This lamely narrated and lightly written wildlife film, was still well worth viewing. Watching wolf packs in action is little different than watching hood-rats in action, both being meditations on mass predation. The setting is Yellowstone National Park. The winter scenes were breathtaking.

The filmmakers followed a black wolf through three years of his life, from a pup in a small pack, to yearling of a displaced pack, to lone wolf, to beta in a new pack, and on to fulfill his role. The most interesting scenes were the pack wars, which were brutal and short, with large packs of bison hunters overrunning small packs of elk hunters. The first pack battle showed how little cohesion wolf packs have when on the defensive. The leader—a cowardly dog—was just run down and torn apart. His mate stood her ground and fought to the death.

Wilderness wolf warfare and urban gang warfare?

Only the weapons and the backdrop were different.