A strong cast and plenty of zippy dialogue help speed along Dog Soldiers' claustrophobic stand-off between a circling pack of beastly predators and a group of British soldiers who'd rather be watching soccer.

| Aug 26, 2024

This one film certainly raised the bar for future werewolf horrors, although none come close to matching its unique bite force.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 10, 2024

... a howling good reworking of the werewolf tale. Set in the deep misty forests of the Scottish Highlands, this full moon boogie pits wolf pack against platoon and watches the fur fly.

| Aug 19, 2023

Neil Marshall's The Descent ranks as one of the best horror films of modern times, but the British writer-director already had another grade-A monster movie under his belt before his breakthrough feature.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 15, 2023

Dog Soldiers is a film where all the elements came together at the right time and in the right order. It’s a perfect storm of talent and the film is pretty much perfect.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 30, 2022

There’s the occasional flurry of action and violence, but much of this first half is character and mood building. When Marshall does let loose, he throws everything he can at the screen and the result is thrilling to experience.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 22, 2022

Dog Soldiers is a blood-drenched mix of action and horror, and twenty years later, its fearsome werewolves and desperate soldiers-vs-monsters carnage remain modern highlights among a subgenre whose entries have become rare.

| Apr 28, 2022

... even our most sturdy and strategically minded soldiers are no match against these omnipotent beasts. Theyre smart as hell and work together much the same as the soldiers themselves are trained to do.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Apr 2, 2022

Unflinchingly brutal and unrelentingly entertaining.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 26, 2020

There are brilliant practical effects on show, particularly in the shaggy lycanthropes, and all the carnage you could possibly desire.

| Oct 22, 2020

Though it's derivative, Marshall has chosen wisely for his source of influence, fashioning an impressive action/horror hybrid with enough good ideas to overcome the faults.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 29, 2020

A top notch siege film a la Assault On Precinct 13 or Rio Bravo or Night Of The Living Dead... only with the best looking non-American Werewolf In London werewolves to date.

| Feb 3, 2019

Dog Soldiers is an incredible showcase of Marshall's (then) burgeoning talent, bursting with raw action & demonstrating you don't always need a huge budget if you know how to create a fiercely compelling story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 6, 2016

Dog Soldiers remains Marshall's most potent distillation of taut action, unrelenting horror, and gallows humor.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 6, 2015

Falls back mainly on army squad clichés and rote conflicts, along the way delivering a group of protagonists woefully short on personality.

| Original Score: C | Mar 30, 2010

One of the best, coolest, most action-packed horror films in years.

| Apr 29, 2009

One of the best all-out, no-apologies, hell-bent-for-leather horror films to emerge from the beginning of the 21st century

| Jul 10, 2008

One of the best horror movies of 2002

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 17, 2008

The pace is well maintained and it doesn't lack the desire to go beyond the usual hum-drum thriller territory the most 21st century horror films find themselves mired in.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 10, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005