Review: 'Wolves' starring Lucas Till and Jason Momoa

David Hayter wrote the first two X-men movies, the second considered one of the best early crop of superhero flicks. Lucas Till starred as Havok in X-men: First Class and X-men: Days of Future Past. So it's no surprise that when the two got together for Hayter's directorial debut, Wolves, the result is something that resembles a superhero-style origin story, only one that involves big, hairy, scary werewolves and some True Blood-style lunacy.

While the effects are a little on the cheap side, it adds to the sexy, crazy B-movie vibe. Till plays Caden, the All-American high school kid; star quarterback with the hot girlfriend and all. But then he starts undergoing some weird changes that have nothing to do with adolescence. Of course we know what's going on; he's changing into a werewolf, and after a couple of violent outbursts lead to the deaths of people he loves, Cayden hightails it out of town. After encountering a one-eyed ruffian who shares his lycanthropic traits, Cayden winds up in the mysterious town of Lupine Ridge, which has earned its name for reasons that are obvious to everyone but our hero.

The fur starts to fly when the needlessly convoluted plot begins to focus on Cayden's true origins. The family he thought he knew was obviously a lie, and it turns out his bloodline extends to some of Lupine Ridge's most foul members of society. One of those is the rough 'n rugged Connor, the meanest, nastiest wolf in town who commands a veritable army of redneck wolves of lesser strength and wits. Soon Caleb is defending the good wolves (and one human woman who loves hairy guys) of Lupine Ridge from Connor, who wants to keep the bloodline pure by any means necessary. Sounds a little bit like Magneto, but on a smaller scale, doesn't it?

Hayter is good at this stuff, mixing the absurd with feral cruelty in equal proportions. Momoa looms large as Connor, an alpha dog vicious enough to literally sick his pack of wolves on a friend then roast him for dinner, cackling with maniacal glee the entire time. Till, who was perfect for the bland as toast Havok (he's like that in the comics, too), shows a bit more fire as Cayden, but he's overshadowed by Momoa's presence. Wolves is silly, campy fun (with lots of hot werewolf sex!), but it's smart enough to try and not be anything more than that. It's a film with bite, and thankfully there isn't a single vampire in sight.

Wolves is available now On Demand. 

Rating: 3 out of 5

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Jason Momoa is a Big Bad Wolf in Red Band Trailer for 'Wolves'

Jason Momoa has built a pretty good career playing fearsome savages in Game of Thrones and Conan the Barbarian, and he'll apparently play a much tougher version of Aquaman than we've ever seen in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But to see Momoa at his most feral you'll want to check out his next film, the campy, bloody action flick Wolves, directed by X-men scribe David Hayter.

A new red band trailer for the film has been released and this looks like some lost episode of HBO's True Blood or something. Momoa stars alongside Lucas Till (Havok in X-men: First Class) in the story of Cayden Richards, a kid accused of murdering his parents who stumbles into the town of Lupine Ridge, which *shocker* is populated by a clan of werewolves. There Cayden explores his mysterious past, falls in love, and tries not to become prey.

Wolves hits theaters Nov. 14th and VOD two days later. Check out a red and green band trailer for it below.




Wolves Official Trailer #2 (2014) - Jason Momoa, Lucas Till Movie by Allvideos HD

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Jason Momoa Howls in First Trailer for 'Wolves'

In the same way that vampires are in desperate need of getting their mojo back (Vampire Academy didn't do the trick), werewolf movies could also use a bit more bite. Unfortunately most of them seem to be stuck on the use of werewolves in a coming-of-age context (like MTV's Teen Wolf), and that seems to be the route David Hayter, writer of X-men and Watchmen, is taking with his directorial debut, Wolves.

Starring Lucas Till and Jason Momoa as a pipe-smoking lycanthrope villain, the film centers on a all-American high school teen who wakes up to find his family murdered and his body undergoing animalistic transformations. Led to the isolated town of Lupine Ridge, the name seemingly a dead giveaway, he finds himself in the middle of a war between rival werewolf packs.

This looks pretty cheesy, especially every single scene that has Momoa in it, but at least there are plenty of fangs and blood. Wolves is expected to open this summer.

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