SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

SnoopyStyle In 1764, the beast arrives in France. In one year, the fear has spread far sending the region of Gévaudan into darkness. Grégoire de Fronsac is a naturalist from King Louis XV's court. He and his Iroquois companion Mani investigate. They examine survivors and bodies. They encounter Captain Duhamel and his men who are hunting the beast. Fronsac figures the beast to be 500 pounds.This French movie marries a costume period piece with some kung fu action and the horrors of a werewolf. I don't find the costume drama that compelling. Other than Mani, I don't find anybody that compelling. I love the kung fu action though. It's a fascinating marriage. There are some fun moments with an interesting idea. The wolf horror isn't that scary but it's still good.

Bene Cumb It is naturally more sensual and authentic than its US counterparts, but I still have mixed feelings about this film. Most of actors are fine (especially Kassel, Dacascos and Bertolucci), tensions are high at times, but the script is too uneven, the Animal badly inserted (technically) and the ending is long and awkward. To me, the fight scenes do not fit in the medieval French village life, but I am sure they added (younger) viewers within and out of France (after all, Dacascos comes from Hollywood and is good at martial arts). Besides, the film could have been shorter, not some 2h 20 min.But Le Pacte des Loups is definitely for you if you wish to experience sublime feelings, pretty costumes and history mixed with mystic. But evil is often related to man...

Munin75 "Brotherhood of the Wolf" has all the ingredients of a mediocre Hollywood action film. Don't get me wrong, my favorite movies tend to be American, but Hollywood also produces many cliché action flicks lacking in originality, but champion in cheesiness. With this film, one can see the French have masterfully picked up on it.Let me list examples showing how "Brotherhood of the Wolf" looks like a typical Hollywood movie : -A narrator presents the movie to make it look more intellectual than it really is, -Fight scenes in the rain with slow motion moments, typically with one dude kicking many people's ass all at once using eastern martial arts (in 18th century France), -Cool American-Indian thrown in, whose medicine and knowledge is somehow better than that of a developed country, cause he's so close to nature and all.., -Very politically correct denunciation of racism and ignorance (but granted, typical French movies also do that a lot), -References to real historical facts in order to flatter the more cultured audience's intelligence,-Female characters who other than their hotness are absolutely useless,-Lack of character development (does anyone actually care for the main characters?), -Surreal dream-sequence added to make the movie seem mystical, -Uninteresting romance seemingly thrown in the movie for the Hell of it, -Scene where the main character takes his revenge in a hate-fueled bloodbath, -White guy goes all Rambo on the bad guys, dressing like an American-Indian in the process because he surely learned how to be a commando when he fought with Indians in North America, -Unrealistic conspiracy theory revealed like it's something awesome, -Final face-off fight during which the antagonist explains his actions,-Many anachronisms, -Cheesy ending which tries desperately to be tragic.I surely forgot some moments, but these are examples which made me smirk or sigh. "Brotherhood of the Wolf" stays a relatively entertaining movie, although sometimes I wished it could just cut to the chase, so I believe it at least deserves an average 5/10. But contrary to what many people have said, it most certainly does not look like a French movie. I believe many non-French people rated the movie highly because in truth it looks American, yet it's French so it felt "exotic" and they were perhaps pleasantly surprised. But if this movie were American, it wouldn't have been praised so much in my most humble opinion.If you want to see a typical French movie, don't watch this one. If you like Hollywood action movies which aren't particularly original, you might like "Brotherhood of the Wolf" and then feel good about yourself for having watched a foreign film.

KentaroK I first watched "Brotherhood of the Wolf" several years ago (it came out in 2001, after all)... back then, dramas with good action scenes were a dime a dozen. However, nowadays, action movies seem to lack directors who know what they are doing... which makes these older movies seem all the more better.The story of "Brotherhood of the Wolf" is very compelling, being set in a French province in 1764 and the few years after-wards. I won't say any more of the story, since I don't want to spoil it at all (this should be my first non-spoilers review).This is mostly a drama, but the action scenes serve both to advance the plot, and to give depth to the characters... from the first one, within the first few minutes, which introduces some of the main characters.What makes this one of my faves, however, is all of the parts combine to produce both an entertaining experience, and a work of art. The pace, narration (which is sparse), characters, actors, directing, post-production editing, and soundtrack all combine so seamlessly that you hardly notice the time passing by.Well, anyhow, go watch it... 10/10, perfect score by me. In fact, I think I'll go watch it one more time.