Customer Reviews
Avoid if you like serious movies - By: R. Essery, 30 Nov 2008 
Very good & very funny film which does not take itself too seriously.
A change from the usual stalk & slash films from Hollywood
Six Squaddies, One house, oh and a pack of werewolves - By: D. T. Corbett, 11 Nov 2008 
Ah, Scotland where the free roam, Private Cooper (Kevin Kidd) & his squad of misfits, including the brilliant Spoon set out on a training exercisein the remote highlands but after a SAS trooper is found mauled, the group begin a desperate last standin a old house against a very hungry pack of werewolves.
The mix of humour & horror make the film a must for horror & comedy fans alike.
Werewolves, one-liners, superglued intestines - what more could you want? - By: Dr Jones, 09 Nov 2008 Every so often, a movie comes along that really renews my faithin the British film industry, & this is one of them.
Setin the remote Highlands of Scotland, Dog Soldiers follows a squad of reluctant British soldiers out on what should be a regular training exercise. However, it's not long before the group stumbles across the remains of an SAS camp, with blood & scattered body parts all that's left of the former occupants. Soon the team comes under attack from what appear to be werewolves, leaving one of their number dead & another badly wounded. With darkness falling, they are picked up by a lone woman who takes them to a nearby farm house. The place is soon under seige by howling beasts, & what follows is a desperate struggle to stay alive until dawn.
The setup isn't particularly inspiring, but what sets this film apart from so many others is the wonderfully dark sense of humour, the memorable characters & the truly sparkling dialogue. Even Tarantino at his best would be struggling to match the one-liners that come thick & fastin this rollercoaster ride of a film, all donein typical tongue-in-cheek British fashion.
Dog Soldiers knows how ridiculous it is, but the great thing about it is that it truly doesn't care. It's a film that's all about fun, a film that sees men taking on werewolves with swords, knives, frying pans, pots of boiling water & even kitchen taps; a film that shows a man using superglue to hold his commanding officer's guts in; a film that gleefully references Zulu, The Matrix, Aliens & A Bridge Too Far. Frankly, it's just impossible not to enjoy yourself when you're watching this.
Nearly every one of the characters is likeable & interestingin their own right. There's Terry, who falls foul of eating too much food before a desperate firefight, with hillarious results; Joe, a football fanatic who spends most of the film trying unsuccessfully to learn the England-Germany score; Spoon, a high-strung adrenaline junkie who takes on a werewolf with just about anything he can lay his hands on; & Cooper, a failed special forces applicant trying to keep a clear head despite the mayhem around him.
It's a shame that this film isn't all that well known today, particularlyin the States where they'd probably lap up the distinctly British humour, even if they didn't really understand it.
If I was to level any kind of criticism at Dog Soldiers, I'd say that fundamentally it's really not all that scary. But then, it doesn't need to be. It's not trying to be a chilling psychological horror like The Shining, or a brutal gore-fest like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. This is an exciting, funny & entertaining romp - the sort of film that Britain needs to be making more of.
bark bark - By: P. J. Andrew, 17 Oct 2008 it looks like another brit combat film but it turns out to be good with top action & good actors a wolf film with a bite.
Entertaining - By: maximus, 06 Oct 2008 
Enough shocks, & laughsin equal measure to keep the interest going with this film. Good British cast, & (intentionally) cheesy script & a touch of irony make this an entertaning movie. Not one of the best horror films, but slightly better than averagein my opinion.
