In his directorial debut, Neil Marshall created an interesting world with some new takes on the werewolf mythos. It pits a group of British soldiers on a training exercise against a pack of werewolves in the Scottish wilderness. Instead of focusing on the transformations and the human element of the werewolf, it really felt more like Alien or Predator. I liked the choice quite a bit.

There were some cheesy things that didn't set well with me that took me out of the movie. I wanted to tell Mr. Marshall that the actors didn't have to say a "badass" line before something happened. I had forgiven most of it, but when the "time of the month" line came out I inadvertently yelled at the TV in disgust. My fair rating reflected this because I really wanted to love Dog Soldiers. The werewolves were really interesting looking and the filmmakers did a wonderful job setting up the atmosphere. The script just needed a little more refinement in my opinion.