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DVD Big Bad Wolves
 Run time: 110 min Rating: 6.9 Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller Director: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado Writers: Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado Stars: Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, Tzahi Grad |
| Storyline A series of brutal murders puts the lives of three men on a collision course: The father of the latest victim now out for revenge, a vigilante police detective operating outside the boundaries of law, and the main suspect in the killings – a religious studies teacher arrested and released due to a police blunder. Written by Anonymous |
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| Plot Keywords: teacher, police detective, revenge, murder, satire | |
| Details: Country: Israel Release Date: 15 August 2013 (Israel) |
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| Box Office Opening Weekend: $7,887 (USA) (17 January 2014) Gross: $32,828 (USA) (21 March 2014) |
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*No specific spoilers, merely in regards to plot outline*
A brutal sadistic child sex murderer is terrorising Israel.
Miki, (Lior Ashkenazi) is an uncompromising hard- ass cop who makes Dirty Harry and Cobra combined look like bleeding heart liberals. Miki is convinced that the killer is Dror (a great turn from a guy I've never heard of, Rotem Keinan), a mild mannered schoolteacher and is prepared to go to any lengths to get a confession, including beating his suspect senseless.
When his spot of police brutality badly backfires, he is suspended until further notice. However, not one to let such things deter him Miki resolves to get answers, even if it means kidnapping Dror and subjecting him to a bit of third degree in order to get his answers…such as what the killer does with his victims' heads…
However Dror insists- as he has insisted all along- that he's innocent, would never do such a despicable thing and that all of this is a horrible mistake. Miki is not impressed as he's convinced of Dror's guilt.
But ultimately it doesn't matter whether Miki believes Dror or not, because it turns out that it isn't Miki Dror must convince… it's Gidi. (Tzahi Grad)
Gidi is the one neither man have been aware of and he's a man on a mission. He may well have a murky intelligence style background of his own and he wants answers from Dror…because Gidi's daughter was the monster's- the Big Bad Wolf's, you might say- last victim. Gidi is implacable, determined and utterly ruthless and he will get answers. And if that means using the tools at his persuasion to torture said answers from his suspect, then so be it. And if Miki the upstart cop gets in his way, and doesn't see eye to eye with Gidi's plans, well that's just too bad…
Big Bad Wolves is a dark and rather brutal horror that's also infused with some surprisingly successful (albeit pitch black) humour that shouldn't, but does work for the film as a whole and actually balances out an otherwise quite dark and grim horror quite nicely and gives it a quirky unpredictable edge. It is NOT however a horror comedy but a quite dark horror with blackly humorous elements to it.
From the makers of Kalavet/Rabies (2010), (which I also liked for what it was) it's a marked improvement on its predecessor in terms of style, plot and character development and directors Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado are two talented up-comers that any self respecting horror fan should keep an eye out for and I'm personally looking forward to their next potential project to see of they can offer up a third win.
8/10 a taut, well made and well acted horror thriller and well recommended for any horror fan.
'BIG BAD WOLVES': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
Quentin Tarantino named this movie "The best film of the year" (for 2013). It's an Israeli dark comedy thriller that's just now getting a US release (after only playing at film festivals and in it's home country, theatrically, last year). It was written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado (the duo previously wrote and directed the 2010 Israeli horror flick 'KALEVET'). This film tells the story of a cop and a father (out for revenge) who torture a teacher they think is a child murderer. The movie is extremely dark and twisted (with a very bizarre sense of humor) and full of interesting character development but it's definitely not the masterpiece Tarantino has made it out to be.
The story revolves around a school teacher, named Dror (Rotem Keinan), who is suspected to be behind a recent child abduction. Micki (Lior Ashkenazi) leads a police unit which illegally apprehends and beats him. Dror is released from custody due to lack of evidence, and police brutality, and Micki is fired (when video of the teacher's beating is leaked on YouTube). Another police officer, named Rami (Menashe Noy), takes over the investigation as Micki seeks to clear his name; by kidnapping Dror and beating a confession out of him. The father of a recent victim, Gidi (Tzahi Grad), also has the same idea and he kidnaps both the teacher and Micki and locks them in the basement of an abandoned house (where he plans to stop at nothing to find justice for his daughter).
I liked most of the films Tarantino had on his 'Top Ten Movies of 2013 so far' list, quite a bit (and the ones he's listed in previous years), but this movie I found to be kind of disappointing. It's well made, intense and interesting (to a certain extent) but I have a really hard time seeing why Tarantino would call it the best movie of last year. Putting all high expectations aside though it is a decent thriller; well acted and impressively written and directed. I think Keshales and Papushado seem like a talented filmmaking team to watch out for; just don't expect one of the best movies of 2013 (or any year).
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I was very surprised at how good and nerve-wrecking this movie was, as well as twisted. I had previously seen many publications about the movie, but always thought it was more of a comedy, but I'm glad I watched it because it was great. It had a very good combination of dark humor and gore. It kept me entertained and on the edge of my sit through most of the movie, and about those last minutes of the movie, you have to see them to be surprised and get chills down your spine. It's one of the best surprises I've had in a movie this year because its way better than what you expect. With great acting, script and even the music, it adds a lot of tension until it comes to an end. Awesome thriller and study of how you can't never fight evil with evil.
So Quentin Tarantino had this one on his top ten flicks of 2013. I don't know why I thought this was going to be a horror movie, maybe it was because of the tittle, but it does have some frighting elements in it.
Three men from three different walks of life, all of which are bad fathers. The movie centers around one bad father whose child is raped and murdered supposedly by one of the other bad fathers, and when the cops, lead by another bad father, failed to bring this man to justice even by any means necessary, he takes matters into his own hands.
It was a well crafted psychological thriller about what a father would do to seek vengeance for the crimes committed against their children based upon his own guilt of not being there for them. The movie was very low key and had the viewer use their imagination for a lot of what could have been the horror parts.
What surprised me most was how this slow film was such a roller coaster ride as they keep the viewers trying to figure out if the protagonist was doing the right thing to the right man to get vengeance.
Tarantino was right about this one.