I am always game for a Brad Pitt and George Clooney reunion in nearly any fashion. The two long time friends carry an immeasurable amount of chemistry on screen, the kind that can carry nearly any scene or film they are tasked with shouldering. Unfortunately, “Wolfs” squanders the only asset it has going for it, stifling the charisma of its leads for nothing but streaming schlock and an incoherent narrative.
When we talk about content, “Wolfs” is what we’re talking about. It’s nothing for no one, existing solely because people with money and Hollywood goodwill thought all we needed to make a film was two leads we like to seeing together and nothing more. The context in which the two are paired does matter, but not to Jon Watts (the Tom Holland “Spider-Man” films) and Apple TV+. At every turn, it goes out of its way to be as dull as it possibly can. Billed as an action comedy, it is nearly non existent on both action and comedy, even with Clooney and Pitt clearly enjoying each others’ company.
You’d be better off watching a Q&A evening with the two than trying to catching “Wolfs” as the reunion void you’re missing. Watts has always been the kind of director with a lot of a style of substance, but he seems completely void of both in this sad attempt at trying to create something simply because the streaming service needs star power names to get more subscriptions. This film exists solely to drum up curious subscribers who hope for the best and are severely let down and saddled with a subscription they didn’t want in the first place.
It is everything wrong with the current state of cinema, made for no one but shareholders who see stock prices over everything and couldn’t care less about cinema or movies. Apple has fuck you money, and “Wolfs” is equivalent to a billionaire buying their second yacht; no one benefits from it, the cost is never worth it, and the only person that enjoys the product is the guy who bought it.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars
You can catch it- if you want to- on Apple TV+ now.
