Taken to a remote island, a random group of people are kidnapped and forced into playing a game of Werewolf with each other where the stakes are to figure out who's the murderous werewolf in the game or get killed off by the creature while dealing with the tyrannical rules of the game.
Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable if ultimately flawed feature. The main focus here is decidedly based on the interactions the group has while sitting around the table waiting for the various aspects of the game to play itself out. Using the tactics and strategy of the namesake game as a guide, the numerous instances of everyone sitting in a circle trying to deduce and accuse each other of being the guilty party while the rest of the guards look on in a threatening manner controlling everything they say and do makes for a generally enjoyable time here. The heated conversations and the stress of trying to make sure everything is sorted out is a fun time as the tension mounts, especially once the bodies start dropping and there are fewer villagers the deeper into everything it lasts. Combined with the strong series of stalking scenes showing the werewolf players out stalking the victims in their rooms, this all makes for a rather fun time throughout here. Beyond this part of the film, though, there's not much that works. Part of that is based on the interactions with the group sitting around between rounds in the game where it seems to overlook how the game is played in favor of escaping their incarceration. It makes sense as that is a far more worthwhile feat to overcome, yet there's hardly anything here about trying to figure out who the wolf is as they spend less time discussing the confines of the game to survive as the identity of the werewolf is quite easy to figure out so there's little reason why they couldn't have worked together to figure out what's going on. Even worse, the attempts at humanizing the group make no sense as it just disrupts the tempo and pacing of what's going on so it lasts longer than it should for no real reason. These are just enough to knock this one down overall.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
