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Skinwalkers

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Skinwalkers (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 35

Fresh: 5

Rotten:30

Average Rating: 3.5/10

Consensus: Skinwalkers is an atrociously-acted project whose unoriginal and ineptly-staged action sequences remind viewers of far better werewolf and action movies.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release: Aug 10, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $957,935

Synopsis: Though a statement at the opening of the film explains that the creatures of the title are, in Native American lore, people who have the ability to transform into various animals, SKINWALKERS focuses on two warring factions of werewolves.... Though a statement at the opening of the film explains that the creatures of the title are, in Native American lore, people who have the ability to transform into various animals, SKINWALKERS focuses on two warring factions of werewolves. One is a family concentrated on protecting Timothy (Matthew Knight), a boy about to turn 13 who is the offspring of mortal Rachel (Rhona Mitra) and a Skinwalker. Timothy's family, led by kindly Uncle Jonas (Elias Koteas), chooses to avoid slaughtering innocents during full moons by restraining themselves in straps in the back of a beaten traveling camper. Their rival clan, captained by Varek (Jason Behr), lives with a leather-clad biker gang, riding from town to town and reveling in their bloodlust. When the clock strikes midnight on Timothy's birthday, he will be able to (in terms not explicitly spelled out) end the bloody reign of the Skinwalkers--but not if Varek and his gang can catch and kill Timothy before he officially becomes a teenager. SKINWALKERS focuses more on its action sequences than on the horror elements, but those seeking a good chase sequence will find plenty to enjoy in the film's second half. Director James Isaac (JASON X) gives the film a graphic novel-like visual style, with plenty of red tints and scenes of rising moons. Elias Koteas (CRASH, EXOTICA) seems to be having fun as a werewolf patriarch, but veteran Canadian supporting actress Barbara Gordon seems to be enjoying herself even more as a pistol-packing grandma. Stan Winston's creature designs resemble the man-beast creations from 1977's ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU more than they do Rick Baker or Rob Bottin's revisionist werewolves from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and THE HOWLING, but they are effective nonetheless. [More]

Starring: Scott Anderson, Jason Behr, Lyriq Bent, Sarah Carter

Starring: Scott Anderson, Jason Behr, Lyriq Bent, Sarah Carter, Kim Coates, Barbara Gordon, Tom Jackson, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Matthew Knight

Director: James Isaac

Director: James Isaac
Screenwriter: James Roday, James DeMonaco, Todd Harthan
Producer: Don Carmody, Dennis Berardi
Composer: Andrew Lockington
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Release:

Nov 27, 2007

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - James Isaac - Director
  • Featurettes - 1. The Making of SKINWALKERS
  • 2. A Special Effects Visit with Stan Winston

Reviews for Skinwalkers

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
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Dark Horizons
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
10/18/08
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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in the absence of tension, laughs, thrills, scares or anything like complexity, there is nothing here for viewers to sink their fangs into. The only real note of menace...is a hint at the end that there may be a sequel.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/22/08
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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stinks like a mangy animal's fetid coat

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/27/07
Bill Gibron
Filmcritic.com
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Even the special effects aren't very special.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/22/07
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies
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Admittedly, there's something about a bunch of hot-looking Goth-type vampires on motorcycles that has, well, a little bite to it.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
08/29/07
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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Kudos to the ad campaign, but nuts to everyone else involved in this snuffly, histrionic werewolves-at-war-with-one-another yawner.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/25/07
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
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This werewolf flick is all bark and no bite.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
08/22/07
Stax
IGN Movies
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If lots and lots of shooting and wrassling and growling turns your crank, then you might have a good time with Skinwalkers; otherwise, it's a total snore.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/20/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide
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Indistiguishable from either the horror or action product that routinely comes out of the straight-to-video pipeline.

Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
08/19/07
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies
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One of the year's more pleasant surprises.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
08/17/07
Jim Hemphill
Reel.com
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The film may have suffered some bad buzz earlier on, but it's far better than most of the other werewolf offerings.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
08/17/07
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com
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In Skinwalkers, there are two kinds of skinwalkers. Some see their bloodlust as a curse, and others, more colorfully, "embrace the power of the beast."

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
08/16/07
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
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To borrow that immortal self-critiquing line from director James Isacc's own Jason X, 'This sucks on so many levels.'

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/15/07
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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A throwback to workmanlike '70s and '80s-era low-budget action thrillers.

Full Review Source: Onion AV Club | comment Comment
08/14/07
Steven Hyden
Onion AV Club
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Not only is this a seriously goofy werewolf movie -- but they snipped out most of the juicy bits in order to earn a PG-13 rating. Gotta love it.

Full Review Source: FEARnet | comment Comment
08/13/07
Scott Weinberg
FEARnet
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Skinwalkers is never able to escape its fundamental preposterousness. You've seen worse, but, trust me, you've seen better.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/13/07
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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On the fright scale, this pack of werewolves ranks below a basket of puppies.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
08/13/07
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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Skinwalkers wears its B-movie badness on its sleeve like a badge of honor.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/13/07
Rob Humanick
Slant Magazine
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