The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

WAR DOG is a long-forgotten and insanely violent Swedish action film with a plot similar to that of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, although it came first. The story sees the macho protagonist looking into the death of his brother and coming across a sinister plot to breed a new type of super soldier, bent on death and without emotion. The film kicks off with an incredible slow-motion massacre scene in which innocent civilians are gunned down, and it features the bloodiest squib hits I can ever remember seeing. The rest of the story follows in the same vein, a mixture of violent and gruesome action and the usual melodrama and character work. The ending descends into slasher territory but is still amusing, while there's a funny stand-off made as a homage to the famous showdown in Sergio Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

We loved Wardogs! Its unabashed celebration of over the top violence really earns the viewers' admiration.Charles Stewart (Earle) is a Vietnam vet who wants answers about his brother Rick's death. He teams up with Dean Daniels (Ernblad), a reporter interested in missing Vietnam soldiers. It turns out the evil Spacek (Fridh) started a training camp in South Africa to pump out SuperSoldiers. These brainwashed, emotionless, unstoppable killing machines are now on the loose, brutalizing anything in their path. Will Charles' wife and son be next? Wardogs is an extremely enjoyable Swedish production that seems to go out of its way to seem "American". It has some funny dubbing and the characters have "American"-type names. There are constant references to Coca-Cola, Corn Flakes, Marlboro cigarettes and the then-current L.A. Olympics. Rick even resembles Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch fame. However, simply from the imaginative and commendable cinematography, we can tell this is a European production, among other clues. It also makes the absolute best of its low budget in ingenious ways.Our hero in Wardogs isn't a musclebound meathead with a lot of slick dialogue. He is a tubby everyman that the audience can relate to. He's not a superman - and since the audience truly fears the utter ruthlessness of the Wardogs, for every kill and victory of our hero, the audience says "Yeah!" This makes Wardogs a great popcorn/beer movie, if not for the whole family, for a group of bloodthirsty film fans.On that point, Wardogs seems like an action movie made by horror film fans. In fact, the last 15 minutes abandons action entirely and goes all-out horror. It totally works! A minor masterpiece of blood and violence, Wardogs is an underrated gem worth seeking out.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

This is a pretty great low-budget flick...with lots of explosions, shoot-outs and gore. Okey, it´s swedish...but the best action-movie ever produced in Sweden in the eighties!

Not very good at all. Pretty crap if you ask me. Poor acting, lousy script, unconvincing from beginning to end. First of all, it was shot in Varberg, Sweden. Which would explain why it doesn't look at all like America, where the film takes place. Second, half of the casted actors are Swedish. There's nothing wrong with, they're good actors, but some smart b*****d decided to use the wonderful invention that is voice-over, which makes it ridiculous to watch. Third, the story is a little TOO simple. A guy, finds out his brother didn't die in Vietnam as he thought, he was captured and trained to be a "War Dog". Ooooh! Creepy! Or at least it could have been. If it wasn't for the non-American scenery, the voice-overs, the story, and the fact that the budget on this film must have been... just about nonexistent.