Not a bad movie, and certainly better than the last prehistoric adventure I watched (ICEMAN, for those interested). This one goes for a straightforward and simplistic kind of narrative which allows the director to focus on the visuals. Things get off to a bad start with all manner of lame CGI effects to animate the various animals involved, but once the action shifts to a real-life wolf rather than a computer effect it gets a lot better. Kodi Smit-McPhee gives another taciturn performance (which is somewhat the norm for him) but the wolf is the real star of the show here anyway, and as a dog lover I was delighted.
Review of Alpha
