'Dog Soldiers' is a rip-roaring British werewolf movie set in the Scottish highlands and stars Sean Pertwee as a Sergeant Wells, who, alongside Private Copper (Kevin McKidd) and a small team of British troops are dropped off in the wilds as part of a training mission against an SAS unit, only to discover the gory remains of their quarry. The only survivor from the SAS unit is a Captain Ryan (Liam Cunningham) who only seems to mumble insane words about the unseen assailants, however, soon the British troops are under attack from a group of bloodthirsty werewolves. The troops flee the scenes but are rescued by a zoologist named Megan (Emma Cleasby) who takes them to a remote farmhouse to hide. The trouble is however that the werewolves are soon on the scent and Megan isn't as innocent as once thought - cur a series of grisly murders, high-paced action, lashings of dark, typically British humour and - considering it's a fifteen certificate - buckets of gore. 'Dog Soldiers' is certainly one of the best werewolf movies this side of
'An American Werewolf...' and 'The Howling' and leads us to a stirring finale. 'Dog Soldiers' isn't a frightening horror film at all, but who said all good horror flicks have to be scary. A much talked about sequel has yet to materialise.
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