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Slow movie with senseless plot. Characters bad portrayed as well as sequences. Difficult to understand the message or the intention of the director. Canada is a beautiful country but the movie does not show any of that beauty. Run down places and lack of making you feel to watch till the end. You have to keep pushing yourself to watch until the end to be further disappointed by it. Actors do an acceptable job in spite of the poor production.

Quality of the imaging is not good, flat colours and not properly focussed in some scenes.

Not horror movie either, unless it is referring to the quality of the movie itself.

Im at a loss of words. The movie was so surreal but also very real. I dont even know how to describe it. The shots were really nice. Canada is a very beautiful country. The plot was a little out of place. Definietly to some extent kept you at the edge. You were just waiting with anticipation for the main characters next move, action, lie. Ready to see what the next discovery might be. You cought yourself wondering if he falls into madness and desperation or if he was like this since the beginning. Definietly enjoyed watching it. I think this was a very nice execution of portraying a disturbed character.

Wolves gets bogged down dramatically by trying to stretch a limited and generic story into an entire feature length film.

The biggest letdown is the pacing, which is painfully slow and drawn out. Getting through the first twenty or thirty minutes with little action and nothing gripping, except for armouring background tone makes it a genuine struggle to continue. Additionally, the film features an agonizingly weird, isolated protagonist who is so unlikeable that there is zero compassion or emotional attachment to him or what he is trying to achieve.

When the protagonist gets shot in the neck during the film, you don't necessarily feel suspense or terrifying remorse but rather a sense of inevitability. This moment feels somewhat satisfying as it removes a miserable low-life thief from the world.

The plot itself is both slow and weak. In summary, a very lonely, anti-social man decides to investigate a series of animal-related killings by visiting crime scenes and doing some detective work. He is trying to find purpose in his life as he relates closely to the same stereotype as the killer. He becomes increasingly attached to the cases but behaves very oddly, such as attacking a librarian in a paranoid fit, and trying his luck on a dating website which he never fully commits to.

The plot is completely broken. Somehow, in his detective work, the protagonist manages to pinpoint the exact location of the killer with no direction and limited information. He ends up in the middle of the woods at the exact time and place as the killer based on knowing the killer is likely to go hunting in a large wilderness area.

Furthermore, the occult elements used to hype the film were minimal and misleading. These attributes were flimsy and didn't interweave into the film in any meaningful or mystical way.

Frankly, there isn't much to praise. The actor and his performance were unconvincing, the film was slow, and it fails to capture your attention. The film had a monotonous pace, with little tension or suspense, making nothing stand out as memorable.

Wolves is a short story that would have been better suited to a 30-minute documentary. It's a shame the film opted for a dreary, limited story set in reality instead of adding excitement or a chilling vibe. It feels empty and soulless, with the Canadian winter looking stark and depressing. While this may fit the narrative, it does nothing to engage the audience.

Wolves ultimately is a failed attempt to turn a loosely based true story into a shocking and terrifying experience.

2/10.

Super unique concept and subversion on the murder mystery genre. The film moves a little slowly off the top but really starts to pick up pace as it drives towards the finale, which is brutal, shocking, and unlike anything I've seen before. Wolves plays with your expectations and the cliches of the genre and turns everything on it's head.

Mark Nocent gives a fantastic, nuanced performance as the unnamed "protagonist" who spends his sleepless nights driving to crime scenes and obsessively digging for clues.

Overall a very refreshing take on the murder mystery/true crime/thriller genre. It's not a horror film but god damn it got under my skin.

9/10.

There are pictures that really shouldn't be allowed, and this is one of them.

A non interesting film with no meaning or context.

And I paid for this, which is sad!

Slow movie where conversation between two comrades are the most interesting thing happening in the movie.

There should be a law of common rule or at least a warning for movies like this, so the ordinance can choose what to wast there life with, and this movie is definitely a waist of time.

Pardon my English, but it seems more like the producer is testing he's equipment or just wants to waist his life.

It's sad so sad. Please don't do it again!

Thoroughly grim and depressing might be appropriate adjectives to describe this independently produced "who-done-it" mystery, but I'd also like to add that it's one hell of a riveting watch, one that completely floored me with its captivating story and the sheer professionalism of the overall production.

Renaissance man Danny Dunlop apparently did most everything on the film (outside of acting) and deserves all the praise in the world, for crafting such an assured and compelling motion picture.

Seriously, the cinematography alone is absolutely stunning.

Disregarding a weird, tacked on epilogue (don't worry, it doesn't dampen the effectiveness of the movie) i'd conclude this; if you like dark and twisted thrillers brimming with slow burn atmosphere and stories revolving around isolation and obsession, then I wholeheartedly recommend this film for your next movie night.