Shadow Wolves (2019) User Reviews

Can't Recommend

[larrys3 · 3/10 · 6 July 2019]

B-movie type film marked by stilted dialogue and cliched plot elements.

A terrorist leader, dying of a terminal illness, seeks revenge against a group of Native American trackers. During one of the Gulf Wars, the trackers had led the U.S. military to the home of the terrorist and subsequently a drone strike wiped out his family.

The trackers are now patrolling the U.S./Mexican border to try and stop the passage of drugs, human trafficking, and possible terrorist weapons. They are secretly being funded by a former fellow soldier who is now a Colonel with the NSA.

Overall, can't recommend this one.

Cliche and Uninformed

[vindalootiger · 2/10 · 12 July 2019]

The movie was a entirely cliche. If I were Native American, Japanese, Mexican, or Arab I would be incredibly insulted at the way all of these groups were portrayed. The movie feels like it was written by an armchair Rambo (look that one up if you never have heard the phrase). There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this movie, it is a myopic look into terrorism, the drug trade, and anti-terrorist operations from someone who has no idea. The history spouting colonel was wrong . . . just so wrong . . . Lets make up history as we go along!

Disappointed

[denise-dargan33 · 2/10 · 12 January 2020]

When I saw Thomas Gibson was in the film I thought great loved him in Criminal Minds. Very disappointed watched 1 hour but no real action. Who would go to the office dressed the way his assistant does in the US. What happened to the wardrobe people were they on another planet??? Very bad acting on the UK side couldn't they find anything better??

Shadow Wolves

[Abdulxoxo · 5/10 · 5 December 2020]

The film centers on an elite force of Native American Shadow Wolves operatives and the story of their work with a CIA agent to prevent an impending terrorist attack

The story is a bit refreshing, as it's loosely based on the real-life Shadow Wolves, but the tacky dialogues, boring under-developed characters, and rather bland performances aren't enough to redeem it. The action sequences are poorly staged, and could use some good editing and steady camera work. The score is not memorable as you could hardly notice it, But the cinematography in some places is good; the lighting and color grading gives the scenes the right mood and atmosphere.

Overall, Shadow Wolves is a poor film with a good concept, but clumsily executed.

Ex-Porn Stars

[alberteinstein-90912 · 1/10 · 4 August 2019]

The actors have the worst monotone, scripted, unemotional delivery of their lines, like a bunch of stars trying to break into "real movies". It doesn't qualify as even a B movie, that would insult every B movie ever made.

Absolutely dire

[oliviakirby-93766 · 1/10 · 27 November 2019]

Imagine Matt Stone and Trey Parker's brilliant Team America, only without the satire, humor, self awareness or interest. Filmed like a really , with dire scripts, leaden direction and with a cast who simply can't act - even the good actors seem aware they're taking part in a total turkey and are phoning in their performances. Stupdendously bad - a textbook lesson in bad drama.

What's going on?

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 9 March 2020]

SHADOW WOLVES is a Z-grade action flick that suffers from being extremely badly directed and poorly written to boot. It's a low budget low-fi adventure in which a bunch of Navajo soldiers battle terrorist groups, tangling with various ISIS terrorists bent on mayhem. A couple of British characters randomly show up to join in the fun. Other than the novelty of seeing an unrecognisable Louise Lombard (the last time I saw her was in THE HOUSE OF ELIOT) who looks amazing for her age, and the impossibly aged Graham Greene of DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE fame, there's really no reason to tune in to this one.

ISIS in Arizona ???

[adabsiz · 1/10 · 12 January 2020]

This garbage of a film was directed and acted by simple ametuers and 7 producers whose past investment efforts were just as bad ! To keep harping about Afghanistan and ISIS in the same story is realistically laughable, but not as much as the acting, and direction !

Please avoid this film unless you are sitting in the toilet with nothing else to do !

