Brotherhood of the Wolf

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Brotherhood of the Wolf

R

2002

2h 22m

Fantasy

Action

Horror

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In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is laying waste to the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. King Louis sends in a renowned scientist and his Iroquois blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may bring the beast down. But the true nature of the beast is not what anyone could have anticipated.

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Critics Consensus

Brotherhood of the Wolf mixes its genres with little logic, but the end result is wildly entertaining.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

05/15/2023

soon Gans will be deftly intertwining the tropes of Hammer horror, court intrigue, romantic melodrama, murder mystery, creature feature, action extravaganza and revenger’s tragedy to put his own imprint in this by-road of French history.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

05/11/2023

4/5

[A] nutty Gallic genre mash-up...

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/22/2010

4/5

Werewolf thriller set during French revolution.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

09/24/2023

4/5

Manages to surprise audiences with the ways in which it reinvents the expected lore, while still managing to deliver plenty of genre elements for the more bloodthirsty audiences.

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Emilie Black

JoBlo's Movie Network

09/21/2023

10/10

...the film has a little of everything and, to many people watching it, it tends to lose its focus. To this viewer, this ADHD person, this is heaven!

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

05/15/2023

3.5/5

It bites off far more than it can chew, but the result is still interesting and, in places, gripping viewing.

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Andy's E

@andrew139 Mar 9

great movie only in french as the english dub is terrible as the words dont fit the lips and looks terrible

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James A

@Droz27 07/03/2025

The martial arts in a period piece was inauthentic and unnecessary, plenty of other ways to make medieval combat interesting. The beast looks so bad it's impossible to get past, and the cheap ways they hide it make this look like a mid Netflix movie. The dubbing was the only bright spot, but the script was so bad I couldn't finish it.

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Kevin H

@RT28296753 10/14/2024

I think the director must of been on drugs and to enjoy it, the audience should be on drugs. This was one painful movie. It just went on and on and on. The main protagonist is a combination of Grasshopper, Daniel Boone, and both characters in Dumb and Dumber. Beware.

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G S

@RT60175758 08/24/2024

Watching this in 2024, I felt the bad CGI kept taking me out of the moment. It's a shame because I enjoyed it otherwise. Worth a watch.

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Tim M

@tgmacman 06/25/2024

Its genre-mashing makes for strange bedfellows, but Brotherhood of the Wolf is nevertheless a neat diversion into historical folklore.

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pietro s

@RT34201157 01/26/2024

2024: this movie does not age well at all

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Synopsis

In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is laying waste to the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. King Louis sends in a renowned scientist and his Iroquois blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may bring the beast down. But the true nature of the beast is not what anyone could have anticipated.

Director: Christophe Gans
Producer: Samuel Hadida, Richard Grandpierre
Screenwriter: Stéphane Cabel, Stéphane Cabel, Stéphane Cabel, Christophe Gans
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Davis-Films, Canal+, TF1 Films Production, Natexis Banques Populaires Images 3, Eskwad
Rating: R (Sexuality|Nudity|Strong Gore|Strong Violence)
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Horror
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 27, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.9K
Runtime: 2h 22m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, DTS, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)