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Dog Soldiers [DVD] [2002]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5060002831106
Label : Pathe Distribution
Manufacturer : Pathe Distribution
Publisher : Pathe Distribution
Release date : 2003-02-17
Title : Dog Soldiers [DVD] [2002]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 15 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 2002-05-10
Region code : 2
Running time : 101
Studio : Pathe Distribution
Theatrical releaseDate : 2002-08-14
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
An enjoyable low-concept monster movie, IDog Soldiers/I is basically INight of the Living Dead/I with werewolves. A platoon on a training exercise in Scotland, already fed up because they are missing a vital England-Germany match, come across the wounded survivor of a special ops team (Liam Cunningham) that has been attacked by monsters. There's a confused conspiracy angle, with a scheme to sacrifice the squaddies in order to capture a werewolf for military uses, but it's mostly a lost patrol picture with the soldiers besieged in a mysteriously abandoned house in the woods, complete with "pork" stew on the boil. pThe hardman sergeant (Sean Pertwee) is disembowelled early but gruesomely patched up with superglue, letting the sensitive Scot (Kevin McKidd) play hero. A pack of effectively glimpsed IHowling/I-style bipedal werewolves make repeated attacks on the house, whittling the cast down with each invasion. The soldier characterisations are solid cliché, albeit of a British variety rarely seen in horror movies (a highlight of the use of Brit slang is the Geordie shouting "Come on if you think you're hard enough"). The monsters are okay, but writer-director Neil Marshall's strongest suit is his third, as editor, covering for the old-fashioned monster suit effects and making the suspense and action mechanics work. p BOn the DVD:/B IDog Soldiers/I is an excellent DVD package complete with two commentary tracks, a British one with Marshall and the cast and an American one with a couple of producers. Both are interesting and rarely overlap, and there's an amusing contradiction between the Brits who rush over script changes they didn't want to make and the Yanks who imposed a sub-plot they feel saved the picture. Also, a bunch of trailers that amusingly spoof a recent army recruitment ad, deleted scenes and outtakes with optional Marshall commentary, a standard making-of featurette, storyboards and Marshall's short film, ICombat/I. --IKim Newman/I

Customer reviews

review by: date: 2009-06-27 rating:

Howl At The Moon
This is a great film. It has all the right elements of a werewolf movie with the discovery, the horror and the struggle. It has excellent ensemble acting despite the players having rather stereotypical roles (warm-hearted paternal NCO, bastard officer, etc etc). It manages to exactly replicate squaddie humour. Indeed I reckon is has the British Army summed up much as Aliens gets close to the US Army; at times one wonders if anti-werewolf warfare isn't part of the training programme. There is gore aplenty. Lots of unpleasant traps from which our heroes must escape and a great ending which you were warned about - but forgot. br / br /A film you'll watch a time or two.

review by: Stallion date: 2009-05-17 rating:

Dog Soldiers
The film is brilliant !!! scared the C**p out of me the 1st time I watched it, kicked the dog out by himself B4 bed LOL.

review by: date: 2009-04-20 rating:

NOW YOU KNOW HOW THE THREE LITTLE PIGS FELT!!!
I watched this when it was first released back in 2002 when I was flicking channels the other night I and came across this film, so I watched it again. This is a brillant low budget horror film that has the lot blood and guts and some great humour that kept me interested the whole way through again. If you haven't seen a werewolf film before give this a go you won't go far wrong it really is a great film just don't take it to seriously. In a nutshell six squaddies in a house and a pack of werewolfs trying to get in it's that simple.

review by: date: 2009-04-18 rating:

best werewolf movie ever!!
there pack of werewolves,a lot of blood ,funny parts, unexpected parts also 6 soilders vs werewolves.

review by: date: 2009-03-17 rating:

Delightful, unusual werewolf movie.
I am a peasant, blue collar worker who can relate to the characters and story. Low budget and limited FX. Wonderful!

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