A really poor job of directing

[latinfineart · 3/10 · 31 August 2020]

Despite the participation of Thomas Gibson and Graham Greene, this movie just could not be saved. It was a herky-jerky style of cinematography which is extremely annoying, bad editing, a non-existent soundtrack and really amateur directing. It's a shame because I always enjoy seeing a movie with a Native American cast. This movie just did not do them justice. Skip it it. Don't waste your time, this is a real low quality turkey.

Do not recomend!

[abnrgrbob · 2/10 · 1 January 2020]

Technically and tactically lame! Storyline doesn't match up to practical current events. They leave weapons behind, just drops them and ever picks them up. List goes on. Google Play should reimburse me. The team is like ROTC at a online university! GI Jokes!

Enjoyed it

[sebastianwolski6 · 10/10 · 23 July 2019]

Great action movie. This is supposed to be a series and this is only the pilot. Hoping this gets turned into a series so we can see everyone's character develop along with the storylines. It's very on point with what's happening in the world today.

Can you make it past the 15min mark? I bet no

[Xavier_Stone · 1/10 · 13 February 2021]

By that time you should realize just how amateur, campy and lame this backyard attempt at a movie is.

I can't reveal any more details as that's as far as I got.

Horrible dialogue

[lovegreyhounds · 2/10 · 7 February 2020]

The actors aren't entirely bad and the plot could be OK. However all of the dialogue is 100% cliché and predictable. It makes the actors seem lame. And then there are the logical inconsistencies. Just for one simple example of a man is not down and he leaves his rifle right on the ground and continues to pursue the bad guy for hand to hand combat. The villain is 100% stereotype and very lame dialogue

Terrible just terrible, stay away from this mess.

[soniaquebec · 1/10 · 24 January 2022]

Graham Greene and Thomas Gibson must be in dire need of money to be part of this.

Terrible actors; Gibson's assistant looks like a porn start. The coloring is weird. The dialogues just empty. The idea could have been good but that's about it.

WOW

[simonasmith3107 · 1/10 · 3 June 2021]

WOW..... I believe you can reject most of the negative and critical reviews. They can't do justice to how utterley and completely mesmerisizingly rubbish this confusing, badly written, amateurishly acted gibberish is on so many levels it;s crazy.

the story, the movie, the ending

[lako_leon · 1/10 · 13 January 2020]

1. the opening fight its so...depressive, that fight...really? no one could shot the sniper or the sniper could not shot them? 2. the whole movie is based on an terrorist which anyway would die of some kind of disease. Everything happend so fast. And spirits man, lel. 3. the ending ,really man? he had so many chances to kill that guy, from behind or when he arrived with the car from inside of it. After all fight with a spear in his chest he found the ultimate power to give an axe hit... i would never watch this movie again!

Complete tosh!

[sandycurrierc · 2/10 · 1 September 2023]

This is the second poor Prime video I've watched this week and whilst I thought the storyline was good, with a couple of reasonable actors, it turned out to be a load of tosh. Disjointed storyline, extremely poor action, elite force my arse! There was no content, action, if you dare to call it such, jumped from Mexico to London, back to Mexico and introduced a couple of characters that suddenly appeared in Mexico with one very weak link that took us nowhere and the villain they were supposedly chasing somehow managed to escape them. This villain, without any clear indication of how he found the elite force Shadow Wolves leader, captures his family (oops, spoiler) and manages to build and plant a bomb while the elite force with modern weapons couldn't hit a barn door while the rest of the villains managed to hold them off with a couple of rifles/shotguns. That's definitely and hour and a half I'll never get back! One watched in the hope it will get better, don't waste your time!

looks cheap

[SnoopyStyle · 2/10 · 28 December 2021]

Shadow Wolves is a group of Native American vigilantes led by Nabahe (Graham Greene) who protect the border from smugglers and terrorists. NSA agent Colonel Branson (Thomas Gibson) is running his own unsanctioned dark ops in his fight against ISIS.

This is bad and its greatest sin is that it looks cheap. I am surprised by some of the great actors that participated in this atrocity. McKay Daines seems to be a B-movie filmmaker who has a certain political bent towards the war on terrorism. I don't care about any of that but he has to make this good. It has to be fun and exciting. It has to be a compelling story. This is simply not.