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A hair-raising premise turns into a dud of a film. As a B-movie and cult fanatic, it’s a tad disappointing to tell you that the WolfCop is well below what I was expecting after seeing such promising things in its trailer. It’s about a cop who turns into a wolf and continues to be a cop. Full of some gnarly practical transformation effects, the movie is hindered by writer/director Lowell Dean’s sub-par narrative that fractures humor at almost every turn.

Sergeant Lou Garou (Leo Fafard) is a small town cop. He’s also a raging alcoholic and is no stranger to waking up in unusual places. As unlikable as he is, he manages to keep landing hot babes like bartender Jessica (Sarah Lind). His world is about to be rocked, though.  Lou, who previously dismissed the cult-like behavior of some twisted shenanigans as the work of heavy metal fans, is attacked while on a call in the densely populated woods just outside of his town. He wakes up … different. There is a pentagram carved into his chest and, as the full moon approaches, he turns into a werewolf.

His partner Tina (Amy Matysio) thinks he’s lost his mind. His friend Willie (Johnathan Cherry) wants to contain him. Lou just wants to wear his uniform and patrol the streets as WolfCop and stare the face of evil right between the eyes. Turns out the small community of Woodhaven is ripe with some pretty freakish nocturnal activities. Co-starring Jesse Moss, Aidan Devine, and Corrine Conley, WolfCop, with most of its bite coming from its gore, simply barks at the moon.

Filmed in and around Regina, Saskatchewan, this Canadian import has a pretty interesting history. It started out as a mere trailer and, after being the first film chosen for production from the CineCoup Film Accelerator, was inflated to its current creature feature status (with a sequel on the way). The blu-ray release contains the original trailer and, if you care to compare such things, you can see the humor in the trailer doesn’t quite translate over into the feature. There’s strike one.

Strike two and three arrive in quick succession when audiences realize that the plot, involving shape-shifters hungering for eternal life and a solar eclipse, is paper-thin, serving as mere façade for the original trailer. Thankfully, it doesn’t take itself seriously. Simply put, there’s nothing to WolfCop except its pretend sub-genre exploits and cross-mammalian sex. This one made me wish for a silver bullet. I hate say it, and I do admire Dean’s determination, but Emersen Ziffle’s monster effects are the only reason to keep watching.

While I applaud CineCoup’s drive to fund independent features, this crowdfunded blend of horror and comedy simply misses the mark. With only a few honest chuckles along the way, the narrative drives its buddy-cop shtick straight into oncoming traffic and no one enjoys that. There’s no build-up as Lou embraces his new identity either. The special effects are all we have to enjoy as Lou continues soldiering on doing what it is that cops shouldn’t be doing.

WolfCop is a movie you will want to enjoy more than you actually do.

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MPAA Rating: unrated
Runtime: 79 mins
Director: Lowell Dean
Writer: Lowell Dean
Cast: Leo Fafard, Amy Matysio, Sarah Lind
Genre: Horror | Comedy
Tagline: Here comes the fuzz
Memorable Movie Quote: "Plus, you know. You were drunk so I knew it was you."
Distributor: Echolands Creative Group
Official Site:
Release Date: No theatrical release
DVD/Blu-ray Release Date: March 10, 2015
Synopsis: As a series of strange and violent events start happening, an alcoholic policeman realizes that he has been turned into a werewolf as part of a larger plan, so he investigates with the help of his partner and his friend.

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Blu-ray Details:

Available on Blu-ray - March 10, 2015
Screen Formats: 1.85:1
Subtitles: English SDH
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Discs: 50GB Blu-ray Disc; Single disc (1 BD)
Region Encoding: A

Anchor Bay’s release of WolfCop in 1080p glory is solid. The transfer is sleek with well-saturated colors. Black levels are strong. This was shot on digital and it shows in its crisp capturing of details. The gore is thick and so is the texture, with the first transformation scene being the best. The Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack will not disappoint.

Supplements:

Commentary:

• None

Special Features:

1. Anchor Bay loads the disc with a nice assortment of bonus material. They include a Behind the Scenes featurette, music video, outtakes, trailers and The Birth of WolfCop, a featurette that goes into the making of the movie and its contest history.
2. WolfCop Unleashed – Behind The Scenes Featurette (20 min)
3. The Birth Of WolfCop (10 min)
4. Film Outtakes (5 min)

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