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* ShoutOut: [[HGWells Sergeant Wells]], [[TheMatrix "There is no Spoon."]], [[EvilDead Private Bruce Campbell]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} the page quote]], [[Film/{{Alien}} "Short, controlled bursts"]], ''{{Zulu}}'' (both the film and the battle it was based on), "They've fixed it so we can't win![[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan It's the Kobyashi Maru!"]], ''TheSearchers'' gets a visual nod at the end... Lots, in short.
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* KickTheDog: Captain Ryan is this kind of person, [[spoiler:shooting a dog in his first scene]] simply because he can.
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* RegretEatingMe: Spoon's [[spoiler: Spoon's]] FamousLastWords.
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-->'''Cooper:''' ''(to [[spoiler:Ryan in werewolf form]])'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_think_it%27s_all_over You think it's all over? It is now. now.]] ''(BANG)''
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It's been recently announced that there will be a webseries called ''Dog Soldiers Legacy'' that will bridge the gaps between the first film and the long-in-development sequel.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is nowhere in Scotland that is a four hour drive from anywhere, as Megan says. [[spoiler:Though this could be interpreted as Megan just trying to fake them out so they'll stay put.]] Or it's a four hour drive due to the driving contitions, she mentions that the closest house is 50 miles away, and it's hers. They could easily be 70-100 miles from town, on muddy dirt roads at night.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The shot where Ryan washes his face and tilts his head when looking at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. [[spoiler:Now what animals tilt their heads when they notice something curious? Dogs. The first physical sign that he is turning into a werewolf]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The shot where Ryan washes his face and tilts his head when looking at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. [[spoiler:Now what animals tilt their heads when they notice something curious? Dogs. The first physical sign that he is turning into a werewolf]].werewolf.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The Spec Ops team that lured the protagonists there as bait qualify. They have equipment to capture a werewolf and live weapons... loaded with regular ammo. YOU KNOW YOU'RE HUNTING WEREWOLVES, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SILVER BULLETS? They get themselves eaten off-camera.]] Admittedly, silver ammunition may not be available, but still, their weapons? Submachineguns, one semi-auto rifle, and a shotgun. No machine guns, assault rifles, grenades, or other powerful weapons.
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The Spec Ops team that lured the protagonists there as bait qualify. They have equipment to capture a werewolf and live weapons... loaded with regular ammo. YOU KNOW YOU'RE HUNTING WEREWOLVES, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SILVER BULLETS? They get themselves eaten off-camera.]] Admittedly, silver ammunition may not be available, but still, their weapons? Submachineguns, one semi-auto rifle, and a shotgun. No machine guns, assault rifles, grenades, or other powerful weapons.
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* WorstNewsJudgementEver: Inverted, as the headline about the squad is overshadowed by the result of an international football match.
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** Also counts when Spoon goes [[PlayedForLaughs hammer-frenzy on werewolf's paw]], while barricading doors.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Megan starts [[WeaponizedCameras taking pictures of a werewolf with a camera]], trying to blind or distract it with the repeated flashes. Spoon throws half the contents of the kitchen at a werewolf, uses a FryingPanOfDoom, and then totally snaps and brutally speed-knifes the wolf.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Many examples. Cooper tells the rest of squad to boil water - they use it later to fend off attacks. Megan starts [[WeaponizedCameras taking pictures of a werewolf with a camera]], trying to blind or distract it with the repeated flashes. Spoon throws half the contents of the kitchen at a werewolf, uses a FryingPanOfDoom, and then totally snaps and brutally speed-knifes the wolf.wolf.
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* ScreamingWarrior: Spoon, during his LastStand, as he prepares to smack a werewolf with a frying pan.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: JasonStatham was originally cast as Cooper, but dropped out of the production to do ''TheTransporter'' instead. A sequel was planned, ''Fresh Meat'', seeing Cooper encountering the American team his section was to have exercises with, as more werewolves emerge.
