Director: Grant Harvey
Year: 2004
Country: Canada
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Werewolf
Plot:
Arriving at a secluded fortress, two sisters find the few workers left at the location under siege by former colleagues who have been turned into werewolves and must help them hold off the creatures long enough to escape before being turned so they can escape their fates.
Review:
This was quite an exciting and enjoyable effort and was the best in the series. What really helps this one is the fact that there are a lot more action-packed attacks in here, which comes from the general storyline. By going with the ambushed fortress storyline, this allows for numerous opportunities to bring the werewolves to come out from this one which starts off nicely here almost immediately as the creatures unleash an attack nearly as soon as they arrive to show off some great action of the group running around to the different sections of the fort and firing off plenty of defenses while also falling victim to the creatures. This first attack sets up the later ones which are a little shorter but manage some more action within this until this one gets to the finale.
That features quite a more massive attack than before as there are multiple werewolves featured here for the majority of the scenes which goes against the previous ones of only having a single creature involved, which manages the rather fun feat of allowing plenty of werewolves to swarm on each of the individuals that's all kinds of fun. There's the stalking of the guards throughout the complex and the hunters' action which is tons of fun as he tries to take them out with his tactics of dealing with them and involving the secondary measures of the commander settling his scores before turning the action into the grand finale of burning it all down while the fighting with the werewolves occurs. As well as the gruesome deaths here, what else works here for this one is the werewolf effects that really make the beasts look great in their few scenes which is the film's main flaw.
Those scenes are too few and far between in this one so despite all the great attacks in here there's very little elsewhere to handle the action which leaves this one with spotted sections of great werewolf action surrounded by dullness. Lastly, the film tends to follow a few plot lines from the original by again going for the one sister's transformation that comes off as slightly different from the original yet follows the same principal motive. In the end, this causes the latter half to be quite predictable and more than a little troubling setting up nonsensical action merely to get this specific story across. Otherwise, this was quite an enjoyable effort.
Overview: ***.5/5
A genuinely enjoyable entry in the series, this one has a lot more going for it than expected which makes up enough to overcome its few drawbacks. Those who appreciate this kind of genre fare, have enjoyed the other entries in the franchise, or are huge werewolf aficionados will have a lot to like while those who aren’t fans of these factors should heed caution.
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