Redundant and unnecessary.

Disappointment for a huge fan!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Historical, sci-fi, martial arts tale and more. Hard to pigeonhole this French-made movie into a genre, which is a good thing. I saw the fight scenes as a bit overdone. And, perhaps the fact that half the community was in on the conspiracy is a bit unrealistic. But, oh well, it's a movie. Suspend disbelief and enjoy...

In 1764, the beast arrives in France. In one year, the fear has spread far sending the region of Gévaudan into darkness. Grégoire de Fronsac is a naturalist from King Louis XV's court. He and his Iroquois companion Mani investigate. They examine survivors and bodies. They encounter Captain Duhamel and his men who are hunting the beast. Fronsac figures the beast to be 500 pounds.This French movie marries a costume period piece with some kung fu action and the horrors of a werewolf. I don't find the costume drama that compelling. Other than Mani, I don't find anybody that compelling. I love the kung fu action though. It's a fascinating marriage. There are some fun moments with an interesting idea. The wolf horror isn't that scary but it's still good.

The film has its goofy side - it's a sleek, creepily atmospheric popcorn entertainment. In 18th century France, King Louis XIV sends a naturalist (Samuel Le Bihan) to a rural area to catch a savage, wolf-like beast that has been killing women and children.Brotherhood Of The Wolf is an extravagant, superficial fantasy that does not take itself too seriously. A knowing mish-mash of styles, it incorporates martial arts, comic book imagery, and sequences that would not look misplaced in classic horror films. Still, it's fun on its own limited terms. The film is the second-highest-grossing French-language film in the United States in the last two decades (this film also did brisk video and DVD sales in the United States).

True, it's good points do include Monica Belucci and that it relates to a true story. Also must be said I unfortunately watched an over-dubbed version (there's something about hearing the dialogue in french that makes you forgive almost anything...). And finally, it was in the least quite inventive and novel. However, the film seems to have been thrown together from random cuttings. It fails to lead the viewer anywhere in particular, darting from inviting sympathy for the villains to rejoicing at their come-uppance, so many pointless/directionless subplots, including love and deception, that have no bearing, and ridiculous moments of pretend pathos. That we have American indians/french doing jet li moves, as another viewer mentioned should have said it all (even disregarding that its captured in an amateurish way when compared with the Hong Kong greats).