Review: Wer (2013)
By William Pattison
In France, the Porter family is slaughtered while camping in
the woods, and only Claire Porter survives, seriously wounded. She reports that
her husband Henry and her son Peter have been eaten alive by a strong man.
Talan Gwynek, an Eremite who lives in the woods with his mother, is accused of
the murders and arrested. Defense attorney Kate Moore is assigned to defend
him, and she comes to the police station with her investigator Eric Sarin and
animal expert Gavin Flemyng to interview Talan. Unwilling police inspector
Klaus Pistor is sure that Talan is the murderer but must let Kate and her team
work. There is turmoil in the precinct and Talan scratches Gavin. Then they
visit Talan's mother and learn that Talan has a rare disease. Further, the
government wants her lands to dispose nuclear waste and her husband has
recently died in a car accident. Soon Eric discloses that Mr. Gwynek's death
was suspicious and Pistor was in charge of the investigation. When Kate
succeeds in sending Talan to a hospital for examination, she discovers the
effects of Talan's disease and that he is in fact something primal and near indestructible.
The first thing I have to say is this film has found an
amazingly original take on its subject matter, I won’t say what exactly the subject is but I think
you can guess by the title. The writing on this film is great. The story starts
out like a legal drama dealing with the subject of canibalism but then this
story alters into a brutal horror story and is full of gore and action. The
acting is outstanding. The actor that plays Talan is both disturbing and
sympathetic at the same time. The style of this film works great. The filmmaker
even had sections that had a near documentary feel.
All and all all I can say if you want a film they puts you
through your paces, like Barbarian, this is the film for you. You won’t be disappointed. It is awesomtacular!!!
