Welcome back to The Movie Recap. Today I'm gonna show you a 2013 American horror film called,
Wer. Spoilers ahead. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the video.
The movie starts with Claire Porter in a hospital bed, a police officer questions her
from what she can remember from the murder of her family in a camping site in France.
She narrates that an unknown creature attacks Henry her spouse,
and Peter her son, late night during their camping trip. The creature pounces at Henry and Peter,
ripping and consuming their body, leaving only remains of their bloody pieces of garments.
After that event, a series of interviews commence as the press releases several statements about the
unknown creature is responsible for the murder of Porter Family. Several investigations after,
the British police tracks down a Talan Gwynek, a known assailant that lives near the crime scene.
Several days after a half-American half-French attorney Katherine Moore and her crew arrive to
testify for Talan’s alleged murderer of the Porter family. Katherine speaks with Klaus,
the head of the police and persists that her client Talan cannot be suspect without further
investigations and cannot rely on solely blurry footage and testimony of an injured Claire Porter.
Later during an interrogation between Katherine and Talan, she informs him that his mother and
father worry about him. But the police intervene and asks for Katherine to leave immediately,
Talan grabs her arm, but the authorities thought that he is attempting to attack her.
Gavin, one of Katherine’s crew panics and grabs her, Talan bites him as his fangs and nails
are larger compared to other people. After the incident, Katherine, Eric, and Gavin
travel to the woods where Talan’s home is located. As they arrive at the location of Talan’s home,
they did not expect that his home will be a cabin in the woods. Katherine and the others enter the
house and start to ask Talan’s mother questions pertaining to his childhood and daily agendas.
Talan’s mom mentions about his rare medical condition that is hereditary only to their male
bloodline, as they have bones that are long yet very weak giving them a tall yet weak body frame.
But someone throws a rock at the window, breaking the glass. The rock has a message “killer” written
with a red ink. Making Talan’s mom emotional due to everyone calling his son a killer.
Katherine and her team leave and goes to a cafe to rest and talk about their investigation.
After some time, they all go back to their office to rest once more and make further investigation
towards Talan and his medical condition. Gavin calls Eric and Katherine to inform them about
his discovery about the rare medical case of Talan. Gavin states that Talan is suffering
from “Porphyria” that makes his joints and his body almost breaks as he moves. It also makes
him appear as very hairy and makes his bone look longer. This information fascinates the team as
with his big but weak stature, how can he attack someone healthier than him that can fight back.
Gavin coughs and shows signs of an illness that alarms both Katherine and Eric while
he is showing the information about Talan. Katherine tells everyone that she is going
home as she will continue to tire herself if she works more for the rest of the night.
Gavin approaches her and asks for a drink to catch with each other, but she declines his offer.
She prefers to rest to fully function for their job tomorrow. Eric gets curious about what’s going
on with Gavin and Katherine, but Gavin dismisses Eric as he wants his private life to remain
private. As Gavin leaves the office and Eric, minding his own business, rewatches the recorded
video of the incident with the Porter family. He notices that there are no visuals to what really
cause the attack of the family at their camping. The next day Katherine, Eric, and Gavin goes to
the medical facility holding the remains of the Porter family. Gavin and Katherine
notices that the scars and remains do not show any sign of weapon marks instead, they
find bite marks that proves an animal is really at fault for the murder of the Porter family.
Katherine attempts another talk with Talan, she informs him that he is suffering from
an illness called porphyria that will prove his innocence. She also informs him that he
needs to be in a medical facility in order to prove that he is suffering from porphyria
but needs his approval for the series of test to commence, and Talan agrees.
Katherine asks Talan about his whereabouts during the time of the murders, but he replies with he
is sick, and he experiences a lot of black outs recently, which proves his innocence.
Later that day at the office, Katherine and Eric is discussing about the death of Talan’s father
that Klaus may have been the suspect. Klaus appears to want the land where the Gwynek
family is living. While Gavin discusses about the strange big bite marks at the body and what animal
is responsible for the attacks. But Eric and Gavin gets into a verbal argument about their past life,
it appears that they are not in good terms as they dig in each other’s personal life.
