When a series of brutal killings in New York City cannot be attributed to anyone human, a detective begins to suspent something predatorial is stalking the slums.
Subgenres: wo, philosophical
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Wolfen certainly starts out well--a series of murders, a mysterious, ostensibly supernatural killers, links to Native American mysticism. Good acting, especially from Gregory Hines and Albert Finney (who still mumbles too much for our good). However, the film is too scattershot to deliver on its own promises; by the end, the characters, relationships, and subtest all remain underdeveloped. Some of the sets, however--especially the burnt-out church--are quite good, partially making up for another one of the film's faults, the lack of a convincingly menacing foe. (They just look like, well, wolves. Maybe wolves on steroids.)(Sep 7, 1999) 
Wolfen certainly starts out well--a series of murders, a mysterious, ostensibly supernatural killers, links to Native American mysticism. Good acting, especially from Gregory Hines and Albert Finney (who still mumbles too much for our good). However, the film is too scattershot to deliver on its own promises; by the end, the characters, relationships, and subtest all remain underdeveloped. Some of the sets, however--especially the burnt-out church--are quite good, partially making up for another one of the film's faults, the lack of a convincingly menacing foe. (They just look like, well, wolves. Maybe wolves on steroids.)(Sep 7, 1999)
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Based on the book by Whitley Strieber.
