Lobo vikingo

What could be lurking in the dense forest or in old shafts?

As a child you have a thriving imagination when it comes to monsters, as an adult you have often seen the real monster.

But that's not what this is about, it's about classic stuff woven into the icy mythology of the Vikings.

What initially creates an eerie, cold atmosphere later turns out to be a rather bland filmed story with sometimes strange moments.

A big problem here are the effects, often the scenes are completely ridiculously exaggerated.

Almost an embarrassing battle record.

Unfortunately, the short scary moments cannot carry a whole film.

A real shame.

I have to hand it to the norwegians, they always seem to have some of the best movies and this is no different. It was fun and intriging to watch. The cast were pretty good though I cant compare them to other films that they were in., but from what i can see here they were great. This movie is all about a young girl named Thale. One day after hanging out with friends by the bay, she is attacked along with others, that one bite changes her, and not for the best. What we come to is a stand off with other wolves. There is quite a bit of blood shed as a warning but I liked the mystery of it all and the atmosphere built up worked. Overall an enjoyable norwegian thriller.

This is one big pot of nonsense stew. The script doesn't have a single original idea, everything is borrowed, both from superior movies and equally stupid ones. It's like an amateurish mashup of every werewolf movie you've ever seen. Ginger Snaps in particular says hello throughout, there are echoes of When Animals Dreams, which is actually a decent Scandinavian coming of age cum werewolf movie. A chaste and sanitized ghost of American Werewolf in London is somewhere in there, too.

There's a bit of teenage family drama thrown in, there's young love, both of which don't take the story anywhere.

The dialogue is very bad, the production bland, the overall look is that of a minor TV movie. There are multiple goofs and continuity issues.

Worst of all, the movie is a bore.

I had to create an IMDB account just to write this review.

Like a few other people the harsh reviews on this are just weird. Is it a game changer in the genre? No. Is it decent and watchable, for me, absolutely. Liv Mjönes gives another solid performance as the new to the town police officer. It clips along at a decent pace. Are there flaws, sure. It could have spent a bit more time building tension or back story. Thankfully the CGI was better than expected. Would be set up well for a second movie.

I would definitely watch it again, especially with family members who are easily scared & miss out on these type of movies.

A very basic obvious plot with characters you never really care about. The younger deaf daughter shows more emotion and says more with her facial expressions than any of the speaking characters. The mother who is the cop in the story is mediocre at best, but then the script doesn't really give her anything to say that has depth, is clever or intense. I didn't care what happened to any of these characters except the younger daughter. Not even for the mother at the end (won't give any spoilers here). One of the bigger laughable aspects is the teenager they try to pass off as some well respected expert doctor on wolves. He doesn't look old enough to shave! The script is so boring and superficial. The CGI wolf isn't bad, but everything else is a waste. The movie just plods along from one scene to another with little suspense or intensity. Definitely not scary (though i would not let toddlers see the wolf.)

I've seen worse, which is not saying a lot. If you're folding clothes and just want a mindless kinda monster movie to watch while doing it, that you don't really need to find riveting, sure, watch it. But even still, there are better ones.