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Werewolves or Skinwalkers fall into two camps: those who want a peaceful coexistence with humans and the others who have tasted blood and are addicted to it. An ancient prophecy foretells that on his 13th birthday, a half-human, half-werewolf boy will gain the power to end the curse of the Skinwalkers and restore their humanity. With four days till that eventful time, the former group of Skinwalkers will do everything that they can to see the prophecy fulfilled while the latter only wants to see the boy dead.
Skinwalkers has a decent story and it moves along at a quick pace. But I have three major problems with the movie.
First, the lack of character exposition. Sure the movie has a good pace but I don't think it would have hurt to have 5 to 10 minutes of exposition to flesh out the characters - particularly Jason Behr's character, the leader of the bad Skinwalkers. The boy's nightmares are also not adequately explained and even the surprise reveal in the middle elicits nothing more beyond an "Oh, okay".
The other thing I hated was the surreal standoff about 10 minutes into the movie. I don't see how you can be standing 20 feet from the bad guy with nothing blocking you and not be able to shoot him straight on. Ridiculous!
Plus, are there only 6 - 10 people living in this town?
The most heinous thing about this movie is that it isn't scary. Nothing shock-worthy happens, there's no sense of creepiness - I don't know if you could actually call this a horror movie.
The acting was alright, no complaints on my end and the creature effects were good - I liked the transformation sequences and was glad they made it man-in-suit as opposed to cgi.
The final showdown was fine, nothing spectacular but the most memorable thing was the coda. The last few scenes in the motel room despite the cheesy family reunion has me interested in seeing a follow-up to Skinwalkers.
5/10
