(Reviewed by Snake-666) - Perhaps a modern B-Movie classic!  'Dog Soldiers' is a fun and fast paced action/horror B-Movie. And as it refrains from the use of CGI it certainly stands out in that respect against the modern horror films of today.

'Dog Soldiers' is a cross between 'Predator', 'Alien' and 'Assault on Precinct 13'. Early on in the film we meet Cooper (Kevin McKidd), a soldier and Ryan (Liam Cunningham), a Special Forces commander. Cooper is attempting to be accepted into Special Forces but after a disagreement with Ryan over a dog he fails. This failure results in somewhat of a small scuffle between Cooper and Ryan with the outcome being Ryan informing Cooper that he never forgets.

We then move to Scotland to see Cooper and the rest of his unit, commanded by Wells being dropped into a Scottish forest for the purposes of a training exercise. It becomes apparent though at this point that Ryan is there, and Ryan is watching them...it also seems that something may be watching Ryan.

There are flaws with the film, but it is still fun and entertaining. Influences from other movies stand out here, but they still don't take away from 'Dog Soldiers', I feel that they've just used an idea and modified it to produce something new. Much better than the current Hollywood mentality of making a horror - take a half-good idea and drive it into the ground with continuous knock-off after knock-off.

It's also quite well acted, I have a suspicion they purposely killed off the weaker actors early in the film so not to weaken the overall film. I think some people outside the UK though might have trouble understanding some of the accents. Direction wise, although for the most part it was good there are some scenes towards the beginning of the film that could almost make you queasy due to the shaky and fast movement of the camera's.

I was a little unimpressed with some of the make up effects though. There are some scenes which are quite high on the gore count but when you look closely the gore looks fake, same goes for the wolves costumes. I'm glad they chose not to use CGI, but on occasion when close to the camera the wolf costumes are a bit suspect. But I suppose you can't have in-your-face action without it actually being in-your-face. And believe me, during some events in the movie the action is extremely fast paced and exciting.

For a low-budget movie this is quite a gem. Fans of the movies I mentioned previously should check it out, it's not strictly horror. I believe the director said that it was a soldier film with werewolves, not the other way round, so it could also be classed as an action film. Either way, that is really of no relevance. 'Dog Soldiers' was my favourite movie of 2002, and I am proud to own it on DVD. It is a brilliantly accomplished B-movie that is worth checking out.