Wolfs movie storyline. New York politician Margaret (Amy Smart) gets into a jam and calls for discreet help. Two rival fixers—known only as Pam’s Man (Brad Pitt) and Margaret’s Man (George Clooney)—arrive on the scene, both expecting to be working alone. But they realize they have no choice other than to work together on a job that gets more complex as the night goes on.
Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the Wolfs. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired to cover up a high profile crime. But when a second fixer (Pitt) shows up and the two “lone wolves” are forced to work together, they find their night spiraling out of control in ways that neither one of them expected.
Wolfs is a 2024 American action comedy film written and directed by Jon Watts. The film stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, and Poorna Jagannathan. Its plot follows two professional fixers who are forced to work together on a job despite their preference to operate as lone wolves.
Wolfs premiered out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2024, and received a limited theatrical release in the United States by Apple Original Films on September 20, 2024, before its streaming debut on Apple TV+ on September 27, 2024. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Film Review for Wolfs
George Clooney and Brad Pitt went out and made a workplace comedy, albeit one with rampant gunplay, car chases and a college kid running through New York City in his skivvies.
There’s a whole lot of star power in the crafty, cool but a bit cliché “Wolfs” (★★★ out of four; rated R; in theaters now and streaming Friday on Apple TV+), an action buddy comedy written and directed by Jon Watts. The man responsible for Tom Holland’s recent teen “Spider-Man” films embraces a simpler, throwback vibe with this street-smart adventure, with two A-listers as professional “fixers” hired for the same gig – and neither of them are exactly happy about it.
A night out for powerful district attorney Margaret (Amy Ryan) turns bloody when a sexual rendezvous leads to a lifeless body ending up on her hotel room floor (which isn’t good in an election year). She calls a number she was given in case she ever needs to get out of a pickle, and a stoic fixer (Clooney) arrives to take control of the situation.
Two fixers (George Clooney, far left, and Brad Pitt) have to deal with a college kid (Austin Abrams) messing up their job in “Wolfs.”
Soon after, there’s another knock at the door: Hotel manager Pam (Frances McDormand), seeing everything unfold on a security camera, has called in her own guy (Pitt), leading to an awkwardly macho standoff and the two pros needing to partner up.
The two movie stars recapture their “Ocean’s” movie chemistry in slightly cattier fashion. Pitt is initially dismissive of his rival, though envies the nifty way he works a bellman cart. Clooney rocks a grumpily grizzled demeanor that screams, “I’m getting too old for this.” While the movie overcomplicates matters as the plot tosses in assorted criminal types and various twists, the leads always keep it watchable just riffing off each other with verbal barbs and sharp looks as their unnamed characters’ icy relationship melts and they find a mutual respect.
Watts’ narrative zips along while also delivering an important third wheel: A bag filled with kilos of heroin extends the fixers’ night, as does the presumed dead body waking up unexpectedly. This kid (Austin Abrams of “Euphoria” fame), who annoyingly also doesn’t get a name, sends our heroes on a foot chase through streets and bridges. He also ends up idolizing these two older men who each consider themselves a “lone wolf” yet discover they’re better as a duo. “How long you been partners?” the kid asks them, pointing out they essentially dress and act alike. “You’re basically the same guy.”
“Wolfs” doesn’t break any molds of the genre. Similarly themed movies like “Midnight Run” and “48 Hrs.” surrounded their protagonists with better plots, and a slowly unraveling mystery that connects Pitt and Clooney’s characters doesn’t quite stick the landing. There is a lightness and watchability to it, though – if this thing was on TNT, it’d be playing constantly on a loop. (Good thing about streaming is you can just re-create that yourself: Maybe “Wolfs” can be your laundry-folding staple?)
Pitt and Clooney are consistently enjoyable as sardonic co-workers who can’t get along and just need some bro time – lesser performers would make the film’s flaws way more apparent. Meanwhile, Abrams is aces as the new guy giving them a jolt of life-affirming spirit. And thanks to that “Wolfs” pack, it’s a cinematic job done pretty well.
Wolfs (2024)
Directed by: Jon Watts
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Austin Abrams, Amy Ryan, Poorna Jagannathan, Rob Riddell, Irina Dubova, Hassani Rizzo
Screenplay by: Jon Watts
Production Design by: Jade Healy
Cinematography by: Larkin Seiple
Film Editing by: Andrew Weisblum
Costume Design by: Amy Westcott
Set Decoration by: Gina Cimmelli, Melissa Levander, Joanne Ling
Art Direction by: Andrew Max Cahn, Sandra Doyle Carmola, John Duhigg Cox, Katia Najera
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
Release Date: September 20, 2024
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