Werewolves (2024) * *

Directed by:  Steven C. Miller

Starring:  Frank Grillo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Katrina Law, Ilfenesh Hadera

Werewolves, right down its credit titles, has the look and feel of an 80's B-movie I would've seen on late night cable around that time, and likely would've skipped over.   The plot is something from a movie Ed Wood would've conjured up.   Last year, a "super moon" turned millions into werewolves for one night and this year, it will happen again.   Dr. Aranda (Phillips) from the CDC is developing a serum to resist this transformation, and unfortunately it doesn't work, and now ripped scientist and former military man Dr. Wesley Marshall (Grillo) has to battle the werewolves with help from fellow scientist Dr. Amy Chen (Law).

Meanwhile, Wesley's sister-in-law and nephew barricade themselves into their home and what we have is The Purge crossed with your standard werewolf fare.  Frank Grillo is always a reliable action actor and Lou Diamond Phillips is a welcome presence, but most of Werewolves takes place in the dark where the werewolves themselves are hard to see.  How do you kill them?  We are long past the werewolves of yesteryear where you just shoot them with a silver bullet.   These evolved species take a lot more effort to dispatch. 

I saw Werewolves a few weeks ago and I'll be damned if I remember much about it.  It isn't a good film, but it isn't the worst either.  It lines up as one of those ultimately forgettable movies with a brief theatrical run that winds up a hit on streaming...maybe.