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Dog Soldiers
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Dog Soldiers is a 2002 horror and action film written, directed, and edited by Neil Marshall. The movie features Kevin McKidd, Liam Cunningham, Sean Pertwee, and Darren Morfitt in the cast. It was produced by The Victor Film Company, The Carousel Picture Company, The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Kismet Entertainment Group, and Luxembourg Film Fund. The production involved Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
The narrative is set in Scotland and follows a siege in the wilderness. The film has a runtime of 105 minutes and includes elements of dark comedy. It was distributed by Pathé and Netflix via video on demand. The tagline describes the plot as "Six men. Full moon. No chance."
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.9 out of 10 and 82 percent. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.8 and a TMDb vote average of 6.723. It was released on March 22, 2002, and May 10, 2002. The budget was 2,000,000, with revenue reaching 3,537,283.
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6.7A band of soldiers is dispatched to war games deep in the woods. When they stumble across a rival team slaughtered in camp, they realize they're not alone.
Cast
- Sean Pertwee as Sgt. Harry G. Wells
- Kevin McKidd as Pvt. Cooper
- Emma Cleasby as Megan
- Liam Cunningham as Capt. Ryan
- Thomas Lockyer as Cpl. Bruce Campbell
- Darren Morfitt as 'Spoon' Witherspoon
Themes
- scotland
- dark comedy
- wilderness
- siege
- british army
- full moon
- grenade
- forest
- werewolf
- soldier
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Neil Marshall
- Written by
- Neil Marshall
- Produced by
- Christopher Figg , Tom Reeve , David E. Allen
- Starring
- Sean Pertwee Liam Cunningham Kevin McKidd Emma Cleasby
- Cinematography
- Sam McCurdy
- Edited by
- Neil Marshall
- Music by
- Mark Thomas
- Production companies
- Kismet Entertainment Group The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company Victor Film Company Carousel Picture Company
- Distributed by
- Pathé
- Release dates
- 22 March 2002 ( 2002-03-22 ) ( Brussels ) 10 May 2002 ( 2002-05-10 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 104 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Budget
- £2.3 million
- Box office
- £5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Neil Marshall
- Screenwriter
- Neil Marshall
- Narrative location
- Scotland
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110755
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-05-10
- title
- Dog Soldiers
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Neil Marshall
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Dog Soldiers
- review score
- 82%
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Encyclopedic overview
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British action horror film written, directed and edited by Neil Marshall in his feature directorial debut. Starring Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby and Liam Cunningham, the film follows a squad of soldiers fighting to survive an attack by a pack of werewolves during a military training exercise in the Scottish Highlands.
Dog Soldiers was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 10 May 2002. The film launched Marshall's career as a filmmaker and received positive reviews.
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