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->''"So, if Little Red Riding Hood should show up with a bazooka and a bad attitude, I expect you to chin the bitch!"''\\
-- '''Sgt. Harry G. Wells'', "Sarge"
A 2002 British horror film, if you could call it that. Notable in that while it has the appearance (and premise) of being a campy, bad werewolf film, it neatly subverts all expectations to become quite a good representation of the genre done right, with liberal doses of wit, humor and genuine awesomeness.
While on a routine training exercise in the Scottish highlands, a small group of British Army men discover the remains of an elite special forces squad that's been literally ripped to shreds. After being attacked by some unseen wild beasts, the remaining soldiers escape with the help of a female zoologist who just happened to be in the area. The rest of the movie deals with their attempts to survive the night in an abandoned house, be it fending off the werewolves or the [[AHouseDivided internal strife]].
It's been recently announced that there will be a webseries called ''Dog Soldiers Legacy'' that will bridge the gaps between the first film and the long-in-development sequel.
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'''This movie provides examples of:'''
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: When things start to look incredibly bleak after [[spoiler:Joe]] is killed and the plan to use the second car goes horribly wrong, the remaining characters sit in silence, in quiet mourning for their fallen comrades, as Megan plays the piano.
* AerosolFlamethrower: Wells uses this on a werewolf towards the end.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is nowhere in Scotland that is a four hour drive from anywhere, as Megan says. [[spoiler:Though this could be interpreted as Megan just trying to fake them out so they'll stay put.]] Or it's a four hour drive due to the driving contitions, she mentions that the closest house is 50 miles away, and it's hers. They could easily be 70-100 miles from town, on muddy dirt roads at night.
* BackToBackBadasses: Spoon and Joe at one point, keeping each other covered as they pepper the werewolves attacking the house with machine gun fire.
* {{Badass}}: Pretty much the entire cast. Spoon and Sarge especially.
* BadassBoast: Delivered by Sergeant Wells to Cooper near the films climax "When I signed my life away on that dotted line, I fucking meant it. I am a ''professional soldier''."
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:With the right "bait", Ryan lured Sarge's men to a specific location during their exercise. This in turn was to provide "bait" to get a werewolf to come out into the open. It all worked spectacularly, except for there being more than one werewolf, and that they ended up attacking Ryan's team first.]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Spiders. And women. And... spider-women."
* BrickJoke: The [[spoiler:"there is no Spoon"]] joke is about 80 minutes between setup (when you first hear his name) and punchline.
** Also the England v. Germany football match. See WorstNewsJudgementEver.
* BulletholeDoor: "Open your mouth, cover your ears, mind your toes."
* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Scotland, filmed in Luxembourg.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Ryan says "Live and learn" a few times.
* [[CatScare Cow Scare]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The silver letter opener.]]
* ChewingTheScenery: Ryan loves to do this.
* ClusterFBomb: The entire film probably counts.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ryan. Megan also has her moments.
* DangerTakesABackseat: [[spoiler:How poor Joe [[IncrediblyLamePun meats]] his end. At least he fights it like a man.]]
* DeathBySex: The campers at the beginning get killed just as they're about to get busy.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: A rare case where this trope is pulled off with success.
* DevelopmentHell: The sequel seems to be stuck here.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Spoon's epic performance with the flares.
* DropTheCow: In a subversion of the usual comedic intention of this trope, a dead, bloody cow hits the ground just as Spoon is warming up a joke, in order to take the edge off Wells' deeply unsettling story of Eddie Oswald.
* DyingAsYourself: Nearly {{averted}} with [[spoiler:Sarge]], as [[spoiler:he's beginning to transform as he blows himself up with the cottage and everything in it.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Quite a few of the characters get these. [[spoiler:Sarge for blowing the werewolves to bits, Joe for attacking a werewolf with a combat knife instead of giving up and dying. Spoony gets special mention for going toe to toe with a werewolf unarmed and nearly winning until another werewolf shows up to help.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[spoiler:Ryan shoots a dog in the head in the first few minutes of the film, just because he ''can''.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Wells is usually just referred to as "Sarge".
