Director Jim Taihuttu’s “Wolf”, 2013, starring Marwan Kenzari
WOLF is a crime thriller that offers a look inside the world of a new generation of hard criminals that is increasingly present in the big cities of Europe. In the grey desolation of an anonymous ghetto young kick boxer Majid (Marwan Kenzari) quickly makes a career for himself inside and outside of the ring, thanks to his iron fists. As his star rises, the two worlds of the ring and organized crime collide as he becomes deeper entangled in his own ambition.
Written and directed by Jim Taihuttu, it is good film, though based on a story line that has been done before, with a particularly tense feel to it. The film is a no sympathy criminal character study of a man’s self-destruction. It was filmed in black and white in the Netherlands by the Dutch production company Habbekrats. A good film to seek out, particularly if you enjoyed watching Nicolas Refn’s three “Pusher” films or Audiard’s “Un Prophete”.
More information and trailers are at http://wolfdefilm.nl