Alpha and Omega: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave (2014)

Too much of everything

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

I don't know how this got better reviews than the first one, because the first one was MUCH MUCH better

Made the decision, despite not caring much at all for the first 'Alpha and Omega', to see its follow-ups (yes there is a franchise) out of curiosity and as an enormous fan of animation, would see anything regardless of critical reception.'Alpha and Omegas' first two sequels were all dreadful for all the same reasons. To me they were just of very poor quality and even worse served no point at all, the first sequel 'A Howl-iday Adventure' proved that 'Alpha and Omega' didn't need a sequel let alone a franchise which is what makes the follow-ups even more painful. 'The Legend of the Saw Toothed Cave' is sadly no improvement whatsoever, like the previous two sequels (hence the similar wording in this review for 'A Howl-iday Adventure' and 'The Great Wolf Games'), repeating all the mistakes/flaws from the original and the previous sequels, amplifying those flaws, and making more along the way.Let's start with the animation. The animation wasn't the best in the first film but it had its decent moments. It however is 'Toy Story' compared to the animation quality here, which is not quite Video Brinquedo, Spark Plug Entertainment or 'Foodfight' bad but almost and on the same level as 'The Swan Princess' CGI films. Blocky character designs, almost creepy expressions, very flat colours, a complete lack of fluidity in movement, endless goofs as long as your arm and less than meticulously detailed backgrounds are reminiscent of computer animation and video games in their infancy, something that one does not expect at all for 2014 even for low budget when technology has advanced as much as it has.Can say no better for the music either. None of it fits with what's going on, stylistically it feels out of place and out of kilter, it's obtrusive and it's not even good music on its own. The writing is even worse, summing up in one word it's abominable. half-baked ideas and any parts that strive to be funny or poignant instead come across as eye-rollingly cheesy or cloying.Worse are the "funny" jokes and dialogue, which are not funny at all, one groans at some of the wordplay/puns and older audiences who are children at heart whenever seeing animation (like me, one is never too old to appreciate animation and it is not strictly oriented towards kids only) will question the appropriateness of some of it.Story-wise, there is not much of one at all. That it's short may be a comfort for the main target audience and older viewers, but that's saying nothing. It is short but feels longer thanks to plodding pacing and thin plotting, there may be a little more story than the previous two sequels but it is less than enthralling and feels very padded out for the running time.Parts may (emphasis on that because how younger audiences deal with darker elements in films is often under-estimated) be too frightening for younger audiences, despite the threat just being there but not doing much. For older audiences it will be just too juvenile and dull.The characters are never engaging, they are either bland or irritating and some of them are completely pointless. The climax has no fun, thrills or suspense at all. Voice acting is weak all round, the first 'Alpha and Omega' at least had Hayden Panettiere giving a pretty good account of herself and Dennis Hopper. There is nobody of that calibre here, some overdo it and some act as if they weren't even trying.Overall, the very poor quality of the franchise continues. We're four films in and the franchise already feels over-milked and in danger of becoming one of the most over-milked there is. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Oh goodness not another awful Alpha and Omega sequel...stop making these please....This one is easily the worst one. The third one had more irritating animation but aside from that this one is much worse.~ It's not scary at all which is what it's supposed to be. How are we supposed to be scared by a ghost wolf that is never explained and hardly does anything other than glare at everything? ~ All of these first movie characters are practically poked fun at harshly. Kate is no longer the strong Alpha female like she was earlier, Humphrey isn't getting any more likable and Lily is supposed to be cute and funny which was never present through out this movie. The others are pointless.~ It shows no interest in continuing the story ark. Where are those little animal creatures from the third movie?~The writing is garbage and full of plot holes that makes this movie a huge mess. ~ The pups in this movie never listen to their parents and show n signs of respect for them at all. Those little things are the most aggravating characters in this movie.These people have no idea what has happened in the first movie and yet they somehow do. Saw Tooth was the national park in the first movie where Kate and Humphrey were sent to. Why didn't they name this movie The Legend of Shadow Forest? That's where it takes place!Please just stop making more sequels. No one asks for sequels and no one wants to see another horrendous Alpha And Omega movie. Just let these series of movies stop. Better late than never.

I'll be honest, the last two Alpha And Omega movies while fun, and dramatic at times, they weren't as good as the first. But then the 4th movie was released and wow... It took me buy surprise. For the record I love this movie so much. It's my 2nd fave Alpha And Omega movie, after the first one) The plot is just amazing with a dark tone and an unexpected twist. This was really well done. These are the type of movies I want more of from this series. The character named Daria is a blind wolf, who was almost murdered as a pup. But her mother saved her from the pack leader, and as punishment for letting her blind daughter get away, she was killed instead... The movie has this great set up starting with a flash back to the night when Daria mother was killed, after hiding her daughter in order to keep her safe.Daria is then taken in by a porcupine. Who seems to raise her for the rest of her young life. As the movie goes on, we learn that this ghost wolf which all the packs seem to think is haunting this forest, is actually the ghost of Daria's mother, who drives anyone away who tries to harm her. Even after seeing that she's made it to adulthood, when her old pack finds out that she's still alive, they strive to murder her again, but are stopped thanks to Kate, and Humphrey, and Runt. Plus the ghost mom sucks up the wolves who try to get to Daria as well... Yeah. Twisted. But the plot, the writing, the fight scenes, the animation, everything and I mean everything was perfect. I loved it and will be watching it again very soon. (Maybe even tomorrow) I am happy to say that Alpha And Omega 4 is the best squeal from the series, and is just too good to pass up. Watch the movie. Mark my words, you'll love it and will know that is a fantastic movie. Because it really it. It really is.