* EyesOfGold: In the initial stages of their transformation, humans turning into werewolves have bright yellow eyes.
* FamousLastWords:
** [[RegretEatingMe "I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp!"]]
** [[TemptingFate "Dogs? More like pussies."]]
** "I'll fucking have you!"
* FateWorseThanDeath: Think being ripped to pieces by a hungry werewolf is bad? Despite being a bloody mess, [[spoiler:Terry]] is shown to be very much alive as a werewolf is feeding on him.
* AFatherToHisMen: Sarge.
* {{Fetish}}: "I ''love it'' when a posh bird talks dirty!"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The shot where Ryan washes his face and tilts his head when looking at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. [[spoiler:Now what animals tilt their heads when they notice something curious? Dogs. The first physical sign that he is turning into a werewolf]].
* FreakOut: Ryan, after being badly wounded by the werewolves and watching his men get ripped to shreds right in front of him.
* FutileHandReach: When Joe hotwires the jeep in the shed, the headlights turn on, revealing a still very much alive [[spoiler:Terry]] being fed upon by a werewolf right in front of him, reaching out for Joe to help him.
* GenreBlindness: [[spoiler:Terry]] really should have known better than to stand ''right next to a broken window'' shortly after a werewolf siege. [[FamousLastWords "Dogs? More like pussies!"]] He gets yanked through the window seconds later.
* {{Gorn}}: Buckets of it.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The deaths of campers at the beginning, as well as the death of [[spoiler:Joe.]]
* HitMeDammit: Wells to Cooper, as Wells' wounds are being treated.
-->'''Wells:''' Cooper, knock me out. HIT ME! ''[Cooper decks him]'' ...I said knock me out you fuckin' pussy!
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Sergeant Wells.
* [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten If You're So Evil, Shoot This Dog]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Bruce]] is impaled on a broken tree branch whilst fleeing the werewolves. Later, [[spoiler:Ryan (as a werewolf) is run through with a sword, but, now being nigh-invulnerable, it doesn't kill him.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: Megan starts taking pictures of a werewolf with a camera, trying to blind or distract it with the repeated flashes. Spoon throws half the contents of the kitchen at a werewolf, uses a FryingPanofDoom, and then totaly snaps and brutaly speed-knifes the wolf.
* ItCanThink: The werewolves, natch. Except for Megan, everyone initially considers them savage animals, but their behavior quickly proves them wrong.
* ItGotWorse: Does it ''ever''.
* KickTheDog: Captain Ryan is this kind of person, [[spoiler:shooting a dog in his first scene]] simply because he can.
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: Cooper and Sam are the only characters to survive.]]
* LastStand: Spoon.
* MadeOfPlasticine: [[spoiler:Bruce had to have been running incredibly fast to get impaled to the extent that he did.]]
* MenstrualMenace: [[spoiler:Megan quips "It's the wrong time of the month" as she starts to transform into a werewolf.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Megan]], who doesn't actually ''intend'' to be the mole at first. [[spoiler:Some time prior to the events of the film she was attacked and turned by the werewolf family, and apparently hates it. She hopes that the soldiers will be able to defeat the rest of the werewolves and rescue her. However after every escape plan goes wrong, her animal instincts and loyalty to the pack take over...]]
* MoreDakka: The sheer amount of ammunition expended throughout the course of this film is staggering. Lampshaded and subverted when the fact they're running low on ammunition becomes a plot point, and by Cooper's exasperated yell of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Controlled! Three-round! Bursts!"]], eminently sensible advice that nobody bothers to take.
* NighInvulnerability: The werewolves.
* [[spoiler:NoPartyLikeADonnerParty]]: Implied, but not stated outright. When the squaddies arrive at the abandoned house, dinner's still on the stove. They tuck in; when asked what it is, one says "Pork, I think." [[spoiler:Later, we find out the house belongs to the werewolves and they have human bodies hanging up in the cellar, so what tasted like pork...]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Terry.]]
