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I loved the idea of the movie, but this wasn't that good at all. Lens flares in almost every scene. No interesting characters. Bad CGI when it was used.

There was hardly any explanation of the plot. It's almost like this movie was written in the hopes that someone would buy the rights to make a video game. I mean, you have a great idea for a new werewolf movie, but instead of fleshing out a good story, you have to make a sloppy, rush to streaming mess.

The only saving grace to this movie is that they did use quite a bit of practical effects. If you like shoot em ups and Grillo, you may like this movie. Otherwise, don't hope for a good werewolf movie from this poor submission.

I love Werewolves and all Wolfman stuff and I really looked forward to this Movie but I was really, really disappointed!!! I think Dog Soldiers is one of the greatest Werewolf movies ever and after hearing rumours of a sequel, which never came to fruition, I got really excited upon hearing about another Werewolf movie in the msking and had high hopes considering the leaps and bounds made with special effects but this story seemed to be unimaginative, rushed and had massive plot holes!!! VERY, VERY, VERY Disappointed!!!! I think that me giving 3 stars is very generous TBF!!!! I hope that future Werewolf movies are to similar standards set by Dog Soldiers, American Werewolf in London and even Silver Bullet!!!!!

It didn't take long before I felt a need to switch it off, but I love werewolf films so I pushed through (fml). Werewolves is 90 minutes of the worse lighting I've ever seen. Almost every frame is plagued by a copious amount of lens flares. I don't know if it was an artistic choice, but it's incredibly distracting and makes this film seem really cheap. The acting is as average as it gets and I just didn't care about any of the characters.

The visual effects were shoddy and the werewolf designs looked like these creatures regularly go for botox. Asylum would do better than this, I swear.

Overall it's a forgotable film that offers the genre nothing new. I would recommend watching lesser known gems like Late Phases, Howl and the Ginger Snaps trilogy instead. This is just poop.

This was a bummer for me. There wasn't too much good to say about it outside the general plot or universe they tried to create. The lines were atrociously bad most of the time, I could not get into the special effects and the cinematography was like a student film. The script was so cheesy it was ridiculous most of the time, talking wasn't even needed. I felt as if it almost would have been better without the script entirely. The special effects were super campy. I enjoy that typically, but this felt very awkward. It played like it was a 'serious' movie, but the effects were super cheese and it was hard to take a werewolf seriously. I wish it would have been one of those were it knew it was cheesy and somewhat make fun as they go, but it wasn't. It was a serious attempt at a serious movie which fell flat. Then the cinematography... It was all strobe lights and dark scenes. I'm sad to report I did not like it. Maybe next time, I'll not see it in a theater and have a group of friends around so we can yell at the screen and make fun of it as we go, Mystery Science Theater 3000 style. It is a perfect candidate for that. Just go into braced for this and you may have a better experience.

Werewolves is a prime example of a movie where the dialogue and acting completely derail any potential it might have had. From the very first scene, it becomes painfully clear that this film is weighed down by a script that is clunky, forced, and often downright cringeworthy. The dialogue feels like it was written by someone who has never heard a real conversation. Characters spout ridiculous one-liners and try to sound tough or witty, but the result is a mess of unnatural exchanges that only pull you out of the experience.

Unfortunately, the acting is just as bad, if not worse. Frank Grillo, usually a reliable actor, is completely hamstrung by the weak script. His delivery comes off as stiff and disconnected, and it's hard to believe he's actually invested in his character. The rest of the cast is equally unconvincing, with performances that range from awkwardly wooden to painfully over the top. There's no chemistry between any of the characters, and their interactions feel forced and lifeless.

I'm being generous with a 3/10 because the concept could've been fun and worked with better direction.

Otherwise a solid dumb movie about society being turned in to werewolfs.

But the amount of flashing lights are insane and make the movie unwatchable. From the first turning point of the movie there are like 3 different sequences of flashing lights that are NONSTOP. Every time you think it's about to be over it just keeps coming back.

We watched two people walk out in the midst of the onslaught of strobe lights. We tried to stay with it for a long as possible but we found ourselves actually closing our eyes and covering our faces because of the lights.

Strobe lights, alarm lights, someone tiring the forking lights on and off. All of them all at once.

This is exactly the kind of dumb movie I needed to see right now, and going in with those expectations, this movie delivers. I strongly disagree with the person who said it was the worst acting they've ever seen, unless they've only ever watched Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in their life. The characters may be one-note; but they hit that note square on.

