Billed as the first contact between man and canine? A fake language with subtitles? Either the best canine (wolf) performance I have ever seen, but how much of it was CGI enhanced? A "prehistoric tribe" hunting Bison loses their Alpha Leader's son as he falls off a cliff with maybe a 100 ft. drop or worse. The story is about how he eventually finds his way home with the help of an injured Alpha Wolf. Two things are not well-explained: (1) How he manages to get back up that cliff, and (2) How does he find his way home with very few landmarks through a raving Winter landscape. (Prehistoric GPS?) Interesting to view once, with great cinematography and point-of-view imagery. The story itself seemed simplified and somewhat predictable but the ending has a great "twist". (Hint: Alpha-Wolf is a female.)

PG rating: It shows the killing of animals for food, but avoids most of the gore except one small animal is eaten raw. (Yum!) PETA unhappy that 5 Bison were killed. (This film may be edited for broadcast.) The Wolf "actor" is named "Chuck". Much CGI and puppetry also used.