* OrphanedPunchline: Reversed, in that we hear the beginning, but not the punchline. The reaction to what happens next might compensate for this, though.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Slightly. They have a silver vulnerability, turn with the full moon, etc. However, they can resist the transformation (albeit with difficulty), and killing them without silver is possible - it's just ''extremely'' hard.
* PainfulTransformation: The full transformations are never seen on-screen ([[WordOfGod Neil Marshall mentions in the commentary]] that the reason for this was because, after the famous transformation sequence from ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', he didn't feel he would be able to do it justice), but the characters who start to turn are all shown to be in a huge amount of pain during the process.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
-->'''Cooper:''' ''(to [[spoiler:Ryan in werewolf form]])'' You think it's all over? It is now. ''(BANG)''
* PrecisionFStrike:
-->'''Megan:''' Move your fucking arse, soldier!\\
''(As short while later)''\\
'''Spoon:''' I ''love it'' when a posh bird talks dirty!
* RatedMForManly
* RegretEatingMe: Spoon's FamousLastWords.
* ResistTheBeast: [[spoiler:Wells manages to resist his transformation just long enough to get Cooper to safety, before blowing up the house.]]
* ScreamingWarrior: Spoon, during his LastStand, as he prepares to smack a werewolf with a frying pan.
* ShoutOut: [[HGWells Sergeant Wells]], [[TheMatrix "There is no Spoon."]], [[EvilDead Private Bruce Campbell]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} the page quote]], [[Film/{{Alien}} "Short, controlled bursts"]], ''{{Zulu}}'' (both the film and the battle it was based on), "They've fixed it so we can't win![[StarTrek It's the Kobyashi Maru!"]], ''TheSearchers'' gets a visual nod at the end... Lots, in short.
* ShownTheirWork: The dialogue was clearly all written by someone who knows a lot of genuine British squaddies. Also, the [=L85s=] seen in the first few minutes all possess the proper Blank Firing Attachments.
** Also, Cooper closing Sarge's wound with super glue is indeed TruthInTelevision; the US Army developed a Super Glue spray during the Vietnam War for (temporarily) closing a soldier's wounds until they could get him to a hospital.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Sarge.]]
* TeamPet: Sam.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The Spec Ops team that lured the protagonists there as bait qualify. They have equipment to capture a werewolf and live weapons... loaded with regular ammo. YOU KNOW YOU'RE HUNTING WEREWOLVES, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SILVER BULLETS? They get themselves eaten off-camera.]] Admittedly, silver ammunition may not be available, but still, their weapons? Submachineguns, one semi-auto rifle, and a shotgun. No machine guns, assault rifles, grenades, or other powerful weapons.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. When [[spoiler:Megan begins her transformation, Wells just shoots a hole in her, still very human, head. According to the director, this doesn't kill her. She shows up again in the end as the one-eyed werewolf]].
* {{Tuckerization}}: [[EvilDead Bruce Campbell]] again.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Cooper and Megan. [[spoiler:Her betraying the squad to the werewolves kind of put a damper on things.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Terry couldn't stomach [[TeamPet Sam (the dog)]] pulling at Wells' bandages (which were at the time, very bloody, and could be mistaken for intestines).
* WarriorPoet: Bruce has shades of this, although it's more evident in the deleted scenes than in the finished film.
* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: All of Ryan's planning and preparations apparently relied on the belief that there was only one werewolf in the woods. Needless to say, he was wrong.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"They were always here. I just unlocked the door."]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: JasonStatham was originally cast as Cooper, but dropped out of the production to do ''TheTransporter'' instead. A sequel was planned, ''Fresh Meat'', seeing Cooper encountering the American team his section was to have exercises with, as more werewolves emerge.
* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: "We need a diversion...something fast and loud." (Everyone looks at Spoon, who wasn't paying attention). '''Spoon:''' What? You what?
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: Inverted, as the headline about the squad is overshadowed by the result of an international football match.
* XMeetsY: Basically it's ''NightOfTheLivingDead'' meets ''TheHowling''.
