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WolfCop

Canadian home brew nonsense, wrapped up in giggle shits and group viewing excellence.

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WolfCop

Its name is Lou Garou; a booze-filled cop in a lousy town filled with drugs and corruption. Awakening each morning with a banging headache, he lumbers to his daytime job, and even gets heckled by a yokel grabbing his crotch and sputtering beer toward his car. The sheriff station is lifeless; three cops and counting. He's only solved one case this year, not like sheriff Tina who has a lot more to count. And he doesn't admire the chief. But a new case sprouts Lou into obscure territory and a hair-raising change in self. All leads to the bad moon rising in WolfCop; literally and figuratively. Of all the werewolves in cinema, WolfCop is perhaps the most limp. The beast owns a righteous stature and an indestructable suit of hair, but he carries little on the soul. Lou's a shoddy character with three sole identifiers: he's a drunk; he's a cop; and he doesn't give a shit about anything. There's no depth to his character. I yearned to see turmoil in the coping with his new self but this guy rolls with it instantly. No character development whatsoever; It's hard to shrug it off like Lou would undeniably do. By the werewolf cinema books, a transformation scene is commonly needed. The one in WolfCop ain't bad, but is rather limited; the hand, back, and another personal body part is peeled off bloody, and a shaggy coat slightly emerges; all with practical effects. Another convention normally associated with werewolf flicks is the bite of a wolf. WolfCop ditches the element, and thus pushes all my buttons. Lou's origin is pretty unsatisfying and quite well worn. WolfCop cleaning the streets of scum is another discouraging sight. The quickly chopped cinematography in scenes of shootouts is a big turn off, and it sadly removes most of the fun that could be had. Most of the jokes misfire, too; a majority are forced out of Willie, who's yet another uninteresting character, although his moustache is quite nice. There's also an intentionally awkward scene that I did somewhat admire; it features a bodacious Sarah Lind and the WolfCop getting to know each other a little more. I cringed, but laughed. A few nonsensical snickers are what you chiefly receive. The film demands more than that though, and unfortunately fizzles under the force that it riskily pushes. Small portions of exciting amusement are casually scattered here and there however, thus keeping it clear of being an absolute train-wreck.