Yes, the editing is wonky in a few places. Yes, the characters make a few dumb decisions for plot reasons. Yes to almost any criticism you may have heard.

But this is a movie about Werewolves, as the title might suggest. And you see plenty of werewolves, and people turning into them, and people fighting them, and people getting eaten by them. This is really an impressive effort for such a low budget, and I feel like I got exactly what I came to see when I paid for my ticket.

So as a lover of pretty much all Werewolf films I couldn't wait for this and I wasn't disappointed. The one thing that tends to let Werewolf films down is CGI. Such as an American Werewolf in Paris. But this film only uses CGI in a few moments such as the change and a few running Wolves. But the rest is practical and done very well. Very similar to the Werewolves in Dog Soldiers. It has the basis of the Purge with Dog Soldiers on top. On the negatives there is very little substance to the plot. As other reviews say you get a very basic explanation of why but that is it. But on the plus side of that the film comes in at a swift 1hr 30mins. Because you are not getting a 1hr of Scientists explaining in detail why then another 1hr of back story building of every character. It just gets straight to what we want to see. Werewolves. The film is called Werewolves so give me Werewolves and it does just that. There is nothing I hate more than a film about Werewolves and you only see them briefly for 5 mins and they look stupid. These Wolves were really good. Don't go into this looking for a film of the depth of Fight Club or the story building of Harry Potter. Go into this for seeing Werewolves and I am sure you will be fine. I do not understand why people rave about the Fast and Furious franchise which is just stupidly ridiculous. But then slam a movie like this which is just doing exactly what it says on the tin.

GenX reporting in. I wanted to love this movie. I prayed that my local AMC would show it. It starts off one of the best sci fi horror action films of all -time, with Lou Diamond Phillips absolutely killing it. First act out of three is Perfection. Act 2 starts an uncomfortable trend of strobe lighting every scene until the viewer can't even handle it and it's a bit torturous. Act 3 is much better but the end fight is too fast. The werewolves are awesome! Very well done old school makeup, like this was made 40 years ago. They deliver on that. It could have been great, but falls short in the end. I still had a good time at the movies and I will see Werewolves 2 if they make it. If they do I hope they fix the lighting issues and add some heavy metal like ACDC or Sabbath to the soundtrack. The Frank Grillo dude is Cool! Great job acting. 5/10 for makeup fx.

Its insane how Hollywood could waste so much money and time with the N rated (Neveragain) production. By far these had to be the worst wear a wolf customs since film began being used for movies. With all the AI technology you just wouldn't expect to see 6ft slow beast in clothes dragging around in scenes. Also with a total cast of 7 actors/actores, you sure don't see these so called professionals turning down roles that drag their careers in the toilet. I wonder if the also played other mask parts throughout the film to keep all the money in house. This movie should not be watched anywhere, and on anyones platform. It shouldn't even be titled a movie.

Absolutely awful. The acting and writing were so bad I was getting thrown out of the movie every few seconds. The plot kept losing itself. They established "rules" and then ignored them at every opportunity !! The inconsistencies with size were harder to watch than an Antman marathon. We have had a year to get ready but we are putting up our defenses 4 hours before sunset ! We do not like science so Physics, Biology, and Chemistry do not work for the purposes of our movie ; sorry, audience. Sadly, I went because Lou Diamond Phillips was in this movie. He was not it it very long. The only reason I stayed until the end was that the chairs in this theater recline and are very comfortable.

Bad writing, bad directing, atrocious character development and illogical scenarios. While there are other things that are terribly flawed with this film, a better budget would remedy that ie lighting, location choices, a larger world view (how the werewolves affect the masses). I will say the things that aren't affected by a budget have no excuse being this bad. Having experienced werewolf attacks on the previous supermoon, why did it feel as if the people on the film were ill prepared for this one? Characters do the most stupid stuff ie the sister-in-law and her daughter in a house where wood planks cover the windows instead of wrought iron bars. How about having lights on serving as a dinner bell for the werewolves? Having the subplot of the leads working as scientists at a Military installation was poor writing because you'll need a budget to support what you're trying to show on screen for this instance. This movie has so much wrong with it. Save yourself the 90 minutes.

Carton cut cliche characters, beyond juvenile script, home movie plot, all that is expected for this kind of movie, that used to be churned direct to video in troves, for a few bucks.

This one had maybe a few more bucks to be spent, but sadly a lot of it (most of it, probably) was spent on annoying fake lens flares, that some kids that get hold of a digital camera and post processing cheap tools, mistake for an "artistic" expression.