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-- '''Sgt. Harry G. Wells'', "Sarge"
A 2002 British horror film, if you could call it that. Notable in that while it has the appearance (and premise) of being a campy, bad werewolf film, it neatly subverts all expectations to become quite a good representation of the genre done right, with liberal doses of wit, humor and genuine awesomeness.
While on a routine training exercise in the Scottish highlands, a small group of British Army men discover the remains of an elite special forces squad that's been literally ripped to shreds. After being attacked by some unseen wild beasts, the remaining soldiers escape with the help of a female zoologist who just happened to be in the area. The rest of the movie deals with their attempts to survive the night in an abandoned house, be it fending off the werewolves or the [[AHouseDivided internal strife]].
It's been recently announced that there will be a webseries called ''Dog Soldiers Legacy'' that will bridge the gaps between the first film and the long-in-development sequel.
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'''This movie provides examples of:'''
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: When things start to look incredibly bleak after [[spoiler:Joe]] is killed and the plan to use the second car goes horribly wrong, the remaining characters sit in silence, in quiet mourning for their fallen comrades, as Megan plays the piano.
* AerosolFlamethrower: Wells uses this on a werewolf towards the end.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: There is nowhere in Scotland that is a four hour drive from anywhere, as Megan says. [[spoiler:Though this could be interpreted as Megan just trying to fake them out so they'll stay put.]] Or it's a four hour drive due to the driving contitions, she mentions that the closest house is 50 miles away, and it's hers. They could easily be 70-100 miles from town, on muddy dirt roads at night.
* BackToBackBadasses: Spoon and Joe at one point, keeping each other covered as they pepper the werewolves attacking the house with machine gun fire.
* {{Badass}}: Pretty much the entire cast. Spoon and Sarge especially.
* BadassBoast: Delivered by Sergeant Wells to Cooper near the films climax "When I signed my life away on that dotted line, I fucking meant it. I am a ''professional soldier''."
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:With the right "bait", Ryan lured Sarge's men to a specific location during their exercise. This in turn was to provide "bait" to get a werewolf to come out into the open. It all worked spectacularly, except for there being more than one werewolf, and that they ended up attacking Ryan's team first.]]
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Spiders. And women. And... spider-women."
* BrickJoke: The [[spoiler:"there is no Spoon"]] joke is about 80 minutes between setup (when you first hear his name) and punchline.
** Also the England v. Germany football match. See WorstNewsJudgementEver.
* BulletholeDoor: "Open your mouth, cover your ears, mind your toes."
* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Scotland, filmed in Luxembourg.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Ryan says "Live and learn" a few times.
* [[CatScare Cow Scare]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The silver letter opener.]]
* ChewingTheScenery: Ryan loves to do this.
* ClusterFBomb: The entire film probably counts.
* DeadpanSnarker: Ryan. Megan also has her moments.
* DangerTakesABackseat: [[spoiler:How poor Joe [[IncrediblyLamePun meats]] his end. At least he fights it like a man.]]
* DeathBySex: The campers at the beginning get killed just as they're about to get busy.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: A rare case where this trope is pulled off with success.
* DevelopmentHell: The sequel seems to be stuck here.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Spoon's epic performance with the flares.
* DropTheCow: In a subversion of the usual comedic intention of this trope, a dead, bloody cow hits the ground just as Spoon is warming up a joke, in order to take the edge off Wells' deeply unsettling story of Eddie Oswald.
* DyingAsYourself: Nearly {{averted}} with [[spoiler:Sarge]], as [[spoiler:he's beginning to transform as he blows himself up with the cottage and everything in it.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Quite a few of the characters get these. [[spoiler:Sarge for blowing the werewolves to bits, Joe for attacking a werewolf with a combat knife instead of giving up and dying. Spoony gets special mention for going toe to toe with a werewolf unarmed and nearly winning until another werewolf shows up to help.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: [[spoiler:Ryan shoots a dog in the head in the first few minutes of the film, just because he ''can''.]]
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Wells is usually just referred to as "Sarge".
