Diagonaldi Very well executed

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

grandartistan So, the beginning like.... 5 minutes are all well and good. Suppose it was beneficial to the horrible plot to have the werewolves introduced at the start. This was horribly paced, had literally no logic of any kind in play, practically every poorly acted character was an actual moron, the casting choices are mid-key racist, the plot is all over the place with no cohesion beyond "let's prevent a cure from being made so we can have something even deadlier to kill other people with," and every single bit of CGI looked like it was probably done during 2000. Let's just helicopter drop a werewolf into the airport to assassinate some dude you can literally just hold at gunpoint when he gets back and lock in a room or something. And Hoffman doesn't suspect treachery?!?! The evil brown army dudes are portrayed with absolutely 0 sense of morality and their motivations are 1 dimensional and unrealistic. Also, 'How to Train Your Werewolf,' anyone? You don't even need to get halfway through this movie to spot the bad acting, the flat characters, the blockhead story and just how generally ugly the whole movie is visually. There is honestly no excuse for such poor CGI in 2013. SPEAKING OF 2013, HOLOGRAMS??? Dumb as hell. Don't even bother. Not scary, not interesting, not entertaining. Just stupid stacked on top of stupid and I could've spent the time doing something productive.

LordJiggy *Spoilers commencing immediately* I mean, in this movie, they call them "Doctors," but the Doctor is able to whip up a vaccine to the dreaded Lupo virus in under five minutes. If that's not magical, I don't know what is.Somewhere, a screenwriter is under his analyst's couch, weeping "They destroyed my script." I'm not sure we're talking about the genius who wrote "BattleDogs," because the film is a subversive piece of work that would make Andy Kaufman proud: you know, it abandons tired conventions like logic, consistency, and entertainment value to force the viewer to confront their own bourgeoisie expectations of film.Really, now, why should characters in a movie pause to ask a questions like "How did that werewolf drop from the sky into the middle of this empty airport? And shouldn't I mention that to someone?" What right does an audience have to demand the merest of nods to reality in the portrayal of a high ranking U.S. Army Officer by having the actor shave his goatee? And who made you God with your petty requirement that the director set up things by actually showing someone with a magical vial of the virus so it would be handy to turn the hero into a werewolf so he sacrifice himself to save the day? Linear cause and effect is so twentieth century.The small-minded nerve of you philistines is a sad commentary on our educational system. Really smart people would appreciate the way the cutting edge artistes behind "BattleDogs" were transgressively interrogating our tired notions of "competency" and "not quite as stupid as a stick" movie-making.On the other hand, it's possible the script was too long and had too many big words in it, so they tore out pages at random and filmed it anyway.Either way, the world is a poorer place for it.

Film Watchin Fool Watch this if....you don't mind terrible acting and awful special effects for a couple hours. Even for a Syfy original, this movie is bad.Acting/Casting: 2.5* - There is some noticeable B-movie actors for the most part giving noticeably bad performances. If you can distance Dennis Haybert from the All-State Insurance commercials he does a serviceable job, but that was beyond difficult for me. Craig Sheffer is rundown and Ariana Richards should have stopped at Jurassic Park years ago.Directing/Cinematography/Technical: 2* - Almost equally as bad is the directing and special effects. I realize this is on a strict budget, but even then the special effects are shameful. Plot/Characters: 4* - A rogue general looks to create an army of werewolves from a disease originating from a cursed woman who was bitten. The plot isn't terrible, but is overshadowed by poor acting and terrible special effects. If you can get by those two things, then you might get some enjoyment out of this film.Entertainment Value: 3* - It is only entertaining for a comical standpoint (laughing at how bad it is). Otherwise steer clear of this one.My Score: 2.5+2+4+3 = 11.5/4 = 2.875Email your thoughts to filmwatchinfool@gmail.com

mchalup Battledogs is your standard Saturday Night SyFy New Release, Made for TV fare. Plot development/acting average to above average for this category of film. Ditto for silly (i.e, you laugh when it's supposed to be highly dramatic or bad gore)content.What did impress me is that SyFy was willing to spend some more money on production. All locations were not shot in Vancouver/British Columbia, trying to pass itself off as one of innumerable cities/areas in the US. The 'Ward Island' scenes were filmed in Buffalo's abandoned (but now being restored) train station. A car wreck scene actually included wrecking vehicles. The identifiable New York City location were mostly all stock shots with CGI additions. However, there was one scene that really appeared to be filmed in front of the New York Stock Exchange.Bravo to SyFy for willing to up the quality of their productions.