A phone call interrupts the argument as Claire dies from a shock after experiencing
a lot of physical and emotional traumas from the attack of the unknown creature.
Gavin once more gets dizzy and feels sick while looking at his
scar that has a lot of strange hair growing that from the bite of Talan.
The following morning, the team visits the Klaus to ask why did they not investigate thoroughly
the case, as the investigation disregards the consideration of Talan’s medical condition.
Klaus dismisses question by saying Talan is using drugs to perform the attacks.
A call disrupts the commotion as the investigation team finds
another clue pertaining to what creature is responsible for attacking and eating its prey.
Klaus and Katherine’s group rushes to the scene only to see a large horse covered in blood.
The police forces and investigators survey the area for the unknown creature,
but to their surprise it is only a bear and not a creature that they are expecting. They shoot the
bear until it is dead, but all is disappointed that there is no other creature to capture.
Later that evening, Gavin is experiencing a lot more of his headaches in his room while
reading the autopsy results as Katherine and Eric enters his room and asks for his help about a new
information about Talan’s medical condition. Eric leaves after talking with Gavin to look
at the CCTV footage of the interrogation and incident where the polices tazzes Talan
after grabbing Katherine’s arm. He notices that Talan may have bitten some part of Gavin’s arm
which may be the cause of his unwell state. Which alarms him after seeing the footage.
The following day, the group visits Talan alongside his mother for his medical testing.
The police accompany Talan to his medical room for further testing his rare condition,
after the briefing of the testing process to both Talan and his mother. But after several tests,
the blinking lights is making Talan react and raises his heart rate and begins to attack half of
the medical staffs. Killing about three of them in the process. He smashes their heads with his large
hands and slams it to the walls and floor and escaping right after killing the medical staffs.
Eric discovers more connection and a possible explanation for Talan’s superhuman strength
and outburst. The moon was full moon during the first attacks with the Porters, and today the full
moon will be active till the following day. Eris suspects that the moon affects Talan as if he’s a
werewolf of some sort. Katherine blames herself for letting Talan out for his medical testing,
and as she sees the news that Talan is hiding in an abandoned building, Eric, and Katherine
plans to go to that area and inform the police for their assumptions of Talan’s werewolf like traits.
Gavin disagrees with their plan, but Katherine’s conscience cannot take the burden of letting a
murderer lose after trusting him with a little hope and freedom. Gavin decides to stay at their
office to rest instead. But as he looks at the mirror, he notices that his scar is becoming
larger the longer his headaches occurs. The press and the soldiers survey the area
to look for areas to locate Talan and recapture him. Katherine and Eric arrives at the scene to
inform Klaus about their suspicion, but they are abruptly interrupted by a soldier that
informs them that they will now commence the recapturing of Talan the murderer.
Later that evening the soldiers and police rushes to the location of Talan at the abandoned building
as Klaus is observing Talan’s action with the use of a camera footage. But suddenly Talan
turns into a monster, as fangs and a werewolf like features. Talan attacks the men by smashing their
heads into the walls and flooring, he throws some of the soldiers off the building and continues his
attack. More men arrive and shoots Talan before he jumps off the 8th floor of the building.
The authorities are reminding the people to be wary of Talan as he escapes once more from the
authority. Gavin, Eric, and Katherine regroups as they think of a new plan to stop Talan’s killing
spree. Choppers are flying around the house of Talan where the authorities are expecting
him to be. The mother of Talan escapes right before the authorities arrive at the house.
Katherine, Eric, and Gavin also arrive at the area to explain about Talan’s supernatural
powers that is coming from the moon. But Klaus does not understand it but persists that they
need to find Talan as soon as possible. Katherine mentions about how peaceful the
Gwynek family has been for the past fifty years before the passing of Talan’s father.
The incident may be the trigger point for Talan to turn into the monster that he is right now.
