The opening visuals are sensational and the opening scene equally impressive. Sadly, though, the quality of the visuals are inconsistent throughout the movie. Some visuals are downright awesome, while others are very clearly blue screen.

In the tradition of 'Wolf Totem' and 'Loup', this is a story about a young man befriending a wolf. Only, this story was not as captivating or believable as the mentioned films. A lot of the film was also lost in translation, as this is a fictional language, and one can only make up your own mind what the conversations are about. If this film was aimed at dog lovers (or wolf for that matter), it might not appeal to that demographic because of this. I thoroughly enjoyed the bonding between man and wolf, which paved the way for humans to domesticate animals. In general this was a very enjoyable adventure drama.