Plot

Two young wolves at opposite ends of their pack's social order are thrown together into a foreign land and need each other to return home, but love complicates everything.

In Jasper National Park, the wolves, Kate and Humphrey, have known each other since puppyhood, but they are on the oppose ends of the Western Pack's social structure with Kate as the energetic Alpha daughter of the pack leader and Humphrey being the good humoured Omega. That social structure forces Kate to accept an arranged marriage with Garth of the Eastern Pack to unite the packs for peace, regardless of Humphrey's hopeless attraction for her. Before that union can occur, Kate and Humphrey are captured by the park's rangers and sent to an Idaho park as part of a wolf repopulation project. Mindful of her duties, Kate is determined to return to Jasper and Humphrey offers to help with the assistance of two odd geese. However, as this disparate pair struggle through the dangers to get home, a growing mutual appreciation of their talents and then a deeper love threatens to disastrously complicate everything if they make it back.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Puppy love takes on a new meaning in this animated film featuring a slew of celebrity voices. Kate (Hayden Panettiere, HEROES) is a dominant and driven female wolf, while hairy Humphrey (Justin Long, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD) lives for the moment. But when the two young wolves are captured by park rangers and taken far away to somewhere big and bad and a real hunter land they bond despite their differences. ALPHA AND OMEGA also boasts the vocal talents of Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper, and Larry Miller with a