Rosetta, A Housekeeper and Oui, mais... have all found their way onto my radar. I guess she really picked some interesting ones in the beginning, and backed by her…

Where did this film want to go? What did it want to be? I went it knowing that it was French, so I shouldn't be having the usual American expectations that a seemingly simple creature film should give, but it starts out just like that! So...we get action, and action that's pretty well done!

Then it goes on. Using real people from the events at hand, as they go on multiple wolf hunts to not as much find the wolf, but to ease the anxieties of the people. Our heroes insist that it is NOT as wolf, while having, again, really creative and well done fight sequences.

Then...the final thirty minutes happen. It get's Return of the King syndrome and…

Pretty good 'beast' film that I have always wanted to see and after many years, finally got it done. The movie is all over the place genre wise, as it starts as a horror film and then turns into a martial arts one and then a period piece, etc etc.

I wish the witch actress and Bellucci didn't look so much alike, as I kept confusing them. And what was Bellucci's point exactly? To show her great body off? Cause they lead guy seemed to have a love story going on with the cute blonde, but also with her?

I also didn't get the whole reveal, maybe I missed it, but how did the bad guy look like who they…

Where did this film want to go? What did it want to be? I went it knowing that it was French, so I shouldn't be having the usual American expectations that a seemingly simple creature film should give, but it starts out just like that! So...we get action, and action that's pretty well done!

Then it goes on. Using real people from the events at hand, as they go on multiple wolf hunts to not as much find the wolf, but to ease the anxieties of the people. Our heroes insist that it is NOT as wolf, while having, again, really creative and well done fight sequences.

Then...the final thirty minutes happen. It get's Return of the King syndrome and…

As schizophrenic as they come. It's nearly 2 and half hours long, and straddles the line between martial arts/period piece/creature feature/buddy flick. At times the directing is beautiful and makes excellent use of the color pallette and diverse locations. At others it is immensely annoying, with slow-mo action sequences and obnoxious camera tricks that were all the rage in the early 2000's. But there are positives to take away from glorious mess of a film. Some solid, if not terrific, performances abound. Vincent Cassel does what he does best-- act dastardly. Within 10 minutes of him being on screen, you're a fool if it doesn't register "Yep, he's the villain!". But hey, if it ain't broke don't fix it. The…

[Director's Cut]

This one has been on my radar for quite a while, but after doing all those alternative lists lately I figured I had to get around to at least one of those movies I've kept postponing onto my ever-growing to-do watchlist, so Brotherhood of the Wolf from Crouse's original 100 was my choice.

The first thing I realized after watching this movie, is just how many of Émilie Dequenne's early roles I've had my sight at for years. I've never even seen one of her performances, and yet this, Rosetta, A Housekeeper and Oui, mais... have all found their way onto my radar. I guess she really picked some interesting ones in the beginning, and backed by her…