Le Pacte des Loups (English title
- Brotherhood Of The Wolf) is
a French movie that combines adventure; period
costume drama; horror; cheesy matrix-stylised
marshal arts and action. Mixing genres can be
fraught with the danger of cracking cranium
on the hard floor between the comfy stools,
but this movie manages to make a semi-comfortable
bed by pushing the stools together in a row.
Le Pacte des Loups is about an odd couple
- a naturalist and a Red Indian, as the rather
more boringly named " Native American Indians"
were known until recently. The Red Indian character
was very well acted, but was a seen-it-all-before
"taciturn nobal tribal warrior" cliche.
The dynamic duo, who happen to be expert in
marshal arts for some unclear reason, are sent
by the King to investigate the horrible killings
of women and sprogs for which the finger of
suspicion is pointed at an enigmatic and fearsome
lupine beastie.
There is a romantic subplot between our naturalist
and an unfeasibly gorgeous aristocratic fille.
But that doesn't get in the way of the fun too
much. We have plenty of monsters, nudity, sex,
fighting, wit, fine acting and style. Bravo!!!!!
That's what we want! Talking of wit, I got the
feeling some of the finer humour was lost due
to the subtitles. But I actually like subtitles.
With some modern movies I can't discern much
of the mumbled dialog.
Le Pacte des Loups looks gorgeous,
but it is a little too long for itself though
(over 2 hours) and it never quite catches fire.
I usually love French movies for their characters,
but here I didn't get into the characters despite
the fine cast; in particular, I remember the
marvelous Vincent Cassel from Dobermann.
( Dobermann is a grusomely violent
- yet stormingly good - French crime movie.)
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They poisoned the hero. They buried the
hero and he lived? Hmmm. Still, it is
fantasy I suppose. But even so...
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The beast gets the girl and they live happily
ever after.
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