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A trial of trying to resurrect the classic 70's and 80's animal adventure movies. A trail and error indeed.
Here's how I feel about the movie: everybody was great except the people who actually matter. Seems like an old man told this story to his 11-year-old daughter, and she wanted to write a screenplay of it. Being the type of 6th Grader who was curious and watched IT, she twisted it around too her disgusting liking of torture. Than, she sends it to, not an actual movie studio, but animal planet. And they execute the script terribly. So not only did they have a script that took something great and messed it up beyond belief, but they executed it horribly, trying to do too many things at once. What are those things? Trying to make a typical TV movie and at the same time trying to create another classic rescue family film.
The only relieving part is the visuals. The settings and backgrounds are fantastic for what they had to work with. Everything else, no. I already talked about the script and the execution, but it gets even worse. After a terrible script was written, and terrible execution was brought, the casting and acting was horrific. I can't believe even Animal Planet wrecked such a great opprotunity for such a classic up this much. It was completely uninteresting, graphic for a family movie, and just an amateur story to begin with. Only, ol' Grandpa told it in a way that made you feel awesome. Like how Walt Disney told Winnie the Pooh, it was a very simple story, but he told it into a way that spawned a franchise from the golden heart of Pooh and his friends. Granted the movie is different from the book but, oh bother.
And what are they doing calling it Night of the Wolf anywho? That would have been a flipping awesome title for a werewolf movie. Not to mention Dog Soldiers was made in this same year. I'd say flip the title but it wouldn't work. This definably doesn't fit Dog Soldier. And actually, it doesn't even really take place at Night except for one scene, other wise it is days. Should have called it Sun of the Wolf...he11, let's just go with A Hard Days Wolf. Than the Beatles can come in there and put some value on this catastrophe. Luckily, if you most see it I believe it's in the public domain so just download it. I don't say download copyrighted movies. But whatever, download any movie from Animal Planet because copyrighted or not they have no business making movies, more WTF! (Any watcher of Animal Planet will know that doesn't stand for what the @#$%.)
There's my throughts. The Rating? 1/5. You don't see me giving that rating too often.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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A widowed rancher Claire McNichol and her teenage son, Jesse, and the dramatic events that cause them to reevaluate their relationships with one another and the world around them. Set against a rugged, rural backdrop, Claire and Jesse, along with their longtime friend and ranch foreman Purly Owens, work the cattle ranch that Claire once shared with her husband who was killed in a ranching accident. Claire counts among her closest friends Rose Handy and Sheriff Wade Messer. As the over-protective Claire contemplates selling the ranch and moving to San Francisco with Jesse, a life-threatening accident strands her deep in the wilderness with only a wild wolf for company. When Jesse realizes his mother is missing, he heads into the mountains alone to try and find her, but soon finds more than he bargained for when he encounters deadly poachers holed up at his mom's cabin and discovers they have killed a game warden. The ruthless poachers turn their sights on Jesse and stalk him through the mountains, intent on getting rid of the boy before he can reveal their crimes. While Claire and the wolf form an unlikely alliance in their struggle to survive.
This is such a 'touching' story i loved it 'thumbs up' must see
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/09/23
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