Wolfen is a police-procedural/horror movie that pretends to be intelligent--it tacks on a New Age environmental/anti-colonial message to make it appear more profound than it actually is. The Wolfen are portrayed as noble creatures, driven underground by Western imperialism who hunt down society's "sick and abandoned," in effect sanctioning killing black homeless people. The film-makers show little respect for human life in general--the Native American characters are shamefully portrayed, are given a mystical gloss and a wisdom that comprehends the Wolfen's ghastly logic, thus essentializing an entire ethnic group. On top of that, the movie is boring and uninteresting, and I didn't give a damn about any of the main characters, who are generic movie-policemen. Not even Finney can make his character at least mildly engaging.
