二战末期,溃败的德军为了扭转局势,竟然找来了一个邪恶的巫师,企图利用他召唤出地狱男爵,打败盟军。幸亏盟军的突击队在他们进行仪式时及时赶到,顺利挫败了他们的阴谋,但这时候地狱男爵——1个婴儿已经被召唤出来了,盟军见此只好收养了他。教授布鲁姆(约翰?赫特 John Hurt 饰)是地狱男爵(朗?普尔曼 Ron Perlman 饰)的养父,他用自己的善良循循教导着男爵,男爵则利用自己刀枪不入的身体和通天本领为美国政府完成了多项特种任务。然而,阴暗邪恶的本性还是一直潜藏在男爵的心底,最终人类的善良能否战胜来自地狱的邪恶?
“Lobo Feroz is a loose, revitalised adaptation of Big Bad Wolves. There were many changes that we made when you compare it to the original, given that we added new characters, plot strands and locations, and we introduced and fleshed out new themes teetering between dark comedy and police thriller. The film questions one’s principles, human behaviour and how ambiguous it can be,” the director explained to Cineuropa. “I’m very happy to be able to work with a dream Spanish cast, where everyone demonstrates their enormous talent and commitment in every scene and through every single detail.”
The screenplay for the movie – written by Juan Manuel Foode Roma and Eva María Alonso Moreno – follows a police officer on the fringes of the law and a woman seeking revenge. Their paths cross, as they are obsessed with discovering the identity of the murderer behind a string of brutal crimes involving various girls. They are both willing to do whatever it takes to secure a confession, even though they will have to take the law into their own hands in order to do so. At the same time, a model detective will do his utmost to avoid irreparable errors being made and to ensure that this desperate search for the truth does not transform into the fiercest of wolves.