Why We Love Dog Soldiers

WARNING: The film I'm about to recap is quite gorey. I don't want any unwilling cookie tossage on my watch.
Also SPOILER WARNING: My videos tend to give away important plot points etc so I'd advise not watching if you haven't already seen the film. If you don't mind being spoiled, hop right in.
In the mid-90s, then-editor Neil Marshall pitched a movie about soldiers fighting werewolves in the Scottish highlands (and if Good Bad Flicks is to be believed, said pitch was written on a napkin in a pub). After years of British studios turning him down, claiming only dramas and romcoms sold or it was too ambitious for his first feature, Dog Soldiers blasted its way into cinemas in 2002.
It has stayed in our hearts over the years, even as its director has moved onto bigger and better things. You know the Blackwater and Castle Black battle episodes of Game of Thrones? Yep, he directed those too. After a lot of dithering about what horror to tackle for the remainder of Spooky Season, Dog Soldiers had to be the one I examined.
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[@werecam56]

The quality of your videos is far greater than your viewership would indicate. Your channel deserves way more love!

[@BetterWithBob]

Ah sure we'll give it time and keep grinding away and it'll get there ^_^

[@DeidreL9]

My late cousin is in this film, Tom Lockyer, he played Bruce. So proud of him. It’s a brilliant film.

[@BetterWithBob]

He gave a wonderful performance. So sorry to hear he passed

[@DeidreL9]

@@BetterWithBob thank you. I really liked your review and subbed. You’ve got me hooked all over again on The Innocents! Thank you:)

[@BetterWithBob]

@@DeidreL9 thank you so much 🙂 made my day to read that 💙 and yay for meeting a fellow fan 😀

[@Zed-fq3lj]

The best werewolf movie ever, and so much more than that!😍 The crew, the camaraderie, courage, the dialogue was perfect, performances excellent!

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

Dog Soldiers is both an excellent werewolf movie and examination of masculinity

[@BetterWithBob]

Oh how so?

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

@@BetterWithBob it kinda of puts two different perceptions of masculinity against each other. The characters Private Cooper and Richard Ryan embody this

[@Magnumscrotus]

Still my favorite werewolf movie ever.

[@BetterWithBob]

Mine too probably

[@kgraleopard]

Please don't reboot this! lol Everything about this movie is just so perfect. All the pieces fell into just the right places with such a great cast, the werewolf designs which forced them to limit how much the werewolf actors could do their scenes. I don't think that this magic could be captured again so beautifully. Great video! As an American, I don't have the same ear for British accents so that was a nice bit of trivia about the movie I never knew. (And I hate that British--as well as from other countries--actors are told to change their accents when it's not necessary as much as it used to be--people are way more mobile now so there's no reason why someone with a Scottish accent isn't living in France or America or Australia unless the character themselves is untraveled AND their parents are not from the area matching their natural accent.)

[@BetterWithBob]

Thank you so much for your comment 🙂

[@BradLad56]

Spoon is the mvp.

[@BetterWithBob]

You speak the truth

[@BradLad56]

@@BetterWithBob If only he hadn't paused to do that bloody scream haha

[@Draskinn]

I was rooting so hard for Spoon. Best normal human vs werewolf fight ever.

[@kazkazzie3906]

This movie is riveting from beginning to end. A great movie.

[@BetterWithBob]

Well said!

[@retrotainment3267]

That summer house party might have been the best thing to ever happen to you as it got you to watch this classic

[@BetterWithBob]

Oh for sure! It's funny how things work out sometimes 😀thanks for your comment 🙂

[@andrewkathe3471]

Kevin MacKidd was in Trainspotting in the 90's as Tommy. Classic film

[@BetterWithBob]

Which is nuts because I can't remember him in that at all

[@andrewkathe3471]

@@BetterWithBob He's really young in it, must have been his early 20's

[@theotherchannel301]

Love this video - nice work! One of my favourite films and to see someone who clearly loves it as much as I do, who made a video that explains clearly why this film is one to be loved and remembered forever,. Very, very happy! Subscribed and looking forward to more!

[@BetterWithBob]

Thank you so much, that's really great to hear. And I'm always glad to meet fellow fans ^_^

[@RachealTse]

Thanks for the recommendation, shall watch it soon 😊

[@BetterWithBob]

Thank you 😊

[@poloshirtsamurai]

Love this. The best werewolf movie and Neil's best, sorry to say.

[@BetterWithBob]

The Descent is more technically proficient but Dog Soldiers is more enjoyable

[@poloshirtsamurai]

@@BetterWithBob Yeah, that's my second. Couldn't get what he's thinking with Doomsday, it's such a tired 80's post-apocalyptic with studded jackets and spiky hair Mad Max wannabe.

[@Osogladiator]

Fantastic movie and breakdown!

[@BetterWithBob]

Thank you, it was a while ago when I had no clue what I was doing XD

[@grahamparr3933]

The big plot hole is why the female saved them in the landrover, and took them to the cottage where they could hole up and better defend.

[@werecam56]

If anyone who hasn't seen it is interested in this movie its been available for free on KZbin for a while

[@BetterWithBob]

Ooh excellente.