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Brotherhood of the Wolf Is Still the Greatest French Historical Epic Martial Arts Monster Movie Ever Made
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Mani (Mark Dacascos) shows some French thugs the bottom of his boots. (Screenshot: Studio Canal/Shout Factory)
Martial arts movies that double as historical epics are supposed to be set in Asia. They’re not supposed to take place in the opulent, luxurious, ostentatious mansions of the bewigged aristocracy of 1760s France. Yet 2001’s
Brotherhood of the Wolf has the audacity to take these wildly incohesive elements, along with so much more, and mesh them almost seamlessly into one hell of an entertaining movie.