Red Riding Hood’s Worst Nightmare!
A British platoon out for an evening of routine war games
gets more than they bargained for after finding the shredded remains of a
nearby special operations team. The
soldiers soon become bait for a perturbed pack of 8-foot, hungry,
upright-walking lycanthropes defending their turf. Believe me, these wolves are such monsters
that no man has a chance of urinating any higher on a tree, much less defeating
them in combat. Dog Soldiers has some very
unique and formidable warrior werewolves engaged in serious, modern-day
canine combat.
Why are the werewolves called “Dog Soldiers,” you may
ask? Well, if their soldier-style combat
tactics aren’t enough, there’s a rather interesting subplot of a reason why, as
well. However, I’ll leave that morsel of
a detail for you to discover yourself.
There’s even an ever-so-subtle, yet oh-so-distinct
undercurrent of a Red Riding Hood/Goldilocks theme. Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s not really
there, but I doubt it. If anyone else
watches this movie, let me know if you see it too.
Dog Soldiers involves human and werewolf soldier combat,
with a serious use of guns, explosives, and various other military tactics,
weapons, etc. There’s lots of bullets
flying, lots of things exploding, lots of blood, lots of entrails, carnage, and
other varieties of violence and gore. Blood
and human remains literally gush from the opened doors of a car, in one
scene. There’s also a tug-of-war between
a dog and a disemboweled soldier that’s really better seen than described. I’d actually rather die than receive some of
the first-aid administered in this movie.
Yes, Dog Soldiers, I think, very deeply sinks its
teeth, so to speak, into the theme of War/Horror, doing so in a most
unique and frightfully original way.
Watch it at your own risk, and, by all means, avoid a full moon if you
do!
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