Wolves 2014


Wolves is a 2014 Canadian film directed by David Hayter.

The film's opening is narrated by Cayden who explains about the nightmares he has been having and what they might mean. During a football match, a rival player headbutts Cayden, causing the latter to become enraged and attack the player with superhuman strength, sometime later, Cayden accidentally hurts his girlfriend while kissing her in his car, the passion of the kiss caused him to unwillingly transform.

Cayden wakes up covered in blood and finds the dismembered bodies of his parents, believing he did it, he flees while his girlfriend tells everyone he did it. Cayden being a wanted man stays on the move and tried to keep his lycanthropy under control but accidentally kills a few bikers trying to save a woman. Cayden goes to a bar and draws the attention of another Werewolf Joe, who points him to a location called Lupine Range, a small farm town filled with Lycanthropes, Joe explains that werewolves come in two types, purebreeds and the bitten, purebreeds who are born werewolves from werewolf parents are far more powerful are rare with only a few bloodlines left of them, Cayden who recently discovered he was adopted being one of them.

Cayden travels to Lupine Range and goes to a local bar, most of the patrons stop what they are doing and stare at him, it becomes apparent that nearly everyone in the bar is a werewolf and most of the surround one werewolf in particular who's eyes remain animal-like even in human form. Cayden talks with the barmaid Angelina whom he becomes attracted too, however this draws the attention of the other wolves, After being forced to leave to due to the hostility of mountain pack, he is approached by a wolf of his bloodline who warns him to leave town and that he is in danger, the wolf is later killed by Connor, the alpha werewolf who still has wolf eyes in human form.

John, a local farmer hires Cayden as farmhand and tells him of his origins, about his mother and who is real father is, Connor, who apparently raped Lucille(the mother). Cayden who earlier spied on Connor eating the remains of the werewolf he killed, is shocked that he is the son of a monster. John also tells him about the uneasy peace between the town wolves and the savage mountain wolves, a peace that comes with the condition that Connor can have Angelina as he desires a son, Connor does not know that he has a son.

Cayden and John are not satisfied with the terms of the deal and want something to be done but the local wolves fear what the stronger and more bestial mountain wolves would do in retaliation. Cayden goes to the mountains to confront Connors and reveals who he is, but Connor is skeptical and unleashes his wolves onto Cayden who easily outmatches them one on one but is wounded when they all attack at once, Cayden manages to slash Connor across the face and jumps off a nearby cliff to escape, however, he severely wounds himself and is told by John to transform so he could heal.

Cayden begins to form a plan to deal with the mountain pack and unlike before, is willing to kill them to save Angelina who gets kidnapped. Cayden kills two of the pack and lures the others into a trap where John shoots some explosives, Cayden then faces his father and emerges the victor,Connnor reveals that he didn't rape Lucille and that they loved each other but was blamed for her death, following this he spiraled out of control. Joe turns up and reveals he planned the events all along, killing Cayden's parents and convincing him to go to Lupine Range so that he could kill Connor in revenge for what happened to Joe. Joe kills Connor but is killed by Cayden.

Cayden decides to leave Lupine with Angelina as she wants to see more of the world but promises John he would be back, John then gives him a scroll showing the bloodlines of the purebreed wolves. Cayden and Angelina than leaves Lupine.