DVD Review: Wolfhound: Oksana Akinshina, Juozas Budraitis, Rezo Esadze, Nina Usatova, Natalya Varley, Alexandr Domogarov, Andrei Rudensky, Igor Petrenko, Artem Semakin, Aleksandr Bukharov: Movies & TV
DVD Review: Wolfhound: Oksana Akinshina, Juozas Budraitis, Rezo Esadze, Nina Usatova, Natalya Varley, Alexandr Domogarov, Andrei Rudensky, Igor Petrenko, Artem Semakin, Aleksandr Bukharov: Movies & TV
Product Description
The last remaining member of a slaughtered tribe pursues vengeance against all odds for his family’s murder. When he discovers his target is a brutal, Sauron-like tyrant, his personal quest grows into an all-out war to rescue a nation and exact revenge.
Excellent Russian entry into fantasy,
By Haystack “Roaming around my world and yours” (NY, NY) -
While the cover may promise CONAN and LORD OF THE RINGS, fantasy fans will find a lot of unique elements in Wolfhound beyond those two seminal series. What keeps bringing me back to this film is the imaginative look at early Russian Mythology, particularly the benign gods and how Volkodav (Wolfhound) uses the elements of Good and the Light to defeat the darkness.
Playing Wolfhound is Russian actor Aleksandr Bukharov who invests his brooding protagonist with some very primal realism. The fact his sidekick is a pet bat doesn’t hurt.
While the story is something we’ve seen before, the unique way its told makes it fresh and new.
It takes a lot for me engage in a double dip purchase, but Wolfhound is one of those I am glad to buy again.
If you’re into High Fantasy and appreciate unique twists on good vs. evil, you’ll enjoy Wolfhound.
A 142 minute Russian epic,
By Steve Kuehl “SLV Video” (Ben Lomond, CA) -
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
The main reason I ordered this for the store was the amount of heated debates centering on what movies it copied and actual filming location comparisons (Russian landscape). For an estimated 20 million dollar budget, they gave it a heck of a try.
Per Weinstein protocol, they managed to do the usual bare bones DVD and no distribution. But for what this is, it manages to convey an interesting story with some epic CGI and a great deal of beautiful Russian countryside. The cover art states “Conan meets LOTR”, and that is relatively fair. There is plenty of corn and cheese to go around like Conan (tons of extra blood and bad fighting), and way too much storytelling (almost 2.5 hours worth) for a non fan (that water village with the Hawaiian-looking queen was schmaltz central).
The film quality is promising and competent throughout, but the sound is a killer at times. I tried watching the English dub and that was an absolute mess. They remove the credit sequence and dub the bad guys with weak voice work instead of the overdone Russian monster mash. Watching the Russian version almost felt like they either mixed it wrong in the editing room, or they never recorded sound during the exteriors (dubbed in later). The CGI looks great during some sequences and average in others, but the winner goes to that bat. You read about this main guy’s sidekick everywhere, and I have to admit he felt like he flew right out of being the owl in Clash of the Titans, but he entertains in his own little way.
Probably worth the watch for those fans wanting a fantasy epic that never completely delivers, but definitely has a high production look to it. I have read the story changed quite a bit from the books, but it might be watchable. No special features (there should be tons), Russian and English 5.1, rated R for violence, brief nudity and cheese. Enjoy.
Amazing!,
By Dorje (Santa Monica, CA United States) -
I saw this in a subtitled version in Asia..
An instant classic, this is in the top of its field for action/fantasty.
Incredible acting, excellent story, production value; The main actor is a fantastic action star and the leading lady is stunning…
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