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Cry_Wolf (2005)

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Average Rating:4.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: In the new thriller Cry_Wolf, eight unsuspecting high school seniors playing a game of lies come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar…even when they're telling the... In the new thriller Cry_Wolf, eight unsuspecting high school seniors playing a game of lies come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar…even when they're telling the truth. After one too many incidents of bad behavior at his last school, Owen Matthews (Julian Morris) arrives at Westlake Prep – where a young woman has recently been found murdered in the dark woods near the boarding school's campus. Owen quickly falls in with the school's unofficial "liar's club," including the beautiful and savvy Dodger (Lindy Booth of Dawn of the Dead and Wrong Turn) and quick-talking, short-tempered Tom (Jared Padalecki of the new television series Supernatural). At Owen's suggestion, his new friends decide to expand their game's reach beyond campus, by spreading an online rumor that a serial killer called "The Wolf" committed the recent murder and is planning to strike again. The mischievous group's descriptions of "The Wolf's" intended victims are based on the people they know best – each other. Only when the school's journalism teacher, Rich Walker (Jon Bon Jovi), warns the group about the kinds of predators that lurk on the internet does Owen begin to regret sending their falsified story into cyberspace. When the described "victims" suddenly start to disappear, Owen, Dodger, and Tom are no longer able to determine where the lies end and the truth begins. As someone – or something – starts hunting the players themselves, the game turns terrifyingly real. -- © Focus Features [More]

Starring: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki

Starring: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki, Jess Janzen, Paul James, Kristy Wu, Ethan Cohn, Anna Deavere Smith, Gary Cole

Director: Jeff Wadlow, Doug Liman

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Screenwriter: Doug Liman, Beau Bauman
Director: Doug Liman
Composer: Michael Wandmacher
Producer: Beau Bauman
Studio: Rogue Pictures

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A clever teen thriller with intricate plotting, deft characterizations, sharp ensemble performances and a darkly ironic twist at the end.

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09/19/05
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In this adolescent horror flick, the first-time screenwriters Jeff Wadlow and Beau Bauman prove more adept at staging mind games than creating chills for the audience.

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Genre eventually overwhelms ingenuity.

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The film seems less interested in suspense than in providing a primer for parents as to what devices their teens are fiddling around with all day.

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