* EyesOfGold: In the initial stages of their transformation, humans turning into werewolves have bright yellow eyes.
* FamousLastWords:
** [[RegretEatingMe "I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp!"]]
** [[TemptingFate "Dogs? More like pussies."]]
** "I'll fucking have you!"
* FateWorseThanDeath: Think being ripped to pieces by a hungry werewolf is bad? Despite being a bloody mess, [[spoiler:Terry]] is shown to be very much alive as a werewolf is feeding on him.
* AFatherToHisMen: Sarge.
* {{Fetish}}: "I ''love it'' when a posh bird talks dirty!"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The shot where Ryan washes his face and tilts his head when looking at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. [[spoiler:Now what animals tilt their heads when they notice something curious? Dogs. The first physical sign that he is turning into a werewolf]].
* FreakOut: Ryan, after being badly wounded by the werewolves and watching his men get ripped to shreds right in front of him.
* FutileHandReach: When Joe hotwires the jeep in the shed, the headlights turn on, revealing a still very much alive [[spoiler:Terry]] being fed upon by a werewolf right in front of him, reaching out for Joe to help him.
* GenreBlindness: [[spoiler:Terry]] really should have known better than to stand ''right next to a broken window'' shortly after a werewolf siege. [[FamousLastWords "Dogs? More like pussies!"]] He gets yanked through the window seconds later.
* {{Gorn}}: Buckets of it.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The deaths of campers at the beginning, as well as the death of [[spoiler:Joe.]]
* HitMeDammit: Wells to Cooper, as Wells' wounds are being treated.
-->'''Wells:''' Cooper, knock me out. HIT ME! ''[Cooper decks him]'' ...I said knock me out you fuckin' pussy!
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Sergeant Wells.
* [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten If You're So Evil, Shoot This Dog]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Bruce]] is impaled on a broken tree branch whilst fleeing the werewolves. Later, [[spoiler:Ryan (as a werewolf) is run through with a sword, but, now being nigh-invulnerable, it doesn't kill him.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: Megan starts taking pictures of a werewolf with a camera, trying to blind or distract it with the repeated flashes. Spoon throws half the contents of the kitchen at a werewolf, uses a FryingPanofDoom, and then totaly snaps and brutaly speed-knifes the wolf.
* ItCanThink: The werewolves, natch. Except for Megan, everyone initially considers them savage animals, but their behavior quickly proves them wrong.
* ItGotWorse: Does it ''ever''.
* KickTheDog: Captain Ryan is this kind of person, [[spoiler:shooting a dog in his first scene]] simply because he can.
* [[spoiler:KillEmAll: Cooper and Sam are the only characters to survive.]]
* LastStand: Spoon.
* MadeOfPlasticine: [[spoiler:Bruce had to have been running incredibly fast to get impaled to the extent that he did.]]
* MenstrualMenace: [[spoiler:Megan quips "It's the wrong time of the month" as she starts to transform into a werewolf.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Megan]], who doesn't actually ''intend'' to be the mole at first. [[spoiler:Some time prior to the events of the film she was attacked and turned by the werewolf family, and apparently hates it. She hopes that the soldiers will be able to defeat the rest of the werewolves and rescue her. However after every escape plan goes wrong, her animal instincts and loyalty to the pack take over...]]
* MoreDakka: The sheer amount of ammunition expended throughout the course of this film is staggering. Lampshaded and subverted when the fact they're running low on ammunition becomes a plot point, and by Cooper's exasperated yell of [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "Controlled! Three-round! Bursts!"]], eminently sensible advice that nobody bothers to take.
* NighInvulnerability: The werewolves.
* [[spoiler:NoPartyLikeADonnerParty]]: Implied, but not stated outright. When the squaddies arrive at the abandoned house, dinner's still on the stove. They tuck in; when asked what it is, one says "Pork, I think." [[spoiler:Later, we find out the house belongs to the werewolves and they have human bodies hanging up in the cellar, so what tasted like pork...]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Terry.]]
