Out Come the Wolves

IN A NUTSHELL: The story takes place at a cabin deep in the wilderness. A man, his fiancée, and her old guy friend from childhood hang out and go hunting, only to find out they’re the ones being hunted. The film was directed by Adam MacDonald, who also co-wrote it with Joris Jarsky and Enuka Okuma. THINGS I LIKED: The cast features the lovely Missy Peregrym, Joris Jarsky, and Damon Runyan. I don’t know if they did their own stunts, but some of the scenes were pretty good, especially when Missy falls down a big hill. Gorgeous cinematography by Christian Bielz. There are a lot of intriguing camera angles that keep things interesting. The wolves and attacks look very real THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE: A lot of time is wasted in Act 1 dancing around and drinking. Sophie’s fiancé is painted to be a real jerk in Act 1, so you just assume he’s going to be the first one to die. No love lost, right? Fortunately, it’s not quite that simple… There’s a nighttime bed scene that is super dark visually. It’s hard to see what’s happening, but it’s the pillow talk that’s more important than the visuals anyway. Arrows and knives don’t always work, but yelling at a wolf does? Lame. The movie kind of felt like a shark movie, if you know what I mean. It would have been more fun to fill the stories with more characters. That being said, the plot was fairly simple and straightforward. TIPS FOR PARENTS: Some profanity with F-bombs We see bloodied, bodies with broken, torn-up body parts We see a people and animals killed in bloody, gory, brutal, visceral ways Talk of young teens sleeping together