Wolfcop

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I loved this film, it was funny, zany, silly and had a good straight werewolf character and the perfect comedy sidekick. The narrative and special effects were none too shabby and as a watching experience it was better than most Hollywood horror films that have budgets 40 times greater but zero love of the genre. Wolfman for example was a waste of money and the audiences time. Studios often fudge horror films by getting a director who is bored and wanting to progress up the ladder but Indie does horror just for the kicks. It wasn't that long and I hope in Wolfcop 2, there is money enough to add some sequences. The cast are all ace and just goes to show how strong Canadian indie film making is in 2014/2015. Please add a song by American Werewolf Academy next time too! Watch it!

WOLFCOP is exactly the kind of movie you always HOPE you'll get when you take a risk on a rental: funny (to a degree), with some solid performances (especially from the lead), some remarkable makeup fx, and above-average direction. The shedding of the skin alone was an outstanding idea and would've made the movie worth seeing for Genre fans, but add in the gallows humor (the female deputy, Tina, for instance, brandishes the face of a dead man like a Halloween mask, taunting our hero; and WolfCop finds himself momentarily DING-A-LING-LESS during one sequence) and you've got something a notch or two above average. Lou's pal, wide-eyed Willie, sums up our hero's lot in life: "You got that low self-esteem, low I.Q., daddy issues; you're an alcoholic, so you gotta have some rage, right? That's a lethal combo, man." I can't wait to see WOLFCOP II.

This movie has some really genuinely funny moments. It's gory and has nudity, so you could call it a party movie (depending on your definition of that of course). But it wouldn't surprise me, if you felt weird and awkward at moments. Like during the "love scene" of the movie. It's also where the nudity takes place (can't tell you if there was a body double involved though, the scene really weirded me out). While there probably wasn't any hairball involved, some things are just out there. Depending on your sense of humor, you will either be overly delighted or a bit stunned/annoyed. This tries hard to be as funny as it can be and get much out of its simple idea. Does the title speak to you? Then maybe you'll like it. But don't set the bar too high, it probably will disappoint you

Wolf Cop seems like it should be a good or at least a fun movie. The poster has a werewolf on it who is a cop, I mean how in the world can a movie about that not be worth watching on any single night of any week ever? Well this is how. Wolf Cop is disappointing on every single level. The effects are very bad, low level and amateurish. The transformation and horror shots are usually very close in to hide what's supposed to be going on, and all the shots are very brief with quick edits so they don't have to be very good. The acting is also B-level at best with some really hammy characters and line delivery. But you can't really blame them because the script is obviously garbage, filled with painful plot holes really bad jokes (like dad jokes but the bad kind of dad jokes you can't even laugh at because they're so bad, they're just groan worthy). Do yourself a favor and skip Wolf Cop.

Wolfcop. Great title, great poster. It looked so promising. A modern-day B-movie that seems destined to become a cult classic. Surely it would be everything a modern B-movie should be: funny, gory, entertaining, silly. Something that would be good to watch with mates while having a beer. Unfortunately Wolfcop does not come anywhere near to delivering what it should do. There are some good moments of gore, some of which are quite funny. However, that's about all it's got going for it. The storyline is too serious and dull. There is one character in there who is put in for comedic value but his good moments are few and far between and completely overshadowed by the dullness that is the rest of the film. It's also a bit too slow paced and there's an infuriatingly long, drawn out and boring sex scene (that is not graphic at all so not sure why they bothered to add it in or make it so long). Disappointingly, it also doesn't feel like there are enough all-out gory, funny, ridiculous scenes that would make it a true B-movie classic. A good example of where this film fails to deliver is when Wolfcop and his mate decide to do up the police car, A-Team-style. However it doesn't really show you what they do to it, when it comes out of the garage it doesn't really look any different and they don't utilise it in any way, shape or form. It's a completely wasted opportunity. Also, big thumbs down - there's no worthy quoteable lines in this film. The acting ranges wildly from good to poor. The film is shot well enough but is just blandly directed so not great fun to watch. Overall, it was OK as a one-off watch. I wouldn't recommend it and it has no repeat viewing value.

