Oct 9

Oct 9 Wolfs (2024)

2 Claws, Action, Comedy, Shoot-em-up-Tony

Mini review

Two handsome guys who both self-identify as a ‘lone wolf’ and make their solving problems find themselves inadvertently working together to clean up a mess. Initially they don’t like each other, but the longer they work together, the more they realize that they make a great team. They spend the entire time on screen throwing quips at each other, even in the middle of the action sequences. It ends with them deciding to continue their partnership and the screen cuts to black with the implication that there will be a sequel.

That’s it. That’s the storyline for “Wolfs” (2024) staring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
It’s also exactly the storyline for “The Nice Guys” (2016) starring Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling.
And unfortunately for “Wolfs,” it was not the better of the two.

I really don’t have a lot to say for this review; it was the epitome of what makes a 2-Claw movie: mildly entertaining, nothing particularly egregious to complain about, and absolutely nothing to make it stand out positively. And it doesn’t help that it’s almost an exact carbon copy of something I liked more almost a decade ago.

So… yeah. That’s it. Brad Pitt and George Clooney didn’t have character names and they just quipped and quibbled the whole time; I’m pretty sure it was just time for the two guys to pall around while wearing tactlenecks and cool jackets and get Apple to foot the bill.

We got one entertaining scene when Kid (Austin Abrams) ran through the wet, slushy winter streets of NYC in his socks and whitey-tighties while Brad and George chased him on foot/by car, but the only actual gunfight happened off-camera.

The soundtrack was adult contemporary rock, and any special effects were all practical.

This movie just… is.
It exists.
It’s out in the tubes of the internet until Apple de-lists it from their catalog.
I’ve certainly seen worse movies this year, but I can’t pretend that this was worth dedicating a movie night to, even with it being (ostensibly) free with my AppleTV+ subscription.

It’s like someone’s algorithm looked at my rating criteria and wrote a script designed specifically to nail the “aggressively mediocre” mark.
Maybe if I were on a plane I would feel differently.
Just go watch “The Nice Guys.”