Nail-biting and implacable manhunt with two enjoyable actors : Gina Carano and Richard Dreyfuss , dealing with a military veteran hunts the men who kidnapped her son . She is a tough soldier named Clair Hamilton (Gina Carano) expert on war combats , he (Richard Dreyfuss) is a disturbing elderly man who is over the edge of sanity and keeps his own sense of life . When she realizes that her child has been abducted she feels obligated to pursue the nasty kidnappers . She enters the woods , armed against his implacable enemy . A woman trained to be a wartime killer, and she's now going around the snowy forests to find her abducted son . And, even as they go into their ending fighting each other, a holds-barred and hand-to-hand combat , neither can tell with certainty who is the hunted and who is the hunter . In the Wild, Only the Strong Survive !. Let The Hunt Begin !. Some men should not be found . In This Game Of Hide And Seek, If You're It... You're Dead. Some men must be found .What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted?
From the beginning to end the action-packed and extreme violence are continued , it's fast movement and that's why the picture is quite entertaining . Thriller movie full of noisy action as well as violent fights, being magnificently staged . The action here is relentless and unstoppable ; as our beautiful , two-fisted soldier Gina Carano uses all of her skills, tricks and abilities to carry out a unplacatable manhunt and subsequenly she exacts an unforgiving vengeance . Director David Hackl establishes his signature style of kinetically-paced story-telling through lush imagery , leading a fine cast and receiving acceptable critics . The picture is full of tumultuous sequences with frenetic action , surprises , fierce combats and groundbreaking struggles . A simple and plain plot about a warrior woman who becomes involved into an unmollifiable manhunt as her teenage son is abducted by criminals . However , a weak script with slight character studio and without knowing well the motivations of the peculiar roles marred partially the result . Concerning a strong battle of wits and physical force between two tough protagonists , both of them holed up in the wet and tangled wilderness of British Columbia , Canada. The outdoors are frankly spectacular , the landscapes have been filmed in natural parks from The Cove Lakeside, West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada . Duo starring are pretty good . Gina Carano is enormous as the two-fisted and stubborn soldier who will stop at nothing to free her son and at whatever cost . Carano is one of Hollywood's most unique rising stars. Carano began her training with Muay Thai to competitive MMA, where she competed in Strikeforce . Her popularity led to her being called the "Face of Women's MMA". She played television series American Gladiators before her breakout performance in Steven Soderbergh's film Haywire . Carano underwent a long and intensive tactical training course with an expert trainer , an ex-Israeli special ops fighter and spending a lot of time in stunts and learning the art of surveillance and countersurveillance . Furthermore , Richard Dreyfuss is top-notch , as always, playing the veteran , corrupt and ambitious ¨Father¨. They are well accompanied by an adequate secondary cast , such as Brendan Fehr , Anton Gillis-Adelman and Sydelle Noel.
It packs a colorful and gorgeous cinematography by cameraman Mark Dobrescu . The motion picture was professionally directed by David Hackl, though has some flaws , gaps and shortcomings . Hackl began working as a production designer in successful films as Outlander , The Barrens , Saw IV , Saw III ; in fact David Hackl won the 2008 Cyber Horror Awards -Albert S. D'Agostino Award for Best Production Design for Repo! The Genetic Opera. And eventually directing some films , such as : Dangerous , Life on the line , Grizzly Maze , Saw V and TV series : Nowhere to Hide , Real Detective , among others. Daughter of the Wolf (2019) rating : 5.5/10. Acceptable and passable. The picture will appeal to Gina Carano , Richard Dreyfuss fans and action genre enthusiasts.
