"We are all soldiers now."
Universal's ambitious Dark Universe may have failed, but the low-key lower-budget resurgence of classic monsters continues with this slick and lively action/horror. People exposed to a global super-Moon event become werewolves for one night; one year later, it happens again, but this time the rest of the population are ready to fight back, with a focus on gruff ex-military man Wesley (the utterly reliable Frank Grillo), his brother's family and his crack team out to trial a cure. It is all countdowns, flashing lights and more lens-flare than J.J. Abrams could ever dream of, with the transformations and creatures a solid mix of CGI and practical effects. The tone and intent feels very much like The Purge franchise with a bit of John Carpenter under-siege mentality thrown in, as curfew looms, the people lock themselves down and the voracious attackers appear. The actual plot does not bear much scrutiny, especially what might have happened in the intervening year, but Werewolves offers simple, straightforward, undemanding and well-staged no-frills mayhem, and on those terms it works very well.
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