Out Come the Wolves
Out Come the Wolves
At a cabin deep in the wilderness, a weekend of hunting turns to mayhem and a fight for survival when a pack of wolves attack a man, his female best friend and her fiance.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
Decent backwoods thriller with some nice camerawork including a handful of artistic shots. Some gnarly, bloody, wolf attacks look good and make up the bulk of the back half of the film. As the film opens Kyle (Joris Jarsky) arrives at the doorstep of Sophie (Missy Peregrym) to teach her husband, Nolan (Damon Runyan) to hunt. It’s a really great exchange that lays out everything we need to know about the characters through just a few lines of dialogue and effective blocking. Kyle reveals his girlfriend was unable to make the trip at the last minute, Kyle and Sophie show obvious chemistry, camaraderie and a shared history. And when Kyle asks where Nolan is, he appears in frame sitting silently in the background obviously wary of the connection his wife shares with Kyle. It was really excellent and efficient setup for the characters in this story. Unfortunately, the film devotes an extra 30 minutes after this to delve deeper into Kyle and Sophie’s history, Nolan’s insecurity and a bunch of stuff that doesn’t actually develop the characters beyond what we’ve already gleaned from that first 2 minute exchange. I would have loved for the hunt to have started off almost immediately and to have all 3 characters embark on the hunt rather than leaving Sophie out of the picture. I think the character dynamics would have been much more interesting if played out over the course of this hunt. Instead we’re left with a film that’s kind of split in two—a character drama/love triangle first half, and a backcountry thriller second half. Mild recommend.