Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Fresh and Exciting

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

----LE PACTE DES LOUPS--- or-- --The Brotherhood of the Wolf--- or -------El Pacto de los Lobos---- ---title in French, English and Spanish, respectively)....IS (IMO) ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIES IN MODERN CINEMA!!!!!!!LE PACTE DES LOUPS is a very entertaining movie at the beginning and a film that invites a lot to reflection and afterthought in its middle and final parts. It also has very nice scenarios, both natural and man-made. It keeps us most of the time wondering about the outcome of the three parts that (IMO) constitute the central plot: the story of the characters, the story of the hunting of "The Beast of Gévaudan" and the history of La France and Europe as a whole during those years, corrupt monarchies and controlling church included.Scenography is very good and really makes us dream about the "époque" the film talks about, with all its good and bad (and sometimes very very bad) things. We also had some very decent scenes of action and an overall feeling of being experiencing things very close to they way they should have been in France during the seventeen hundred and something. An eclectic mix of drama, terror, eroticism, martial arts and both historical and detective novels that I found completely enjoyable, thrilling and satisfying!!!!!!!One of the most interesting things, I guess, is reading in the IMBb Trivia Facts about the real existence of a "Beast of Gévaudan" during the XVIII Century, same as most of the main characters depicted by the movie, even when we know that a lot of it'd have been novelized, knowing that virtually all the elements in the movie have at least some historical background is impressive, to say the least.Thanks for readingIMDb Review written by David del Real. México City. México. November 2017.

Historical, sci-fi, martial arts tale and more. Hard to pigeonhole this French-made movie into a genre, which is a good thing. I saw the fight scenes as a bit overdone. And, perhaps the fact that half the community was in on the conspiracy is a bit unrealistic. But, oh well, it's a movie. Suspend disbelief and enjoy...

In 1764, the beast arrives in France. In one year, the fear has spread far sending the region of Gévaudan into darkness. Grégoire de Fronsac is a naturalist from King Louis XV's court. He and his Iroquois companion Mani investigate. They examine survivors and bodies. They encounter Captain Duhamel and his men who are hunting the beast. Fronsac figures the beast to be 500 pounds.This French movie marries a costume period piece with some kung fu action and the horrors of a werewolf. I don't find the costume drama that compelling. Other than Mani, I don't find anybody that compelling. I love the kung fu action though. It's a fascinating marriage. There are some fun moments with an interesting idea. The wolf horror isn't that scary but it's still good.

One could easily address Brotherhood of the Wolf a genuine example of a weird and wonderful mess. It is a hybrid mix of a sort of mythological fantasy, a monster movie, a historical drama en Français, and even and a martial arts flick, all surrounding a plot which is somewhat convoluted but very ambitious, and it works.Brotherhood of the Wolf has a fair bit of money. Like all the biggest productions of the horror genre, the monster comes in two forms. There is the full sized animatronic beast, and there is the CG version. The movie requires a close inter cutting of both. It also requires a pretty good choreographer to design the plethora of fight sequences that make up the climax. Even though I feel that a few trims could have been made here or there, there isn't a boring scene in Brotherhood of the Wolf. It is progressive rather than repetitive and it gets bigger and bolder with each chapter. One could argue that the story kind of crumbles at the climax for the purpose of adrenaline, but one could also argue that it is a good pay off for anyone who finds enough to find the first hour and a half boring. (but it's not of course)For the most part, Brotherhood of the Wolf is a rare gem of a horror film and it is certainly not worth missing,