Klaus disregards what he is hearing, and Katherine goes outside to get some fresh air.
She notices that there is something moving at the farmhouse door. She approaches the
door and enters it to inspect the farmhouse. She whispers and calls Mrs. Gwynek as she suspects
that she has been hiding there for some time now. But she only finds a hog in there squealing and
moving around the farmhouse, Eric and the police are inspecting the area and calls her to leave
the area. But as soon as they leave, Talan grabs a soldier and consumes the lower half of its body
and throws it in front of Katherine and the soldiers. Talan jumps to the window and breaks it,
the police shoot at him but misses every time he lands and jumps.
He escapes once more and hides at the woods. Klaus reminds Katherine, Eric, and Gavin to
lay low and avoid any possible contact with Talan as he is very dangerous. Gavin confesses to Eric
and Katherine that he was previously infected by Talan way back at the police station as he
thought that he is only scratched, but in reality, he was bitten by Talan that time.
Gavin gives Katherine a gun to protect herself if ever he turns like Talan and kills everyone.
He intends to protect Katherine by any means necessary.
After surveying the house, the police use all their surveying equipment to look for Talan and
his mother in the area. Choppers swoops in and lights every area of the forest,
the vehicles are rallying the area and attempts to find Talan, while the police forces alongside
Klaus are scouring the forest to check every area that cannot be seen by the vehicles.
The group stumble upon a cave that is possible for Talan to hide from the authorities.
A surprise attack by Talan picks off the troops one by one eating and bashing their heads in the
walls of the cave. Katherine sincerely asks Talan to stop and listen to her,
but Talan cannot control himself and continues the manslaughter.
Klaus decides to shoot him, and his troops follows his command and shoots him until he stops,
killing Talan inside the cave. Back at the cabin of Talan,
Gavin is investigating the area, and he discovers a secret room with seats that has chains and a
belt, he assumes that it has been used before to keep Talan from turning into a beast.
Gavin goes upstairs and notices that a police officer has his neck slit and bloody, an axe hits
his side, and it is Mrs. Gwynek trying to kill everyone, but Gavin avoids it and pushes her to
the secret room where he kills her after his rage overcomes him, as he turns into a monster as well.
Gavin grows frustrated as he is becoming a monster himself, he rushes to the bathroom
and grabs a razor and shaves every hair that he can see out of frustration. The result of it,
a Gavin that is very bloody and bald. Back at the recovery of Talan, he comes
back to life and flips the van over to escape, Eric and Katherine follows him in a van while
Klaus follows them with a chopper to cover more ground area and not let Talan escape once more.
But Talan enters the forest making any vehicles useless, Eric and Katherine walks in an attempt
to recapture Talan. Talan pounces at Eric ripping his mouth as he begs for mercy.
Katherine shoots him as she sees his friend dying in front of her, but as she runs out of bullets,
she run towards the woods to hide from him. Talan captures her and stops to see that she
is Katherine someone that trusted him. But just in time, Gavin that is now a werewolf
saves her by throwing Talan to a tree. Talan and Gavin confronts each other in a bloody fight.
Gavin and Talan both throws punches at each other, they both screeches at each other as
if they are communicating but in the end, Gavin wins the fight killing Talan by breaking his neck.
Right after defeating Talan, Gavin approaches Katherine and asks her to shoot him in the head
to end his life. Although Klaus accidentally hits Katherine instead. Gavin gets mad and with his
full rage. He is able to throws a soldier at the chopper to make it lose its balance
and killing Klaus as it crashes down the chopper, it explodes as soon as it hits the
ground making a large orange explosion cloud. The movie ends with a series of videos from
the media that shows more victims of the werewolf attacks all over France. The media still believes
that Talan is still at large and is continuing his manslaughter with Gavin’s interview. It has
been proven that Klaus killed Talan’s father to get the land where the Gwynek family is living.
While Gavin is still a werewolf and keeps it hidden as he does not want any affiliation
with Talan’s killing. He implies that Talan is indeed a modern werewolf that attacks the weak.