I don’t really understand what the film ‘The Warrior and the Wolf’ is trying to say. (I think the only thing that makes the film worth watching are the handful of picturesque stills of the wilderness. Trust me… the rest is actually quite a bore – even if this review seems to suggest otherwise.) The story tells of a time prevalent with war, where it’s a matter of to kill or to be killed on battlefields for soldiers. But why not just walk away from the needless fighting? A scene shows a lone wolf preying after a herd of sheep on the pastures. Makes me wonder why the many sheep do not use their strength in numbers to chase the wolf away. Mindless herd mentality is unwise indeed. Perhaps, the peace-loving humans, who should be the majority, should unite against endless fighting too. Then again, maybe the soldiers are representative defenders of this united vision – who are fighting against those who do not share the same outlook? Sigh… Maybe some wars are necessary evils after all? I hope this is never true.
One of the soldiers chance upon a girl from a mysterious tribe, that is cursed such that its members who fornicate with outsiders will, together with them, transform into wolves. This is not a werewolf story though – because they do not resume their human forms. Yes, against the backdrop of desolation and desperation, the soldier does it with her. Though it was lust-driven rape at first, they eventually fall in love. There seems to be too many scenes of them having sex. Then again, it’s supposed to express their indulgence in it with little restraint. With this and war as primal and central themes in the story, I’m reminded of how sex and violence often go in tandem in the movies. In fact, the intense sex was portrayed to be somewhat violent too. It’s that classic paradox of pain and pleasure… that oils the gears of Samsara. The origin of the curse is never explained, but it does make sense that increasingly animal-like behaviour does render one beast-like in mind. Karmically, one can be reborn as an animal if one behaves like one too. Maybe, the curse represents physical rebirth within a single lifetime?
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