Dog Soldiers
Dog Soldiers is a 2002 British action horror film written, directed and edited by Neil Marshall in his feature directorial debut. Starring Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby and Liam Cunningham, the film follows a squad of soldiers fighting to survive an attack by a pack of werewolves during a military training exercise in the Scottish Highlands.
Plot
A couple goes camping in the Scottish Highlands. The woman gives the man a silver letter opener as a present; shortly afterward they are killed in their tent by unseen assailants. Meanwhile, a soldier named Cooper runs through a forest in North Wales. He attacks his pursuers, but is overwhelmed and wrestled to the ground. It is revealed that Cooper is trying to join a special forces unit but fails when he refuses to shoot a dog in cold blood. He is returned to his unit by Captain Richard Ryan.
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author | Neil Marshall |
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award | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3411704 |
contentLocation | Scotland |
director | Neil Marshall |
editor | Neil Marshall |
genre | action horror |
keywords | 2001 germany v england football match abduct attack belong border collie break in british soldier camp england vs. germany football match hide human form kill land rover land rover series letter opener morning north wales rescue scottish highlands special air service special forces surround training exercise tree branch werewolf wound |
musicBy | Mark Thomas |
producer | Christopher Figg David E. Allen Tom Reeve |
productionCompany | Carousel Picture Company Kismet Entertainment Group The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company Victor Film Company |
publisher | Pathé |