Wolfcop review For a film with the title WolfCop and that has * on display in the first 3 minutes, it became a surprisingly bleak first half. The story of an alcoholic cop, and starring an actor I'd actually seen in a film before (Not as the WolfCop itself though), it got me invested in the despair of the run-down crime-ridden town. The first transformation from Lou Garrou into Wolfcop was sudden, effective an phallic, and the film took a shift from grim and dark into some B-movie style awesomeness with bad jokes (he's 'the fuzz'), faces being ripped off, and a whole lot of cleaning up town. The ending went in an unexpected direction, with a Grimm fairytale sex scene, a whole lot of oddness and a good old fashioned gunfight (and wolf bite) ending. An unforeseen gem of a movie, roll on WolfCop 2. "Lou, your a wolf!" (growls) "Cop!"

But it wasn't Saw the trailer seem like it could offer some fun and the movieposter looks pretty cool but no it's not it's just silly. It's too childish for me and probably most adults but it's too graphic for the kids, in one scene when mr. WolfCop turns into a werewolf they show him turning by showing his normal human * (albeit obviously made of plastic) peeing blood to then in front of the camera turn dark and get covered with hair when he's finally turning... So yeah it's not for the kids either, I dunno who would like this, the jokes are just lame, if there are any jokes (hard to tell since I didn't find it funny one bit). I dunno I think that they got an idea that doing a movie about a cop that's also a werewolf and just halfassed a script. Best part of the movie is when the credits roll because the song that plays there is actually pretty good. If you want a comedy with werewolves I suggest "FDR American BadAss (2012)" instead, that's also kinda silly but at least it has some jokes to back it up... For a more scary werewolf experience why not try "Wer (2013)" and give this movie a skip

WOLFCOP is a straightforward B-flick about a cop who turns into a werewolf. There's no more to it or less to it than that. It's very much in the spirit of the MACHETE films, albeit with a lower budget, in that it goes for a whole retro/non-serious vibe and just about gets by on goodwill alone. The low budget is often apparent during this production, so the scriptwriter goes for a jokey tone throughout to make things easier to watch. The acting isn't very good, but the quality of the special effects is a real surprise; they actually turn out to be very good indeed, with some excruciating werewolf transformations that work well. The titular fiend looks rather cheesy but then that's the point. Otherwise, the film is chock-full of grindhouse-style violence and some jumbled plotting. It's an amiable time-waster although those looking for genuine originality or insight will be disappointed; WOLFCOP is a film that offers nothing new for fans and instead is happy to go through the usual and expected motions.

Another b-movie! Yet again I found myself watching one of those movies where almost everyone looks aghast, asking themselves: "Why?" And then there's me. 'Cause it's about a cop. That's a wolf. That kills bad guys. Who are shapeshifters. And have a kind of satanic cult. With a soundtrack composed by RidingEasy Records (the heavy psych / fuzz label that signed awesome bands like Black Prism, Salem's Pot, Electric Citizen, Albino Python and The Picturebooks and (re-)released tapes of Saint Vitus, Graveyard, Witchcraft and Orchid). Oh, and it has tons of blood, gore and splatter. And to top it all off, it has an awesome looking werewolf reminiscent of those in Werewolves on Wheels, not that over-stylized Twilight stuff. I can keep on going. The only question to ask yourself is: "Why not?" This is the sort of movie that's the ultimate kind of entertainment for me. Compared to Hollywood this Canadian movie is low budget, but don't be fooled, the total cost still is around €700.000. However, when you see the trailer of that other, insanely stupid looking, Canadian werewolf movie Wolves (which actually will get a theatrical release in Belgium) and know that one cost almost 15 million euro's, one can wonder why WolfCop doesn't suffice. To throw in some other numbers: the Danish werewolf (art)movie When Animals Dream had a budget of around 2.5 million euro's and the latest American blockbuster about werewolves (The Wolfman, 2010) cost 123 million euro's. I only want to point out the ridiculous waste of money when it comes to some movies. If an entertaining movie (WolfCop) costs €700.000 and a more highbrow movie (When Animals Dream) costs €2.5 million, isn't that enough? Why must entertainment be funded by such capital when it can be made with much less? Such capital prevents true creative freedom, 'cause money is restrictive, not liberating. Above all, it's not that this kind of capital is needed for technical progress, 'cause we're not looking at themes like in Avatar, Gravity or Interstellar. This is horror. Pictures like Wolves and The Wolfman are redundant and therefor waste. We need a wolfcop to prevent this crap from happening in the future!