200% Wolf

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Not suitable under 6; parental guidance to 7 (violence, scary scenes, themes, language)

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  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for 200% Wolf
  • a review of 200% Wolf completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 12 August 2024.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 6 Not suitable due to violence, scary scenes, themes and language.
Children aged 6–7 Parental guidance recommended due to violence, scary scenes, themes and language.
Children aged 8 and over Ok for this age group.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: 200% Wolf
Classification: PG
Consumer advice lines: Mild themes, crude humour, animated violence and some scenes may scare young children
Length: 98 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

All Freddy (voice of Ilai Swindells) wants is to be a wolf like the rest of his family. He wants to be a valued and respected member of the pack but he feels like the harder he tries to fit in, the more he doesn’t measure up. When Freddy learns about ‘Moon Spirits’ and an ancient circle where his ancestors used to invoke their assistance and blessings, he heads straight for the abandoned site to beseech the spirits to grant his wish. They hear Freddy but do not respond – for they remember, all too well, a wolf called Max (voice of Jennifer Saunders) who went rogue and tried to steal their magic power for herself. A baby Moon Spirit called Moopoo (voice of Elizabeth Nabben) has heard Freddy’s plea and decides to send him a little magic of her own. The only problem is that Moopoo has been accidentally transported to Earth and has no way of getting back to the moon. Freddy is thrilled with his transformation but the older wolves are horrified by what he has done and want to capture Moopoo until they work out how to send her back. After learning about how Max opened a portal to the moon, Freddy and his pals, Batty (voice of Samara Weaving) and Hamish (voice of Akmal Saleh), set off to find her in the hopes of saving Moopoo before she completely disappears.

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Witchcraft; Bullying; Lust for power, Deceit.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

There is some violence in this movie, including:

  • A truck with fireworks explodes and a firework hits a blimp.
  • A lady hits a wolf on the head with a pan and jumps on him repeatedly.
  • Freddy is knocked into signs, vending machines, rocks and a thorn patch, as he holds the ropes of a blimp, trying to slow it down.
  • A character takes a blast of light to the forehead.
  • Moopoo hits Freddy in the head with a rock.
  • Moopoo tries to eat a whole crow. She is found with most of the bird stuffed in her mouth.
  • Max is hit in the face with a rain pipe.
  • Max and Batty fall off a roof.
  • Two dogs attack each other.
  • Freddy, Hamish and Batty are nearly killed by a bunch of arrows shot from a booby trap. They are then nearly hit and crushed by a massive log.
  • A bird flies into a laser and sizzles in the beam.
  • Moopoo is thrown backwards and gets knocked into a hole in a tree.
  • Freddy is knocked backwards by a ball to his face.
  • A swooshing, grey creature takes a bird in its snapping, toothy jaws.
  • Freddy punches a bat in the face.
  • One character tells another: “You’ll be growing a lump on your head if you don’t watch what you say.”
  • Reference is made to hellfire, a plague and other ‘assorted terrible things’.
  • A stick is poked straight into Freddy’s eye.
  • Freddy is hit by a mushroom.
  • What appear to be broken bones poke out of three characters who are pretending to be dead.
  • Freddy is nearly impaled on a spiky plant but crashes to the ground instead.
  • A wolf is hit with lots of spears and slammed by a log into a rock.
  • Batty gets stuck to a tree.
  • Characters are trapped in a force field and Freddy is zapped.
  • Max and Freddy hit each other with stones.
  • A boulder is thrown at Freddy. It squishes him between three rocks while Moopoo fades further away.
  • Max forces wolves to bow and grovel on the ground.
  • Bats attack and bite Max.
  • Max strikes at Moopoo and is then transformed into a mini monster called a ‘Whoopsie’.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

  • There are creepy-looking creatures and characters in the film, some of whom have a very sinister appearance with glowing eyes or huge, snapping jaws. There are also numerous ‘Moon Spirits’, though these look more ethereal than scary.
  • There are multiple transformations during which certain characters alternate between human and werewolf form. Freddy is transformed from a dog to a wolf and then (depending on the sunlight) he occasionally takes on human form. Freddy’s initial transformation looks a little painful but he is soon shown to be fine. Max’s transformation is far more nefarious.
  • Moopoo is accidentally transformed into a big, red monster with glowing eyes. She doesn’t seem to understand what is happening and appears angry and threatening. Freddy talks to her and Moopoo realises that she has to send the moon back into space or everyone will die. Moopoo pushes the moon back and collapses on the ground, ready to fade away into oblivion. It doesn’t look as if Moopoo will survive and Freddy is devastated. In the end he gives Moopoo his magic to get back home.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

In addition to the above-mentioned violent scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

  • Moopoo, who is fading away and far from home, has a dream about her mother and is crying, reaching and calling out to her as she floats further away.
  • Freddy and the others must enter an eerie area called ‘The Great Mist’ where dogs have gone but never returned from. Their search for Max takes them into a creepy-looking forest, full of strange, unearthly sounds and menacing-looking creatures. There is a strong sense of peril.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

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Product placement

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Sexual references

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Nudity and sexual activity

There is some nudity and sexual activity in this movie, including:

  • Two characters kiss passionately behind a sign.
  • A character takes a selfie in his underwear.
  • Freddy transforms back into a human when he encounters sunlight. He is clearly naked and a lady screams upon encountering him, though nothing is explicitly shown.
  • The clothing is ripped off a character as he is being sucked into a gravitational field. He is shown in his underwear.
  • A character does a dance that involves a lot of butt wagging and Moopoo shakes his butt at others.
  • Freddy falls backwards, naked on the ground, as he gives his magic back to Moopoo. Nothing explicit is revealed.

Use of substances

  • None noted.

Coarse language

There is some coarse language in this movie, including:

  • Stupid
  • Hell
  • Freak
  • Dog scum
  • Son of a …
  • Heck
  • Gullible little fool
  • Shut your lie holes
  • Kiss my furry butt
  • Two faced liar
  • Moopoo occasionally adds “poo” to other people’s names.
  • There is reference to moon faecal matter.

In a nutshell

200% Wolf is an animated fantasy that picks up where the film’s predecessor, 100% Wolf, left off. The film features an action packed yet predictable plot, lots of special effects and vibrant, colourful graphics. At first glance the film will appeal to younger viewers, and indeed much of the dialogue and comedic references are more suited to this group, however, due to the content, it is best suited to audiences over the age of 7.

The main messages from this movie are that respect is about who you are, not what you are; and that it is important to see the value within and to always be true to yourself.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Respect
  • Cooperation
  • Courage
  • Friendship
  • Sacrifice.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children the importance of believing in themselves, of recognising and celebrating the things that make them unique and special and not trying to become something that they aren’t, simply because they want to fit in or feel ‘respected’ for being the same as everyone else.