A man & wife (Van Dien & Jennifer Wenger) retreat to a vacation house in the arid backwoods outside L. A., but run afoul of a werewolf-like creature. Once someone is bit all hell breaks loose on the full moon. Patrick Muldoon and the hulking Robert Allen Mukes are also on hand.

"Alpha Wolf" (2018) is surprisingly good for what it is, a TV-budget werewolf flick, which pretty much meshes "Dire Wolf," aka "Dinowolf" (2009),and "Wolves" (2014). If you appreciate those ones, you'll like this too. Like "Dire Wolf" it's mostly serious but with a fitting wink of amusement. The alpha male angle is intriguing and the script even throws in something original for a werewolf movie in regards to the curious naked dude (Tyler Gallant).

One eye-rolling sequence involves the couple's first assault by a hairy man-like creature. They brush it off as if a normal animal radically attacked them when it's glaring that it's ANYTHING BUT. If you can roll with this flaw (and the CGI gore),this is a worthwhile werewolf flick that should be enjoyed by anyone who values Grade B horror, especially the cabin-in-the-woods variety, whether the antagonist is a werewolf, sasquatch, slasher, bear or otherwise.

While petite Jennifer Wenger is perfectly agreeable as the female protagonist, Raquel Woodruff stands out in the beauty department; too bad her part wasn't bigger. Regardless, it's nice to have a director (Kevin VanHook) who knows how to photograph women for a change (and I'm not tawkin' bout nudity, although Raquel has a top nude scene for those who care).

Casper & Jennifer were married five months before the movie's release. Meanwhile Van Dien and Muldoon appeared together in the cult flick "Starship Troopers" (1997).

The film runs 1 hour, 25 minutes, and was shot in Southern Cal at Topanga Canyon, Acton and Ramona (Exteriors & Woods).

GRADE: B.

This film begins with two hunters out in the woods late at night when they hear a growling noise nearby. Not being very intelligent they decide to disregard it and continue along their way. Neither of them live to see the morning sunrise. The scene then shifts to a young man named "Jack Lupo" (Casper Van Diem) his wife "Virginia Lupo" (Jennifer Wenger) driving along a winding road looking to spend some time together in a remote cabin in the woods. Along the way they stop at a small country store where Jack proceeds to ogle one of the female customers and almost start a fight with another man. Although Virginia doesn't care for his alpha male tendencies they eventually make up that night at the cabin only to be attacked by a large animal not long afterward. The very next day Jack begins to act rather strange and it's then that Virginia begins to realize the type of person she has recently married. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that I really enjoyed this movie up until the last 30 minutes or so when the plot took a definite turn for the worst and everything came crashing down immediately afterward. To that effect, I'm not sure what the director (Kevin VanHook) was thinking but perhaps he should find another line of work because his decision-making skills in the motion picture industry are definitely in need of some serious improvement. That being said, I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.

Movie sucked! Acting sucked too! I regret watching this movie! Lol