(Director/screenwriter/co-star: Jim Cummings)
Review
WOLF is a modest budget drama that sports a FARGO (1996), THE X-FILES (1993-2018) and lycanthropic vibe/setting. Set during the holiday season, between pre-Christmas and New Year’s Eve, it tells the tale of a divorced, ex-alcoholic cop (John Marshall, played by director/screenwriter Jim Cummings) trying to fend off a nervous breakdown while investigating a string of small-town murders.
There’s more than one monster in WOLF, the primary ones being Marshall and the mysterious-till-the-end killer. John, constantly hysterical and well-intentioned, yells at everyone, including his father, Sheriff Hadley (Robert Forster, MANIAC COP 3: BADGE OF SILENCE, 1993), Detective Julia Robson (Riki Lindhome,THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, 2009) and his daughter (Jenna, played by Chloe East). John’s constant shouting is heavy-handed but lends a consistency to WOLF’s monster theme if you can forgive it.
This tightly written, shot and edited film is a low-key standout work if you are in the mood for a supernatural-themed, dryly humorous drama with strong-to-great acting by its principals, occasional gore, and its minor, effective end-twist. Its killer is a solid choice. Also, its humor (love the ending) works in this hour-and-twenty-four-minute flick, worth checking out if you view this as a drama with terror elements.
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