Comedy has some howlers
Another Wolf Cop may fall short of the original, but not by much
Sometimes a movie can’t help but live up to its billing. Other times it falls a little short. Another Wolf Cop, Saskatchewan writer-director Lowell Dean’s sequel to his deliciously zany 2014 original, is a bit of a letdown in that it does not, in fact, feature another Wolf Cop. Instead we get the same old Wolf Cop, the aptly named Lou Garou (Leo Fafard), working one day a month (twice if there’s a blue moon) in the tiny town of Woodhaven.
When he’s not transformed by the power of lunar light, he’s just regular ol’ Drunk Cop, working with Chief Tina (Amy Matysio) and a couple of inept rookies. Even half-smashed, he’s probably her most effective law-enforcement officer.
Woodhaven. (Yannick before-his-prime bought factory. But weird the His Bisson, town’s plan things An entrepreneur to who Ray defunct are open looks Liotta) afoot a brewery/hockey beer like in has a of for Strange the suds Brew, arena — Chicken while suggests his Milk name a fan Beer glass — of points eggnog to in someone one hand with and a a French-English dictionary in the other. Oh, and he’s breeding some kind of alien creature.
Granted, the plot doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but it functions as a sturdy enough tree on which to hang a variety of kooky jokes, including Kevin Smith as the town’s mayor; Jonathan Cherry as a victim of the alien takeover; and a special guest star with a taste for synthesizers. Like the original Wolf Cop, this one is set squarely in the 1980s, from its They Live title font to Gowan’s Strange Animal on the soundtrack.
There are also a number of howlers — including a new slogan for the city of Regina — that I won’t reveal here because (A) that would be spoiling things and (B) your kids and/or parents might be reading this review. Heck, you might even be reading it yourself! There are enough laughs to make Another Wolf Cop a good-enough successor, if not the equal of the first. Lightning seldom strikes twice, although a wolf might.