Dog Soldiers

R

2002

1 hr. 45 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

81%

42 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

50,000+ Ratings

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During a routine nighttime training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a small squad of British soldiers expected to rendezvous with a special ops unit instead find a bloody massacre with a sole survivor. The savage attackers of the special ops team return, and the men are rescued by Megan (Emma Cleasby), a zoologist who identifies what hunts them as werewolves. Without transport or communications, the group is forced to retreat to a farmhouse to wait for the full moon to disappear at dawn.

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Critics Consensus

Frightening, funny, and packed with action, Dog Soldiers is well worth checking out for genre fans -- and marks writer-director Neil Marshall as a talent to keep an eye on.

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Alex E

Absolutely great movie it never gets old.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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JoÃ£o D

The best werewolf movie of all time, it mixes terror, mystery and suspense in just the right dose. The tension only increases as the movie progresses, where a group of soldiers have to fight with all their might to escape the attacks of werewolves thirsty for fresh human flesh and blood.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/24

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Payden C

This is one of the best werewolf movies ever made. The cast is great, well written and flushed out. The werewolf design is 100 percent perfect but God is it better then almost 90 percent of other movies that just use a regular dog or wolf. "Cough twilight cough" I recommend this movie to anyone especially those who love werewolf movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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Gorptholemew T

🍅 9.0/10 Please tell me this is a cult classic. Me and the boys when the werewolves be knocking. This is pure cheesy fun hell yeahs. It goes back to old-school 80s 90s thriller action like predator, but with werewolves and it feels good it is so fun to watch. Grade A

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/23

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Paulina G

Great werewolf movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/23/23

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Oliver B

From classic squady/ British humour and slang to its battle for survival, an absolute classic British horror. Watched this as a very young lad and can't help but keep coming back time and time again. Gets better every time!! For me spoon hammering the werewolf's hand coming through the letter slot too Sean Pertwee actually braking his nose on set just add to what clearly needs a sequel! "I hope I give you the shits, you f…..g wimp."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/23

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Neil Marshall

Director

Sean Pertwee

Sgt. Harry G. Wells

Kevin McKidd

Pvt. Cooper

Emma Cleasby

Megan

Liam Cunningham

Capt. Ryan

Darren Morfitt

"Spoon" Witherspoon

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Falls back mainly on army squad clichés and rote conflicts, along the way delivering a group of protagonists woefully short on personality.

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Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2003

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Jonathan Perry

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Marshall puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 31, 2003

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Sean Axmaker

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... a howling good reworking of the werewolf tale. Set in the deep misty forests of the Scottish Highlands, this full moon boogie pits wolf pack against platoon and watches the fur fly.

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Matt Brunson

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Neil Marshall's The Descent ranks as one of the best horror films of modern times, but the British writer-director already had another grade-A monster movie under his belt before his breakthrough feature.

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Niall Browne

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Dog Soldiers is a film where all the elements came together at the right time and in the right order. It’s a perfect storm of talent and the film is pretty much perfect.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 30, 2022

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Synopsis

During a routine nighttime training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a small squad of British soldiers expected to rendezvous with a special ops unit instead find a bloody massacre with a sole survivor. The savage attackers of the special ops team return, and the men are rescued by Megan (Emma Cleasby), a zoologist who identifies what hunts them as werewolves. Without transport or communications, the group is forced to retreat to a farmhouse to wait for the full moon to disappear at dawn.

Director: Neil Marshall
Executive Producer: Romain Schroeder, Harmon Kaslow, Vic Bateman
Screenwriter: Neil Marshall
Production Co: Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Carousel Picture Company
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017

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