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British director Neil Marshall's directorial debut Dog Soldiers resurrects and embraces the low-budget horror-comedy. Sergeant Harry Wells (Sean Pertwee) leads a team of British soldiers on a routine expedition to the Scottish Highlands. The six men would rather be at home watching the game, but they are even more dismayed when a carcass lands on their campfire. The next morning, they happen upon a severely injured Captain Richard Ryan (Liam Cunningham) and the bloody remains of his squadron.
Nov 5, 2002
Artisan Home Entertainment
All Critics (36) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (7) | DVD (20)
Marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula.
There is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.
Falls back mainly on army squad clichés and rote conflicts, along the way delivering a group of protagonists woefully short on personality.
One of the best all-out, no-apologies, hell-bent-for-leather horror films to emerge from the beginning of the 21st century
One of the best horror movies of 2002
A relentlessly gripping werewolf thriller. One of the best horror films of recent years.
One of those 'exception to the rule' horror movies in which a little humour and a lot of effort go a very long way.
Pretend it's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away. It's fun, but it's a real howler.
every once in a while, a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that I usually dread encountering the most - The Fanboy
To call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement, and woe is the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest.
...one of the better horror comedies to hit video store shelves in a while.
Dog Soldiers is one of the original werewolf films in recent memory. Directed by Neil Marshall who would later helm The Descent, this is a unique twist on old school werewolf films. This by far one of the best werewolf films since An American Werewolf in London and The Howling. Directing Neil Marshall delivers a film
January 30, 2012
Super Reviewer
Dog Soldiers is the best modern low budget horror film i've ever seen. The premise seems corny and so does it's image but when it unfolds itself it suprises you with amazing wit, great frights and memorable characters and of course black comedy in howling perfection.
October 29, 2011
Super Reviewer
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