Brotherhood of the Wolf

Brotherhood of the Wolf is a hotchpotch of genres and stories. For example, the film is set in 18th-century France, but that does not stop the characters from using kicking techniques that are not far behind "The Matrix". Writer-director Christophe Gans has created a tasteless piece of entertainment that has neither head nor tail and that can be hard to take seriously. On the film's plus side, though, it gives good value for money. The violence, however, is too graphic.

A monster that mercilessly kills women and children is on the loose in southern France, and all attempts to kill the beast have so far failed. The French king Louis XV wants the mystery solved, so he puts the young scientist, adventurer and libertine Grégoire de Fronsac on the case. Fronsac is accompanied by Mani, an Indian whom he got to know in America.

Everyone believes it is a giant wolf, but Fronsac finds evidence of something else. He meets resistance in his investigation, however, and only too late does he discover who his powerful opponents really are.