LIONSGATE presents this animated tale of two wolves trying to find their way home to their pack after being kidnapped. This children’s animation 3D romance film is directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck
The story takes place in Jasper Nation Park (Canadian Rockies) and involves a weird community of wolves. To them not just everybody, but every aspect of life, is broken down into one simple question: Alpha or Omega?
Humphrey is an omega wolf whose best friend Kate is an alpha wolf. The law of the wolf pack is that alpha wolves cannot mate with omega wolves.While they’re friends, they’re also part of two separate social groups. Humphrey likes Kate but he is a goofball who basically just sits around making jokes all day while waiting to be fed while she is a skilled hunter and leader
Kate is a newly crowned alpha who is now acclimating to her responsibilities. She spends her time leading a team of hunters through the park as they look for caribou to kill. There is also the rival wolfpack, the Eastern pack as they are known (colored coded brown for your convenience), who are always trying to invade their hunting grounds.
Her family, all alphas, are actively involved in the dispute first by trying to physically destroy the pack and then by trying to force a truce by setting up an arranged marriage between Kate and the Easterners most eligible bachelor Garth (Chris Carmack), to keep peace in the valley
But on the night in which Kate is meant to “howl” with Garth, both she and Humphrey are captured by humans and brought to a park in Idaho to repopulate. With the two packs ready to go to war, Kate and Humphrey try and make it back to Jasper before it’s too late.
Back home rival wolf packs are on the march and conflict is brewing. Only Kate and Humphrey can restore the peace. But first, they have to survive each other.
Alpha and Omega is a fun movie aimed at a younger audience. The combination of 3D and colourful animation does look family friendly but with its predictable plot parents may find it dull.
I love watching movies that involve nature and animals with my kids and we all loved this one. It was wholesome and had the classic happy ending without any scary bad guys. I work for DISH and have recently made the transition to HD programming which makes the quality of the animation obvious! Overall, Alpha and Omega was a pretty good movie.
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