* OrphanedPunchline: Reversed, in that we hear the beginning, but not the punchline. The reaction to what happens next might compensate for this, though.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Slightly. They have a silver vulnerability, turn with the full moon, etc. However, they can resist the transformation (albeit with difficulty), and killing them without silver is possible - it's just ''extremely'' hard.
* PainfulTransformation: The full transformations are never seen on-screen ([[WordOfGod Neil Marshall mentions in the commentary]] that the reason for this was because, after the famous transformation sequence from ''AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'', he didn't feel he would be able to do it justice), but the characters who start to turn are all shown to be in a huge amount of pain during the process.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
-->'''Cooper:''' ''(to [[spoiler:Ryan in werewolf form]])'' You think it's all over? It is now. ''(BANG)''
* PrecisionFStrike:
-->'''Megan:''' Move your fucking arse, soldier!\\
''(As short while later)''\\
'''Spoon:''' I ''love it'' when a posh bird talks dirty!
* RatedMForManly
* RegretEatingMe: Spoon's FamousLastWords.
* ResistTheBeast: [[spoiler:Wells manages to resist his transformation just long enough to get Cooper to safety, before blowing up the house.]]
* ScreamingWarrior: Spoon, during his LastStand, as he prepares to smack a werewolf with a frying pan.
* ShoutOut: [[HGWells Sergeant Wells]], [[TheMatrix "There is no Spoon."]], [[EvilDead Private Bruce Campbell]], [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} the page quote]], [[Film/{{Alien}} "Short, controlled bursts"]], ''{{Zulu}}'' (both the film and the battle it was based on), "They've fixed it so we can't win![[StarTrek It's the Kobyashi Maru!"]], ''TheSearchers'' gets a visual nod at the end... Lots, in short.
* ShownTheirWork: The dialogue was clearly all written by someone who knows a lot of genuine British squaddies. Also, the [=L85s=] seen in the first few minutes all possess the proper Blank Firing Attachments.
** Also, Cooper closing Sarge's wound with super glue is indeed TruthInTelevision; the US Army developed a Super Glue spray during the Vietnam War for (temporarily) closing a soldier's wounds until they could get him to a hospital.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Sarge.]]
* TeamPet: Sam.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:The Spec Ops team that lured the protagonists there as bait qualify. They have equipment to capture a werewolf and live weapons... loaded with regular ammo. YOU KNOW YOU'RE HUNTING WEREWOLVES, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE SILVER BULLETS? They get themselves eaten off-camera.]] Admittedly, silver ammunition may not be available, but still, their weapons? Submachineguns, one semi-auto rifle, and a shotgun. No machine guns, assault rifles, grenades, or other powerful weapons.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Averted. When [[spoiler:Megan begins her transformation, Wells just shoots a hole in her, still very human, head. According to the director, this doesn't kill her. She shows up again in the end as the one-eyed werewolf]].
* {{Tuckerization}}: [[EvilDead Bruce Campbell]] again.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Cooper and Megan. [[spoiler:Her betraying the squad to the werewolves kind of put a damper on things.]]
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Terry couldn't stomach [[TeamPet Sam (the dog)]] pulling at Wells' bandages (which were at the time, very bloody, and could be mistaken for intestines).
* WarriorPoet: Bruce has shades of this, although it's more evident in the deleted scenes than in the finished film.
* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: All of Ryan's planning and preparations apparently relied on the belief that there was only one werewolf in the woods. Needless to say, he was wrong.
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"They were always here. I just unlocked the door."]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: JasonStatham was originally cast as Cooper, but dropped out of the production to do ''TheTransporter'' instead. A sequel was planned, ''Fresh Meat'', seeing Cooper encountering the American team his section was to have exercises with, as more werewolves emerge.
* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: "We need a diversion...something fast and loud." (Everyone looks at Spoon, who wasn't paying attention). '''Spoon:''' What? You what?
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: Inverted, as the headline about the squad is overshadowed by the result of an international football match.
* XMeetsY: Basically it's ''NightOfTheLivingDead'' meets ''TheHowling''.
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