Coyotes is like Jaws, but with coyotes.
Coyotes is like The Birds, but with coyotes.
Coyotes is like The Strangers, but with coyotes.
In other words, Coyotes is like a lot of scary movies that have come before, but it doesn't bring much new to the table, aside from...coyotes. And obviously CG and AI coyotes at that.
Real life couple Justin Long and Kate Bosworth star as a parents living in the Hollywood hills with their teenager daughter (Mila Harris). When a storm knocks out power and sparks wild fires, the family find themselves surrounded by a pack of angry coyotes, and must try and find a way out.
Long's character is a comic book artist, which explains the comic book panel introductions of the film's characters, which also include a drugged out neighbor (Norbert Leo Butz) and his paid companion (Brittany Allen). The movie could use more of the comic book feel, since it would help play up that this movie is essentially a horror comedy.
Justin Long is playing the same type of character he usually plays, most recently in various horror movies, and it's a character I do tend to enjoy. And I do here. But it's not enough to hold up a movie with such a predictable story. I also wonder if whoever cut the trailer had anything to do with the final cut of the movie. I suspect not, because the trailer has better comedic timing than the film itself. Might want to just give that trailer a watch and maybe save the movie for streaming.
