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''Daughter of the Wolf'' is a 2019 Canadian action thriller film directed by
David Hackl David Hackl is a Canadian film director and production designer. Life and career Hackl was the production designer and second unit director for ''Saw II'', ''Saw III'', and ''Saw IV''; as well as for ''Repo! The Genetic Opera''. He was in talks ...
and written by Nika Agiashvili. The film stars
Gina Carano Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American actress and former mixed martial artist. She competed in EliteXC and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. Her popularity led to her being called the "face of wome ...
and Richard Dreyfuss.


Plot

Clair Hamilton is a military veteran whose son Charlie has been kidnapped. She brings a bag of money as ransom for Charlie but at the exchange she is double-crossed by the kidnappers, leading to a shootout. Clair shoots two of the kidnappers but one of the men, Larsen, escapes. Clair falls into a frozen lake while chasing him but Larsen pulls her out because he was not planning to kill anyone and did not know about the plans to double-cross her. Clair has a peaceful encounter with a black wolf while recovering, then catches up with Larsen and forces him at gunpoint to take her to the leader of the kidnappers, Father, a man who is angry at her deceased father for closing a mill and leaving money owed to him. As they near the hideout in the snowy forest they are fired upon, but the rifleman is attacked and killed by three wolves. Clair finds the hideout but the kidnappers have moved on to a lodge on the other side of the mountain to await a hand-off to sell off the boy and Larsen reveals that Father killed his father and abducted Larsen and his mother when he was a boy. At the lodge Clair attempts to exchange the money and Larsen for Charlie. Father pulls out a concealed gun and shoots at Charlie but Larsen jumps in front of the bullet and is shot in the back. Clair shoots Father and the other kidnappers, then flees on a snowmobile pursued by the uninjured kidnapper Hobbs whose metal knife stopped the bullet Clair shot at her. Clair crashes her snowmobile and gets into a knife fight with Hobbs but is pushed over the edge of a waterfall and Charlie is captured again. Clair climbs out of the river and is guided into the forest by three wolves. She returns to the lodge, kills the injured kidnapper with a hatchet, and confronts Father, who is inside torturing Larsen with a red hot fire poker while confessing that he killed Larsen's mother after she left him. Charlie returns with Hobbs and Clair throws a knife into her throat. Larsen attacks Father but Father shoots him then turns the gun on Charlie as Clair leaps at Father and pushes him out a window. Clair thanks Larsen before he dies, then she climbs on a snowmobile and exchanges glances with the black wolf as it approaches before she escapes with Charlie. Father rises out of the snow as a pack of wolves descends on him and tears him apart. Three months later, in the spring, Clair and Charlie are hiking a path on the mountain when she sees the black wolf again and smiles.


Cast

*
Gina Carano Gina Joy Carano (born April 16, 1982) is an American actress and former mixed martial artist. She competed in EliteXC and Strikeforce from 2006 to 2009, where she compiled a 7–1 record. Her popularity led to her being called the "face of wome ...
as Clair Hamilton * Richard Dreyfuss as Father *
Brendan Fehr Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian film and television actor, perhaps best known for portraying Michael Guerin in the WB television series '' Roswell'', and for portraying lab tech Dan Cooper in '' CSI: Miami''. In ...
as Larsen *
Sydelle Noel Sydelle Noel (; born July 16, 1985) is an American actress and former athlete, best known for her role as Cherry "Junkchain" Bang in '' GLOW''. Early life Noel was born in Hollywood, Florida. She studied at the University of Georgia on a track s ...
as Hobbs *Anton Gillis-Adelman as Charlie *Chad Riley as Nolan *Brock Morgan as Virgil *Stew McLean as Seth *Joshua Murdoch as Phillip


Production

Filming took place from March 18 to April 13, 2019 at 4205 Gellatly Road, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. There is also a scene near the end featuring
Helmcken Falls Helmcken Falls is a waterfall on the Murtle River within Wells Gray Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. The protection of Helmcken Falls was one of the reasons for the creation of Wells Gray Provincial Park in 1939. Helmcken Falls is th ...
which is north of Clearwater, BC, in Wells Grey Provincial Park.


Release

The film was released in the United States on 14 June 2019 and in Canada on 2 August 2019. It was later screened in the Center Stage Competition at
Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of inter ...
in
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on 30 June 2019.


Response


Critical reception

On review aggregator
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, the film holds an approval rating of , based on reviews, with an average rating of . On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 36 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Frank Scheck of ''
The Hollywood Reporter ''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly larg ...
'' called the film "a subpar vehicle for an action star who deserves better" and wondered if Richard Dreyfuss "ever imagined he would be reduced to this sort of B-level material when winning an Academy Award for ''The Goodbye Girl'' and working for directors like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Paul Mazursky and Barry Levinson." Courtney Howard of '' Variety.com'' called it a "female-led, capably-crafted actioner", writing that "the filmmakers adeptly blur the lines between the heroes and anti-heroes, constructing a dynamic, character-driven portrait of rage and redemption." She concluded, "In an era of the 'Strong Female Character,' Hackl and Agiashvili’s iteration blessedly doesn’t rely on lazy screenwriting shorthand, nor does it pander to feminism with a simple gender-swap in its female-centered feature. These filmmakers are eager to explore the delicate facets of a forceful, fully-formed woman, and they do so with imagery that’s both stunning and subtle." Bilge Ebiri of ''
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'' found that "the lack of depth or dimension becomes fatal" and concluded that "this kidnapping thriller will leave you cold in more ways than one." The film received three
Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series ...
nominations at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019.Best TV Movie, Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Series or Program (Fehr) and Best Direction in a Television Drama Series or Program (Hackl). The film earned $7,504,000 at the box office.


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* * {{David Hackl 2019 films 2019 action thriller films Canadian action thriller films English-language Canadian films 2010s English-language films Films about child abduction Films about veterans Films directed by David Hackl Films set in forests Films shot in British Columbia 2010s Canadian films