“Brotherhood of the Wolf” (DVD Review)
Without a doubt, the strangest thing about this lavish, six-year-old international cult hit, an eccentric blend of Hammer-style period horror and chop socky à la Française, is that it’s — yes — “inspired by true events.” Really.
As “Brotherhood” gets under way, it’s the late 1760s and Grégoire de Fronsac (Samuel Le Bihan), an emotionally scarred ex-soldier and macho-man action-guy naturalist, and his faithful Iroquois companion, Mani (Mark Dacascos), a cross between John Redcorn of “King of the Hill” and Bruce Lee, arrive from the court of King Louis in the redneck mountain province of Gevaudan to track down a mysterious beast who has been slaughtering local peasants. While a young nobleman hep to the ways of the Enlightenment (Jérémie Renier) assists Fronsac, most of the locals are far less accommodating. Most notably, there is Jean-François de Morangias (Vincent Cassel), a one-armed young count whom, among other psychological issues, is somewhat overly protective of his gorgeous younger sister, Marianne (Émilie Dequenne). Naturally, Fronsac has instantly fallen for the beauteous, virtuous redhead, but since “Brotherhood” is French and not American, that doesn’t prevent him from keeping sexy company with Sylvia (Monica Belluci), a brilliant and bounteous super-prostie with an agenda of her own.
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