Product Details

• Actors: Kim Coates, Barbara Gordon, Elias Koteas, Tom Jackson, Rhona Mitra
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: November 27, 2007
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000VSDNFA
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,877 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Two packs of werewolves one that lives to hunt and kill and the other that lives in peace with society are signaled by the moon of the coming of an ancient prophecy. A 13-year-old-boy - half wolf half human - will control the destiny of the species triggering an all-out war between the two packs as the boy's life hangs in the balance.System Requirements:Run time: 110 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/MONSTERS & MUTANTS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 031398214137 Manufacturer No: 21413

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skinstaggers, October 17, 2007

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Werewolves will never be as popular as vampires. They're not pretty, seductive or eerie -- instead they're hairy, messy and presumably smelly.

Despite that, there was still plenty of potential for a cool werewolf action movie... until "Skinwalkers" actually came out. Instead, we get a sketchy, paper-thin plot about bikers who happen to be werewolves, and who (of course) have to kill the foretold Chosen One.

Said Chosen One is a boy who will turn thirteen, around the time that a red moon rises -- apparently this will decurse all lycanthropes, for no reason except that it's prophecied. But Varek (Jason Behr) and his vicious biker gang don't WANT to give up the perks of being werewolves, so they're prowling around to find the child and kill him before his big birthday rolls around.

Tim (Matthew Knight) is unaware of the danger he's in. Fortunately, relatives and friends surrounding him know exactly what he is, and hope to be cured of their affliction. But to keep Tim safe, they will have to battle Varek and his big bad gang, despite vowing never to commit any acts of werewolfen violence.

Yeah, it's pretty much the script for any derivative fantasy story -- there's a lazily-explained prophecy about the Big Savior (nobody ever explains where these prophecies come from), evil people who want to kill him, and good people who are keeping him safe. You'll find all this in "Skinwalkers," and not a lot more.

Instead, we get a lot of werewolves acting crazy and very, very evil. Gore. Bad editing during a rape scene. More gore. Shots of the moon. Shooting, lots of long tangled hair, motorcycles, and sexy women wearing leather.

In fact, that's basically all "Skinwalkers" has going for it -- what little plot there is is incomprehensible, and usually not very well explained or scripted ("I am not human! I am better than that!"). Apparently due to the dearth of plot, the writers tried to throw a curveball late in the film -- all I can say is, I kept expecting the "Star Wars" theme to play.

And the actors do as well as can be expected, given the paper-thin depth of their characters -- Behr does a decent job growling and overacting, but Knight is embarrassingly bad, even for a child actor. The others... well, I have a bit of trouble recalling them, because few of them got to do much.

"Skinwalkers" suffers from a massive overdose of C-movie cheeze, with little plot and even less acting. Not too impressive, unless you just LOVE the idea of biker werewolves.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Skinwalkers review., June 3, 2008

By	Chrissy K. McVay "Writer" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

What a great twist on a werewolf movie! Two tribes of werewolves are at war with one another. One group wants a cure for their full moon 'curse', but another clan is perfectly happy having the power that comes with being a meat eating werewolf, running with the pack and howling at the moon. The aggressive clan takes on the more peaceful group and a young boy may be the only hope for the werewolves desperate to end the madness.

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing to see here, folks, November 30, 2007

By	SereneNight (California, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Evil biker werewolves plan to murder a 13 year old boy reputed to be the 'savior' of the good werewolves who will cure/end lycanthropy. The bad guys kill and torture people and the good guys struggle to protect and hide the chosen one.

I admit I love werewolf movies, but there needs to be some plot and something more to watch than just people being tortured and killed in awful ways. I admit I couldn't finish this film. It was really that bad.