Le pacte des loups (2001)
(Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 120/150m
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jean Yanne, Jean-François Stévenin
Synopsis:
In 1760s France a mysterious beast preys on the women and children of Gévaudan and the King despatches his top naturalist and the latter's Indian blood brother to investigate. They discover a secret society of reactionaries to the Age of Reason is behind the outrages, hoping to put renewed fear of God into the people.
Review:
What begins as Last of the Mohicans meets the Wolf Man soon develops, through Matrix-style hand-to-hand combat sequences, into a Name of the Rose scenario of historical intrigue. In short, it is a hybrid beast indeed, put together with a Gallic excess of style which enthralls the eye at times while providing less than usual to nourish the brain over the two-hour running time. An even longer version followed on DVD which made an already fanciful concoction sillier still by extending the fight scenes.
(Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 120/150m
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jean Yanne, Jean-François Stévenin
Synopsis:
In 1760s France a mysterious beast preys on the women and children of Gévaudan and the King despatches his top naturalist and the latter's Indian blood brother to investigate. They discover a secret society of reactionaries to the Age of Reason is behind the outrages, hoping to put renewed fear of God into the people.
Review:
What begins as Last of the Mohicans meets the Wolf Man soon develops, through Matrix-style hand-to-hand combat sequences, into a Name of the Rose scenario of historical intrigue. In short, it is a hybrid beast indeed, put together with a Gallic excess of style which enthralls the eye at times while providing less than usual to nourish the brain over the two-hour running time. An even longer version followed on DVD which made an already fanciful concoction sillier still by extending the fight scenes.
(Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Country: FR
Technical: col/scope 120/150m
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jean Yanne, Jean-François Stévenin
Synopsis:
In 1760s France a mysterious beast preys on the women and children of Gévaudan and the King despatches his top naturalist and the latter's Indian blood brother to investigate. They discover a secret society of reactionaries to the Age of Reason is behind the outrages, hoping to put renewed fear of God into the people.
Review:
What begins as Last of the Mohicans meets the Wolf Man soon develops, through Matrix-style hand-to-hand combat sequences, into a Name of the Rose scenario of historical intrigue. In short, it is a hybrid beast indeed, put together with a Gallic excess of style which enthralls the eye at times while providing less than usual to nourish the brain over the two-hour running time. An even longer version followed on DVD which made an already fanciful concoction sillier still by extending the fight scenes.