GL84 Following a series of brutal killings, a New York detective investigating the incidents comes to believe that the incidents are caused by a pack of predatory werewolves out hunting for a specific target in their home-state and forces him to try to stop their rampage through the city.This one here turned out to be quite the enjoyable and underrated werewolf effort. One of the more impressive elements to this one is the fact that there's quite a lot to like here with the investigation into the initial attacks, which makes this one quite a bit of fun. Rather than being the usual stereotypical dull police procedural that it really could've been, this one here is a lot more lively when it comes to the officers investigating the incidents as the clues are quite broad yet don't really fit together and the ability to make them all fit together gives this one some rather enjoyable areas working throughout the first half. These are quite logically played-out and make this one turn into a really intriguing werewolf-attack study as they piece the clues together, from the autopsy reports to the boardroom investigating the first attack or the different scenes of them out on foot attest. Once it manages to get past that aspect of this one, it manages to get incredibly enjoyable with the attack scenes which are really good here, from the opening stalking of oblivious security guards to the partying couple in the park, the chilling ambush of the junkie in the abandoned building or the later stalking of the couple in their apartment where they remain oblivious to their observer outside skulking between the buildings. That picks up considerably in the final half, though, with the big attacks finally coming through with the great ambush in the church ruins as well as the finale in the streets outside the bank where it really lets their furious side get shown and manages to really give this a nice finish. The last plus here is the rather inventive use of their signature heat-vision tracking that looks really cool and unique throughout here being different enough to stand out and yet being quite logical. While these here make this one quite fun, overall it's still somewhat flawed. The biggest issue to contend with is the fact that this one doesn't have very much werewolf action at all until the final half, leaving them not just off-screen but barely even shown at all. With the focus on the investigation taking place for the majority of the film, we get very little screen-time for the creatures who are barely glimpsed even when they do appear since the body-count is depressing and disappointingly low for such a werewolf movie since it's finally nearly ninety-minutes into this one before they even appear which leaves this one feeling like quite a drag. No matter how good the attacks actually are, there's so few of them due to the investigation of the attacks rather than committing more so that causes the pacing of this one to drag down to a real sprawl which hampers this one considerably and is the weakest factor against this one. Likewise, the fact that the creatures are just simply portrayed as real wolves is a bit of a disappointment which makes their scenes look nothing more than just being surrounded by dogs and means we lose out on the transformation as well so it does feel incredibly weaker in those regards. That is enough to drag this one down with that other factor here.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language, Full Male Nudity, drug use and violence-against-animals.

Rainey Dawn Wolfen is not your average run-of-the-mill werewolf film. This one deals with Native American Shapeshifters - spirits if you will. There are quite a few stories and legends of them floating around in our society and this touches on that. This one is unlike any other werewolf film I have ever seen.Note: I *think* in the Twilight Saga that Jacob Black is based on these Native American legends and tales but Wolfen (book and the film) came out well before Twilight. And Wolfen is a far superior story than the werewolves of Twilight.Wolfen is a bit bloody but it's not mindless killings with lots of blood and gore... this film actually has a story - a good story to tell its viewers. Well worth watching.9/10

gavin6942 A New York cop (Albert Finney) investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks. Tom Noonan and his beard guest star in a key role.The film is known for its early use of an in-camera effect to portray the subjective point of view of a wolf. Similar to thermography, the technique was later adopted by other horror films such as the "Predator" film series.Although considered a modern werewolf classic, Roger Ebert asserted Wolfen "is not about werewolves but is about the possibility that Indians and wolves can exchange souls." Well, yeah, that is true... but it is still werewolves, even if not in the traditional sense.Where is the proper release? This is what people want to know. Apparently the director has a preferred cut, but instead all we get is a bare bones Blu-ray with nothing more than a trailer. Surely there is much more that could be done.

siderite This movie was recommended to me as one of the few good "wolf" films and I have to agree with the guy that it is a pretty smart movie. Now, it isn't perfect and I am sure that none of the people involved in it thought it was a masterpiece, but some bits of the film are pure genius.For example the first murder scene. It is a killing done through the eyes of the predators. They move silently and stealthily, they use the terrain and work as a pack. When one of them is seen by the guy with a gun, it is on purpose, so that another can tear the armed hand from him. It is not terror by special effects, but by the realization that if you are hunted like this, you have no chance of escape, no matter how armed or smart you are.The film goes on like this, alternating the weird 80s scenes with the smart filming and scripting. When all is said and done, most of the people in the film were extremely good actors and the direction was spot on.Bottom line: not a standard horror movie in any way. Actually, it barely has elements of horror, but it is a good thriller. It is NOT about werewolves. The "monsters" are not shown till the end, where they are not as monstrous as one might have thought. The end was pretty lame, but it tried to make some sort of ecological point; it was missed completely. I guess this film could be done in a sort of modern manner, but the premise would have to be altered a bit. The spirit of the movie (pun intended), though, should remain the same. Oh, and the young Indian guy is admiral Adama; I didn't recognize him.