Cry_Wolf

Synopsis: Nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth. When a young woman is found murdered, a group of local high school students decide to further scare their classmates by spreading online rumors that a serial killer called "The Wolf" is on the loose. By describing "The Wolf's" next victims, the students' game is to see how many people they can convince - and if anyone will uncover the lie. But when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins. As someone or something begins hunting the students themselves, the game turns terrifyingly real.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Jeff Wadlow
Production: Rogue Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
24%
PG-13
Year:
2005
90 min
$10,003,763
Website
68 Views


[Woman screams]

[Woman panting]

[Insects chirruping]

[Woman continues panting]

[Woman gasps]

[Woman whimpering]

[Leaves rustling]

[Swishing]

[Cell phone ringing]

[Gun clicking]

[Woman whimpers]

[Gun firing]

(announcer on radio)

In related news,

local woman Becky Roberts...

has been missing now

for more than 24 hours...

[birds chirping]

Is anyone there?

Hi.

Hi.

Where is everyone?

In the assembly.

So why aren't you?

Why aren't you?

I'm a transfer,

I just got here.

I know.

Is it that obvious?

It's a small school.

Word travels fast.

So what's the assembly for?

Major drama.

Some townie

was screwing the wrong guy

and she's gone missing.

So the police are here

to teach us

about personal safety.

Like, don't talk

to strangers.

I'm Owen.

Dodger.

That's unique.

Blame my mom,

she's a Dickens scholar.

And your dad?

Let's just say

he's not a scholar.

So where'd you come from?

England.

I meant

what was your last school?

Bradford.

Before that, Collegiate.

Webster before that.

So what'd you do?

I was dating this girl

who happened to be

the dears daughter.

Miss Allen.

Miss McNally.

Since you seem

to have skipped the assembly,

perhaps detention...

I'm sorry,

Miss McNally, is it?

Uh-huh.

I'm Owen Matthews

and this is my fault.

It's my first day

and I asked Miss Allen here...

if she could show me

the way to my dorm.

Not that I would ever set foot

in the boys' dorm.

No, just to the dorm's

front entrance.

Fine, but as soon

as you finish

showing Mr. Matthews around...

[door opening]

Make sure you contact

your RA and he'll help you...

(Dodger)

I'll do just that.

(Owen)

Thank you for your help.

I guess

you're stuck with me.

[Tougher Than It Is

by Cake playing]

[Phone ringing]

(secretary on intercom)

Mr. Matthews,

your son is on line 1.

Send him to voicemail,

Cynthia.

(Charles on voicemail)

You've reached

Charles Matthews...

I'm away from my desk

right now.

Please leave a message

and I will return

as soon as possible.

Hey, Dad, just wanted

to let you know

that I'm all settled in.

The bus worked out fine...

though it would have been nice

to have seen you

before I left.

I got a great

work-study shift...

as a teaching assistant

in the Physics Department.

And I signed up for classes.

Mostly hard sciences,

per your request.

And I just met my roommate,

Tom.

I just beat off.

(Owen)

Great guy.

Well, I guess that's it, so...

you know, give me a call

if you have some time.

[Gasping]

I hope

you washed that hand.

[Whispering]

We're sneaking out.

Good for you.

Do you want to come?

Why would I want to do that?

Dodger asked me to bring you.

(Owen)

Where are we going?

(Tom)

The old chapel,

Westlake tradition.

To do what? Bible study?

To play a game.

[Students chattering]

(Tom)

What up!

Party's here.

Over here in the locker room.

(Graham)

No, I'm glad they're here.

(Tom)

What's going on, man?

I thought you were missing,

like that townie.

(Randall)

Tom, who's your

new boyfriend?

You'll have to excuse

Randall here.

He doesn't know the difference

between a roommate

and a cellmate.

[All giggling]

Everybody, this is Owen.

Owen, this is everybody.

[Girl laughing]

Jungle Fever,

you guys want to join us?

(Lewis)

What's wrong, Graham?

Bad mood 'cause

you blew the physics test?

I don't know, Lewis.

Bad mood because

Mercedes blew

the lacrosse team?

Blow this.

I hate to be the b*tch here,

but are we going

to play or what?

Come on, Regina,

you love to be the b*tch.

All right,

everyone put your money in.

Is someone gonna tell me

how to play?

It's a lying game.

The object:

Avoid suspicion.

Manipulate your friends.

Eliminate your enemies.

Have a seat.

I'm going to secretly pick

one person in the group

to be a liar.

The wolf.

And everyone else

is a sheep.

If you can find the wolf...

and convince

the rest of the group

to vote him out...

then the money is yours.

The wolf survives,

the cash is theirs.

So how do we find the wolf?

Figure out who's lying.

Who's Dodger looking at?

I'm thinking Texas T!

What?

Dude, you will never borrow

my car again.

Then as much as I'm sure

I'm going to miss

the PT ragtop...

I thought that I heard

Tom move when Dodger...

was walking around

to mark the wolf.

All right, Randall,

that an official accusation?

And if it is?

Then you can only send home

the accused or the accuser...

but you can't win

if you don't play.

So let's vote.

That's right.

And the defense?

No, I'm not the wolf.

No, I swear to God

I'm not the wolf.

I swear on the Gold Star State

I'm not the wolf.

Come on,

are you gonna listen to me...

or are you gonna listen

to this chump here...

whose buddy list reads

like a sex-offenders registry?

What?

(Tom)

Come on!

Show of hands,

who thinks Tom's the wolf?

No!

(Regina)

You guys, come on.

No.

And Randall, our accuser?

(Tom)

Yes!

Yes!

All right.

Come on, we need one more

for the majority, guys.

One more for the majority.

O-Dog, help a brother out.

Listen, just 'cause

you're Tom's new bunk-buddy...

doesn't mean

you got to be his b*tch.

You don't really think

the angry homophobe thing...

is fooling anyone, do you?

[Boys laughing]

(Dodger)

Come on, Randall,

you know the rules.

Show the group

if you've got the mark.

Tell me I'm rich.

[Boy hooting]

No mark.

I guess

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Jeff Wadlow

Jeffrey Clark Wadlow (born March 2, 1976) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the writer and director of the 2013 superhero comedy film Kick-Ass 2. more…

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