200 percent Wolf

Story

Poodle Freddy (voice of Ilai Swindells) wants to be a valued and respected member of the werewolf pack, just like the rest of his family. But the harder Freddy tries to fit in, the less he measures up.

Freddy learns about ‘moon spirits’ and an ancient circle where his ancestors used to invoke the spirits’ assistance and blessings. Freddy heads straight for the circle to beseech the spirits to grant his wish. They hear Freddy, but they don’t respond because they remember, all too well, a wolf called Max (voice of Jennifer Saunders), who went rogue and tried to steal their magic power for herself.

A baby moon spirit called Moopoo (voice of Elizabeth Nabben) also hears Freddy’s plea and decides to send him a little magic of her own. The only problem is that Moopoo has been accidentally transported to Earth and has no way of getting back to the moon. Freddy is thrilled with his transformation, but the older wolves are horrified by what he has done. They want to capture Moopoo until they work out how to send her back to the moon.

After learning that Max once opened a portal to the moon, Freddy and his friends Batty (voice of Samara Weaving) and Hamish (voice of Akmal Saleh) set off to find her. They hope to save Moopoo before she disappears completely.

Themes

Witchcraft; bullying; lust for power, deceit

Violence

200% Wolf has some violence. For example:

A truck with fireworks explodes, and a firework hits a blimp.
A woman hits a wolf on the head with a pan and jumps on him repeatedly.
As Freddy holds the ropes of a blimp and tries to slow it down, he’s knocked into signs, vending machines, rocks and a thorn patch.
A character takes a blast of light to the forehead.
Moopoo hits Freddy in the head with a rock.
Moopoo tries to eat a whole crow. She’s found with most of the bird stuffed in her mouth.
Max is hit in the face with a rain pipe.
Max and Batty fall off a roof.
Two dogs attack each other.
Freddy, Hamish and Batty are nearly killed by a bunch of arrows shot from a booby trap. Then a massive log nearly hits and crushes them.
A bird flies into a laser and sizzles in the beam.
Moopoo is thrown backwards and gets knocked into a hole in a tree.
A ball hits Freddy in the face and knocks him backwards.
A swooshing, grey creature takes a bird in its snapping, toothy jaws.
Freddy punches a bat in the face.
One character tells another, ‘You’ll be growing a lump on your head if you don’t watch what you say’.
There’s a reference to hellfire, a plague and other ‘assorted terrible things’.
A stick is poked straight into Freddy’s eye.
A mushroom hits Freddy.
Some characters are pretending to be dead, and they seem to have broken bones poking out of them.
Freddy is nearly impaled on a spiky plant but crashes to the ground instead.
Spears hit a wolf, and a log slams the wolf into a rock.
Batty gets stuck to a tree.
Characters are trapped in a force field, and Freddy is zapped.
Max and Freddy hit each other with stones.
A boulder is thrown at Freddy. It squashes him between some rocks while Moopoo fades further away.
Max forces wolves to bow and grovel on the ground.
Bats attack and bite Max.
Max strikes at Moopoo and is then transformed into a mini monster called a ‘whoopsie’.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in 200% Wolf.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

There’s no use of substances in 200% Wolf.

Nudity and sexual activity

200% Wolf has some nudity and sexual activity. For example:

Two characters kiss passionately behind a sign.
A character takes a selfie in his underwear.
Freddy transforms into a human in sunlight. He’s clearly naked and a woman screams when she sees him, although nothing is explicitly shown.
A character’s clothing rips off as he’s sucked into a gravitational field. He’s shown in his underwear.
A character does a dance and wiggles his bottom. Moopoo shakes her bottom at other characters.
Freddy falls backwards, naked on the ground, as he gives his magic back to Moopoo. Nothing explicit is shown.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in 200% Wolf.

Coarse language

200% Wolf has some coarse language, insults and name-calling, including ‘stupid’, ‘hell’, ‘freak’, ‘dog scum’, ‘son of a …’, ‘heck’, ‘gullible little fool’, ‘shut your lie holes’, ‘kiss my furry butt’ and ‘two-faced liar’.

Also, Moopoo occasionally adds ‘poo’ to other people’s names, and there’s a reference to moon faecal matter.

Ideas to discuss with your children

200% Wolf is an animated fantasy that picks up where its predecessor, 100% Wolf, left off. The movie features an action-packed although predictable plot, plenty of special effects and vibrant, colourful graphics.

At first glance 200% Wolf will appeal to younger viewers, and indeed much of the dialogue and funny references are suited to this group. But because of its content, it’s best suited to audiences over the age of 7 years.

The main messages from 200% Wolf are that respect is about who you are rather what you are and that it’s important to see the value within and be true to yourself.

Values in 200% Wolf that you could reinforce with your children include respect, cooperation, courage, friendship and sacrifice.

200% Wolf could also give you the chance to talk with your children about the importance of:

believing in themselves
recognising and celebrating the things that make them unique and special
not trying to be something that they aren’t or the same as everyone else, just to fit in or be respected.