Brotherhood of the Wolf

[Marc]

I watched Brotherhood of the Wolf for the second time the other day. I had always remembered it being a cool movie, but never watched it a second time incase a second viewing diluted the effect and spoiled my memory of the film; but on second viewing i couldn't believed i had waited so long to watch it again, as the movie is absolutely outstanding!

Somehow it manages to fuse horror, martial arts, period drama, romance and politics and yet still end up as a cohesive and stylish film that doesn't get boring at all during its two and a half hour running time.

The DTS soundtrack is also amazing, with thunderous levels of LFE which is used brilliantly to further enhance some of the "bullet time" style moments in the fighting scenes.

I don't know if many people have seen this movie, as it looks like it might have slipped under the radar in this country, but if you have, did you think it was as good as i've said?

[meansizzler]

Originally Posted by Marc

I watched Brotherhood of the Wolf for the second time the other day. I had always remembered it being a cool movie, but never watched it a second time incase a second viewing diluted the effect and spoiled my memory of the film; but on second viewing i couldn't believed i had waited so long to watch it again, as the movie is absolutely outstanding!

Somehow it manages to fuse horror, martial arts, period drama, romance and politics and yet still end up as a cohesive and stylish film that doesn't get boring at all during its two and a half hour running time.

The DTS soundtrack is also amazing, with thunderous levels of LFE which is used brilliantly to further enhance some of the "bullet time" style moments in the fighting scenes.

I don't know if many people have seen this movie, as it looks like it might have slipped under the radar in this country, but if you have, did you think it was as good as i've said?

I love the movie, seen it 3 times, own 3 different DVD versions...even the Dolby Soundtrack is Amazing, hope they bring this out in HD, the french name for it is "Le PActe Des Loups", it was released in the UK Cinemas in November 2001, and yes it as one of those great films that went buy un-noticed, I remember seeign a trailer for it a few times on it's release...

[raigraphixs]

Yes it very good, maybe i should get a copy. (a original). More people need to see it.

[captaineyecatch]

Yes Love the movie - A very rare thing in my books a Great french movie
Some superb Fight scenes and great Special effects plus of course the lovely Monica Bellucci naked always perks my interest
Fantastic DTS aswell.
The 3 disc Candian release is superb far better than the UK,US versions
as it includes the full directors cut and loads of extras. Admittedly the picture isnt as good as the french box set but that has no Eng subs.
Just stay away from the UK Special edition dvd as that has an even shorter cut of the movie on it, a very weird cut with scenes missing and scenes from the directors cut added in.

[Spooky]

Seen this only once and I gotta say I thought it was fantastic, whats the best version to buy on DVD?
Spooks

[wellington]

Originally Posted by Spooky

Seen this only once and I gotta say I thought it was fantastic, whats the best version to buy on DVD?
Spooks

This Canadian version features the full cut of the film plus the dts track:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=40802
very good price too.

[the_pauley]

Knockout movie. The Canadian 3 disc version is the one to go for.

Avoid the UK cut.

[Marc]

ah i'm glad i actually like a popular movie for a change then again i watched Stealth tonight and thought it was alright, so i don't suppose it really counts for much... actually after tonight i think i'm less picky than razor when it comes to movies

anyway. back on topic - i've got the 3 disc canadian release, i bought it from dvdboxoffice three or four years ago i think, its a bit annoying that discs 2 and 3 have french menu's but hey, it was aimed at quebec so i can't really hold it against them. It would also be nice if someone would create a dvd player with antialiased subtitles.. mine look like a font that got rejected for use on teletext for being too blocky

[eviljohn2]

I enjoyed this music - very cool and slick if slightly odd.

[west]

Originally Posted by wellington

This Canadian version features the full cut of the film plus the dts track:
http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=40802
very good price too.

Number of discs = one? huh?

[meansizzler]

Originally Posted by eviljohn2

I enjoyed this music - very cool and slick if slightly odd.

Yep ther Music was great . expcially in the Menu's of the Single Disc Region 3 widesreen stereo version...

[meansizzler]

They have in in Hi-Def 1080i, DVHS!!!



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From what i understand the DTheater version is dubbed ( avoid ) i have the 3 disc version and reviewed it on my website.

[the_pauley]

Originally Posted by west

Number of discs = one? huh?

There definitely is another Canadian version with 3 discs. I got it from DVD Soon a couple of years ago. Just don't try ordering anything from them now however - see the dealer talk threads for discussion of their current "problems".

[fathazza]

link to the 3 disc version at dvdboxoffice (only canadian online shop i could think of offhand)

i remember seeing this in the cinema way back when and really enjoying it, as has been said above the amount of genres they have managed to fuse into one cohesive film is really quite impressive.

only thing that slightly annoyed me about it was vincent cassel's silly elastic sword...

for another cool french film with vincent cassel that isnt that well known is Dobermann