On the bright side, one can see what kind of movie this one is, pretty quick, so as not to loose too much time on it, and use it on some more preferable time wasting exercise - watching paint dry ;)

People are awaiting werewolf apocalypse, every fifth person will become a werewolf for one night, yet they are living in their ordinary houses and the windows are boarded up with wood ! Can you imagine this ? With WOODEN PLANKS ! AGAINST WEREWOLVES ! What could go wrong ? And they are all sitting there in their small suburban houses with their families and they put all their hope in some electric fences that could kill only a squirrel and those wooden planks outside windows, not even steel window protection ! I mean how much dumber can this get ? The funny part is - they all had one year to prepare for this. What would YOU do if you knew that in 365 days there will come a night and every fifth person will become a werewolf ? Right ! You'd build an underground bunker with doors that could withstand a nuclear blast and stock up on enough ammunition to take out a small army. I understand it's a movie, but when this is so dumb, it just spoils the experience for me. Concept was good, but these poor choices just ruined it for me.

Werewolves

Werewolves is both one of the worst modern horror movies I've ever seen, and an absolute fun ride, at the same time. This totally looked like they were specifically trying to make a B movie cult classic, but they tried too hard.

The werewolves themselves are done with prosthetics and minimal special effects. Yeah they looked corny, but it worked. The science to create the werewolves, while also a stretch, was ok. However, the decisions of the characters, the execution of their actions, and the plot itself made absolutely no sense.

The Rube Goldberg device that leads to werewolves escaping from the science lab was so utterly ridiculous that I was rooting for the death of the scientists. The two survivors then go from trapped inside the building with no ammo, to in a car with a blink of an eye. Don't get me started about how the city went from organized military resistance to complete collapse of modern society, including graffiti, an underground cult hiding from the chaos, and an armed militia that appears out of nowhere.

So enough with the nitpicking. For some reason, I really liked the movie as I totally embraced the absurdity of the movie as a B film. It really really did try too hard, especially that stupid ending, but I left the movie smiling because it was entertaining.

Why did Lou Diamond Phillips agree to a cameo in this film? Why did Katrina Law? As for Frank Grillo, I always wanted him to succeed, but he just agrees to play in any movie you ask him to.

This is the second disappointing werewolf movie today. The moon is not with me. But it isn't that the film is bad, it's that it's simply pointless. The premise is that one random night, a blood moon turned one billion people into werewolves, all over the globe. Nice idea, huh? Only this is just the info dump at the beginning. Fast forward to a normal USA preparing for another night of terror: guns, fences, electric countermeasures that depend on the general power grid to work, big cars and branded cool clothes. Then we spend the entirety of the film with two groups of people: the mandatory woman who can't make any rational decision with a kid next to them, and the mandatory tough man who must make his way to said kid, presumably for more stupid decisions. And that's it. There are no large scale scenes, there is no discussion about the ethical and moral complexities of shooting people that are afflicted by something or waking up to see you murdered people in wolf form, just pointless running around, chased by people dressed in wolves.

The werewolves are funny, there is no real action to talk about, a lot of overacting and heavy breathing, inconsistent behavior and a bunch of subplots that make no sense and don't improve the story one bit. Despite decades of conditioning, my brain still rages at the fact that writing a good script only involves a mind, some time and a word processor. If it's not good, you can rewrite it at almost zero cost. How the hell do such bad scripts even make it on the screen remains a mystery to me. Who pays for them? Werewolf actors should unionize!

And the cast is just underutilized: Phillips is fun, Law is cute and Grillo is tough. So they make the first be overly serious, the second run around with a gun and Frank be a gas bag who always says something that ends up not being true. And when it was his time to shine, oh, that atrocious scene with the beheading...

Bottom line: a complete waste of time. The effects are bad, the story starts nowhere and ends nowhere, the actors are misused. Yuck!

I just tend to watch this movies sometimes because i like those actors, plot holes are crazy but for a b or c class of a movie its all normal..

The crazy thing is that this is kinda horror action sf movie and i almost fall asleep while watching it..

Costumes are bas, action scenes are bad, plot is stupid, i am pretty much sure i will watch less and less of this movie just because i like actors.

I do understand they earn money by making half of dozen of this b, c class movie per year, but it is just a waste of time, its better to rewatch something you liked than to lose time on this.

You can skip this, sorry, its just honest review.