Shadow Wolves

I would prefer to write a positive review because the storyline for "Shadow Wolves" (2019) has great potential: coyotes crossing the U. S.-Mexico border illegally bringing God only knows what - including detonators or other potentially devastating devices, including dirty bombs - to annihilate a city, a suburb, an urban center for business or industry. Given our open border here in 2024, this prescient script might have provided a glimpse into a terrifying possibility.

But this is an amateurish film with a low-budget "made for TV" feel, poor quality in terms of camera work, editing, and soundtrack. It's nothing to miss this one, but if you do watch it, at least appreciate the idea of a Native American effort to protect our citizenry and principles of freedom and diversity a la "e pluribus unum."

B-movie type film marked by stilted dialogue and cliched plot elements.

A terrorist leader, dying of a terminal illness, seeks revenge against a group of Native American trackers. During one of the Gulf Wars, the trackers had led the U.S. military to the home of the terrorist and subsequently a drone strike wiped out his family.

The trackers are now patrolling the U.S./Mexican border to try and stop the passage of drugs, human trafficking, and possible terrorist weapons. They are secretly being funded by a former fellow soldier who is now a Colonel with the NSA.

Overall, can't recommend this one.

When I saw Thomas Gibson was in the film I thought great loved him in Criminal Minds. Very disappointed watched 1 hour but no real action. Who would go to the office dressed the way his assistant does in the US. What happened to the wardrobe people were they on another planet??? Very bad acting on the UK side couldn't they find anything better??

The actors have the worst monotone, scripted, unemotional delivery of their lines, like a bunch of stars trying to break into "real movies". It doesn't qualify as even a B movie, that would insult every B movie ever made.

The movie was a entirely cliche. If I were Native American, Japanese, Mexican, or Arab I would be incredibly insulted at the way all of these groups were portrayed. The movie feels like it was written by an armchair Rambo (look that one up if you never have heard the phrase). There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this movie, it is a myopic look into terrorism, the drug trade, and anti-terrorist operations from someone who has no idea. The history spouting colonel was wrong . . . just so wrong . . . Lets make up history as we go along!