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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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 Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers Quote: Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall, and starring Kevin McKidd, Sean Pertwee and Liam Cunningham. It was a British production, set in the highlands of Scotland, and filmed almost entirely in Luxembourg.
The film contains homages to H.G. Wells, the films The Evil Dead, Zulu, Aliens, The Matrix and Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.
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Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:19 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 68222 Location: Seattle, WA
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Dog Soldiers - B+
Brilliant movie!!!! Suprised me at the cinema!!!!
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Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:46 pm |
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Joker's Thug #3
Extraordinary
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 2:36 am Posts: 11130 Location: Waiting for the Dark Knight to kick my ass
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Saw it last night on Sci Fi, good werewolf flick.
Grade - B
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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am Posts: 13403
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Brilliant low budget horror. Marshall can't put a foot wrong
B+
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Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:18 pm |
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Pretty smart action/horror with a low budget that still manages to be highly thrilling. The werewolves are clearly just men in costumes, but that doesn't stop them from being a great representation of the mythical beast and scary to boot. The story is very sharp for a film like this, with the dialogue between the soldiers feeling incredibly natural and the plot unfolding itself exceptionally well. The actors are all very adept at both action sequences and dialogue-heavy banter, and the contrast between the two works very well in the film. The direction is a bit too shaky at times - indicative of the low budget - and the visual look is too grainy, but the film is great fun to watch and one of the most entertaining horrors in recent memory. One of the best werewolf films ever made.
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:21 pm |
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21230 Location: Massachusetts
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Cheesy and not scary at all. It also doesn't help that the film feels like it's nine hours long.
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:29 pm |
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Dr Jam
Speed Racer
Joined: Sat Dec 30, 2006 1:10 pm Posts: 198
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I thought this was a pretty good film, and suspect (it's a while since I saw it, and I only saw it once) that I'd give it a B or B+.
I think I summed up what I liked best about it in the Descent thread:
"There was just something incredibly eerie and graceful about the werewolves running through the woods - like huskies."
I don't know why, but that one scene gave it a real edge for me.
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:21 pm |
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
Joined: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:52 pm Posts: 6981 Location: Hockey Town
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F. Saw it on scifi awhile back. Cheesy as fuck, acting was awful, and just wasnt scary.
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:38 pm |
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