Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

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Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf)

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Bernard Farcy, Francois Hadji-Lazaro, Jacques Perrin, Jean Yanne, Johan Leysen

If you crave an over-the-top historical kung fu-fantasy epic with a good dose of voluptuous nudity, bravura machismo, and passions so intense they verge on ridiculous, then Brotherhood of the Wolf<...( read more  read more... )/I> is your movie. Based (loosely) on an 18th-century legend, this French film follows a hunky scientist (Samuel Le Bihan, who's sort of a second-string Christopher Lambert) and his Iroquois sidekick/spiritual partner (Mark Dacascos) as they pursue a monstrous wolf ravaging the French countryside. Along the way Le Bihan gets entwined with a beautiful noblewoman (Émilie Dequenne) and a gorgeous prostitute (Monica Belluci) with secrets. The plot grows more and more incomprehensible, but the mix of torrid emotions, outrageous action sequences, and lurid titillation is really what the movie is about. Ignore the highbrow philosophizing and confused political intrigue; just enjoy the sensual images. --Bret Fetzer

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  • RCCLBC
    November 2, 2009
    RCCLBC
    Realized that I had only rated this and not reviewed it, so watched it again (the "directors cut" this time) and was instantly reminded of just how beautifully shot this film is.

    While it is not without it's flaws, it is very well done. And though the main premise of the stor...( read more)y is "Baskerville-ish", it is nicely enveloped with enough French history, martial arts and lush costumes and sets that (for the most part) it is easy to overlook.

    My only complaint would be with some of the CGI effects regarding "the beast". They were a bit low budget at times. But again, there is SO much other really great stuff to be said for the film, that it is pretty easy to overlook those few moments of bad CGI.
  • allan913
    October 18, 2009
    allan913
    A classic. A wild and absolutely breathtaking ride. As cool and as exciting as adventure gets. It's a masterpice, a briiliant combination of historical background, fantacy, horror, mystery and outstanding action sequences. A stylish, sexy, remarkable and mind-blowing adventure. A...( read more) compelling, moving and provocative film filled with great locations and sensual images. An extroadinary and fasinating movie. An amasing and explosive action-packed adventure. The action is like something from The Matrix or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The story has a great sense of character development and devotion. It truly shines with greatness and incrediable style. Samuel Le Bihan and Mark Dacascos are sensational. Vincent Cassel gives a chilling performance.
  • DrZeek
    October 1, 2009
    DrZeek
    Jean-Francois de Morangias: So tell me sir, do they speak of the beast in Paris?
    Gregoire De Fronsac: Speak of it? They're already singing songs about it.
    Geneviève de Morangias: Instead of singing songs, they should be saying prayers.

    Quite the strange film, which manages...( read more) to pack a historical atmosphere with killer wolves, martial arts, crazy amounts of cleavage and nudity, political drama, romance, and some slick cinematography to make it all look nice. The film is too all over the place to be great, but it is entertaining.

    Set in 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. During this time, more characters are introduced, including a one-armed count, played by Vincent Cassel and one of the women at the local brothel, played by Monica Bellucci. While on the hunt for the dangerous beast killing many, the two main men learn that there may be much more to the terrorizing of the beast than one may know.

    Jean-Francois de Morangias: Congratulations. If I had both my hands, I'd applaud you.

    At two and a half hours, this is a long movie, especially given its B-movie style plot outline. The first hour and a half was actually really good, before the movie descended into stranger and stranger territory. The characters are interesting and the premise was working for me. As the film kept going, all the other layers detracted from my liking of the movie.

    The two things that were the most solid here were Mark Dacascos as the Native American who was awesome as a quiet martial arts expert and the gorgeous cinematography. Any movie that can give us both beautiful landscapes and transition fades from Bellucci's breasts to mountains is quality. Certainly adding to both these elements (Dacascos and the cinematography) is the action sequences, which make great use of slo mo and speed ups.

    As intriguing as the beast aspect of the story is, seeing it wasn't too satisfying, however, it did kinda grow on me in a strange sort of way.

    Now in addition to all of this, as absurd as some of the elements in this film are, what is surprising is that a lot of the characters and their character traits are actually true. Its a detail that I feel necessary to share, because what else can I say about this movie? It has some cool action, looks great, but is overly long.

    Gregoire De Fronsac: How did it happen?
    Jean-Francois de Morangias: I learned that sometimes one bullet doesn't suffice.
  • LitelBluHli
    December 23, 2008
    LitelBluHli
    I fell asleep...it was sooo long. I will maybe give it another shot some time in my life time. For now, it gets 1 star.
  • DragonEyeMorrison
    September 30, 2008
    DragonEyeMorrison
    Good premise, decent atmosphere, lame and dumb execution. The action sequences are choppy, and become yet another proof that you just can't beat the real thing (Hong Kong cinema) when it comes to shootings this kind of stuff. Best thing of this: Monica Bellucci naked, Cassel play...( read more)s wacky villians too.
  • shadow16ro
    December 17, 2009
    shadow16ro
    I loved it.
    Full of mystery and spectacular scenes it kept me frozen on front of the screen until the end.
    I was a little disappointed in the end (they rushed it a little).
    Of course Dacascos was a real eye-candy <3.
    I might be slow at mind but did you figure it out what kind of ...( read more)animal was the beast?
    It didn't look like a lion, rhino ,leopard,hyena ,jackal or anything else I know of...(It was furry ,wasn't it?)
  • OCButterfly99
    November 29, 2009
    OCButterfly99
    I just loved this movie! I love Fantasy epic films like this.
  • 21rclemente
    November 16, 2009
    21rclemente
    Crazy. this movie was innovative and caried with it an eery rendition of mythical French culture
  • whispersofecstacy
    November 11, 2009
    whispersofecstacy
    Amazing! breath-Taking! A Must-See.
  • kingmob6
    November 3, 2009
    kingmob6
    Gave this a re-watch for the Halloween season this year, hadn't seen it in several years.

    Still holds up amazingly well, just a beautiful film, rather notable for the genre-bending mixture of style and action, I wish there were more films out there like this.

    Highly recommended.
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