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Brotherhood of the Wolf

Le pacte des loups

2001

Christophe Gans

Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne ...

5.8

50,418

Adventure. Fantasy. Horror Set in 1776 France, a beast begins terrorizing the Gévaudan region, attacking mostly women and children. Some believe it's a huge wolf, or a dragon. Some say it's the devil. All of France, even the court of Louis XV, is affected by these unexplainable crimes. Enlisted by the King of France, a knight named Gregoire de Fronsac arrives in Gévaudan one autumn evening to solve the problem. The noble young man is accompanied by Mani, a Mohawk ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I would be lying if I did not admit that this is all, in its absurd and overheated way, entertaining (…) 'The Brotherhood of the Wolf' looks just great (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"'Brotherhood' pulls you along because Mr. Gans is so eager to please and crams so much onto the table; it groans under the weight of his genre-crashing buffet and finally collapses"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Gans has given us an exhilarating ride with this stylish period thriller, which is everything that Tim Burton's 'Sleepy Hollow' was supposed to be, but wasn't"	POS
United States	Lisa Nesselson Variety	"Pic borrows from many genres but infuses the hybrid with a distinctive, relentlessly flashy style that’s sure to appeal to auds raised on computer games and tailored to delight the legions of nerds who support horror, fantasy and sci-fi pics"	POS
United States	Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader	"It provides glorious escapism without asking you to turn your brain off"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"There are eight or nine films here, all spliced to form what plays out like a 'Final Fantasy' game held together by slip-shod politics and spirituality (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"The movie has something in it to appeal to just about everyone (...) [It] is daring in its approach and successful in its result (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"Its deftly executed action scenes and skillfully engineered moments of suspense stand out (...) [It] may be the most ambitious action film since 'The Matrix'"	POS

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