Film reviews

The group of British soldiers goes for a training course to the wild forests of Scotland where they encounter with a real – not fake – threat of destruction. Their radio – the only link between them and the outer world – breaks and the soldiers, left on their own, start a battle with an unknown and dreadful enemy and only time will tell whether any of them will survive till dawn.

Courage and professional skills of the fighters from the elite British military forces isn't enough to save them from the slaughter. It's quite clear from the very beginning, though the characters do not want to believe in the obvious; they stick to their illusions about the “obscurity” of the enemy they encountered in the forest at full moon. As is universally known, lead is useless against werewolves, not to mention that ammo supplies are limited, and as for silver, there's no hope of finding it at night 50 miles away from the nearest town. The characters aren't able to do anything extraordinary for their own rescue. At times they have to attack an enemy alone and with bare hands. To tell the truth – such recklessness and self-sacrifice can almost make you cry.

The film can really scare with its numerous hand-to-hand fights, rivers of blood, escapes from the enemy unarmed and breaking of doors and walls, though the plot is rather straightforward and without many surprises.