I am quite amazed and pleased how many positive reviews this movie got, cause it was quite poorly received by critics in general. But often what critics write and what audience write do not match at all. I will not judge neither, but I am 100% movies and life in general could be enjoyed much more by not living in the head too much. So I can enjoy and have tremendous fun by many movies that are simply destroyed by top critics and this is one of them. Actin is simple, even horrible at some instances, but still..fun ! Critics said movie took itself too seriously..nope, critics took movie too seriously, I did not, so it was huge fun for me most of the time ! Wild Joe character was soo cool, he should had much more acting time and do more fighting, he looked so badass ! But best role was for sure alfa wolf male, Connor - leader of savage pack, powerful and charismatic werewolf everybody feared (with reason). Connor really is above all with his acting, still they made him little bit stupid looking, he have so much more potential which wasn't used by movie director at all ! I just knew Jason Momoa who played Connor Slaughter have so much more talent than it was used for movie, I just saw and felt huge power in him, for example I thought that his eyes were made so shinny for the movie, but he really do have so powerful eyes ! Today Momoa is known for playing Aquaman in DC EXtended Universe and he is currently on 4th place of popularity on popular movie site IMDb, yup he is top deal now and I just knew he have that potential, he is amazing !! Another thing, reviewers all the time mention this movie have low budget (18M), which is not low at all, you would me amazed how many Hollywood most popular and successful movies have lower budget than 10M, and movies with such budgets (if they succeed) bring most profit, cause they are made with couple milions and they bring profit of many milions, plus we are so spoiled nowadays, do you know first Alien was made for I think for no more than 2-3M, it was in 1980, but still, point is that if movie is well made, it can be amazing for less than 10m budget and it can suck totally for budgets beyond 50M$, yup that's the way it is ! One more thing, werewolfs in this movie looks just amazing, they are awesome !! Out

Cayden Richards (Lucas Till) is the high school star quarterback but he is struggling with some strange changes. After a couple of incidents including transformation, he decides to runaway. He finds out that he is adopted. He befriends Wild Joe who sends him to others at Lupine Ridge. Gail Timmins (Melanie Scrofano) is the drunken bartender. He is immediately attracted to her sister Angelina Timmins (Merritt Patterson). John Tollerman (Stephen McHattie) gives him a job at his farm. Connor (Jason Momoa) is the mysterious local gang leader.The first thing one notice is that the transformation is revealed early on and the movie doesn't enjoy showing it. It doesn't have fun with the usual werewolf transformation sequence. It's possible that they don't have the expertise or the budget to do it properly. There is a lot of werewolf makeup. Most of it is fair. This is a lower budget Canadian production and strictly a cable TV movie. Still, there are possible ways to make it work better. There is no imagination in the filmmaking and the story moves too slowly. There is nothing surprising and there isn't any tension. Instead of rushing through his origins story, they should have started Cayden on the road. His past can be shown in quick flashbacks. None of it is that compelling anyways. This is not any good.

The teenager Cayden Richards (Lucas Till) lives in a small town with his parents Dean Richards (Stephen Sparks) and Janice Richards (Jennifer Hale) and is having violent nightmares. He is the quarterback of the local football team and his girlfriend Lisa Stewart (Kaitlyn Leeb) is a cheerleader. After a game, Lisa decides to have sex with Cayden for the first time in the car. However he transforms into a monster and she flees from him. He goes home and finds his parents murdered. He leaves town hitchhiking while he is wanted by the police and he learns that his parents were actually stepparents.Cayden decides to find his origins and helps a prostitute at a truck stop that is assaulted by two men. Then he steals the motorcycle of one of the men and later he stops at a bar where he meets the weird Wild Joe (John Pyper-Ferguson). The stranger identifies that Cayden is a wolf and gives the direction to Lupine Ridge. Cayden arrives in a bar owned by the teenagers Angelina "Angel" Timmins (Merritt Patterson) and Gail Timmins (Melanie Scrofano) and he asks for a job, telling that his name is Danny. However he is not welcomed by the locals and he leaves the bar. But a man called John Tollerman (Stephen McHattie) hires him to work in his farm where he lives with his wife Clara Tollerman (Janet- Laine Green). Soon Cayden learns that John is his uncle and his mother was raped by the local leader Connor (Jason Momoa). He also finds that he is a pure town wolf together with John, Angeline, Gail and two other inhabitants. Connor is also pure, but has formed a pack of impure wolves and has a pact with the inhabitants to leave them in peace. But he is getting old and wants to have a baby with Angelina as part of the deal. But the problem is, Cayden and Angelina has fallen in love for each other and Cayden intends to stop Connor."Wolves" is an entertaining adventure underrated in IMDb maybe because it is indicating the horror genre, frustrating the fans of this genre. The plot is predictable but the characters are charismatic; Lucas Till and Merritt Patterson have a great chemistry; and the special effects and fight choreography are excellent. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Lobos" ("Wolves")

I honestly don't know why some people have responded so negatively towards this film. Perhaps they did not watch more than the first twenty or so minutes. It takes Wolves time to get off the ground and the segue into the story is not managed all that well, giving the initial impression of a clumsy B movie. If however, you persist you will be rewarded. Wolves improves as a the story progresses. The story itself is predicable horror fare but its competently done and very enjoyable. The acting is solid too, and includes some capable Canadian actors you may be familiar with, such as Stephen McHattie, of Pontypool fame. My advice ignore the negative nellies and give Wolves a go. You wont be disappointed. Eight out of ten from me.