Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

BeSummers Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Scott LeBrun The setting is a small Alaska town named Beaver Mills, which is putting on a festival during their midsummer period where there is no night time. However, the title creature is awoken from slumber in Arctic ice, and it finds plenty of good feeding in this little town. Among the imperiled local citizens who must do battle with the beast are trucker Jake (Nick Chinlund, Billy Bedlam in "Con Air"), diner operator Claire (Erin Karpluk, 'Being Erica') and grizzled old coot Hoss (Barry Corbin, "No Country for Old Men")."Wyvern" is actually not that bad as these kinds of made-for-TV monster movies go. It's based on an actual dragon-like creature of legend and folklore, so the material isn't entirely of the writers' own invention. The capable direction is by genre veteran Steven R. Monroe (whose credits include the remake of "I Spit on Your Grave"), and he keeps the thing moving along fairly well, save for one big character moment / monologue for Chinlund late in the story. Filmed in British Columbia, it does have a somewhat 'Northern Exposure'-like feel, especially with Corbin and Elaine Miles (who plays the dopey deputy) in the cast. The gore is minimal, and the killings not that satisfying, but overall the CGI is acceptable, and the monster design is good. The script is pretty cliched overall.Some of the characters are annoying, but the cast is solid and above average for this sort of thing. Don S. Davis ('Stargate SG-1') appears in one of his final roles, as the retired colonel who sights the creature early on, and the movie is dedicated to him. Chinlund is okay as the Everyman-type hero, Corbin as always is just wonderful, and also among the cast are Tinsel Korey (the "Twilight" series), John Shaw ("Watchmen"), and David Lewis ("Lake Placid").Good, if not inspired, entertainment for fans of B level monster movies.Six out of 10.

Ian Taylor It really is all relative, folks. Before we proclaim that another film is "the worst ever", let's check a few points...TV movie, generic monster movie, TV actors...right. So, lower expectations a little bit.My wife always asks me why I watch stuff like this and, to be honest, it's the completist in me. I've been watching horror, sci-fi and fantasy all my life...I can't stop now!!! Unfortunately, whereas the puppets and men in rubber suits of yesteryear were cheaply budgeted but had charm, creativity and still a sense that at least the man in the rubber suit actually existed in a real sense, the modern TV movie variation is often bland, unimaginatively clichéd and the cheap CGI hammers home the fact that there is nothing genuinely threatening our heroes.Watch a few of them back to back, however, and you begin to spot the ones that are a bit better. More interesting, or at least likable characters, slightly better effects, better performances.That's 'Wyvern'. It's not great but I liked the characters, got interested in their lives and the monster didn't outstay it's welcome. A good film? Like I say, that's relative, but 'Wyvern' is okay.

Paul Andrews Wyvern is set in the small town of Beaver Mills in Alaska where trucker Jake (Nick Chinlund) is recovering after an accident in which he crashed his rig injuring himself & killing his brother. Nearby a huge cliff collapses into the sea & exposes a huge Dragon like flying reptile which promptly wake sup after being buried for millions of years & heads straight for the nearest food source, Beaver Mills & it's residents. Soon the entire town has come under attack from the flying flesh eating predator & it's up to trucker Jake & a few other random survivors to kill the Wyvern before it kills them...This American & Canadian co-production was directed by Steven R. Monroe who also made the other SyFy Channel creature features Ogre (2008), Mongolian Death Worm (2010) & Jabberwock (2011) as well as directing the notorious remake of the even more notorious I Spit on Your Grave (1978) & one has to say that Wyvern is easily the worst of those films already mentioned, it's a really bad SyFy Channel creature feature that isn't even any fun & doesn't even try to do anything different. This is standard monster film fare that is throughly routine, predictable & drawn out, for all the depth in the script Wyvern has it could have easily been made into a thirty minute television program rather than a full length 90 minute feature film. Bland character's including a really annoying Deputy, a Nordic Hillbilly & the typical all American hero don't help & the monster itself just isn't that interesting with no back-story apart from what Hillbilly says about it & no explanation behind it's thawing out or how it manages to lay eggs (did it mate with itself?). The ending is forgettable without even a proper fight between the hero & monster, a few of the supporting character';s are killed off while a few survive but you won't care who & having only just finished watching it I can honestly say I can't remember anything about it.There's a bit of gore, a guy has his arm bitten off & the gory stump & severed limb are shown a few times, there's some bad CGI blood splatter & not much else. The CGI computer animated Wyvern is actually quite impressive, it's detailed & fairly well animated but what lets it down is that it never really affects it's surroundings like when it lands the trees & bushes don't move & nothing on the ground is disturbed so while the Wyvern is a decent animated monster it looks nothing more than an animated monster that has little or no interaction with anything 'real' in any of it's scenes. Because the monster is a big flying reptile Dragon it's hard to believe that it could creep up on anyone without them noticing so some of the attack scenes are just poorly staged as this huge Dragon just appears out of nowhere, it's not like the survivors wouldn't see it coming literally a mile off, I mean what's in the sky to hide it? All anyone would have to do is keep an eye on the sky & you would know where it was. Or am I wrong? Am I missing something?Filmed in Vancouver in Canada it's well made for what it is, the CGI effects are better than expected but there are plenty of other much better films with good effects. The acting is average, I hear that the cast is quite good with some veteran actor's but I can't be bothered to look them up, all I will say is I didn't recognise anyone myself.Wyvern is your typical crap SyFy Channel creature feature that has decent CGI effects but is a total bore. I really can't think of a single reason why I would want to watch this again.

MartianOctocretr5 Really enjoyed this, it's one of SyFy channel's better efforts. The action is paced well, the characters are well-developed, and the acting is at a premium level.It's a good late-night monster flick, with a dragon beast that attacks the residents of a small remote Alaskan town. The special effects are adequate in making what you see believable, and the director depicts the violence adequately by tempering the gore scenes. You see the violence, yet without the excessive blood and guts spraying around gratuitously. Also, because the actors make the characters natural and give them dimension, you care about them. So, when someone is lost, you feel that loss (in contrast to the paper cut-out screamers these movies usually have, and you root for the monster). The town's people are a nicely composed group of different types of people, with no clichéd personalities (for once). The film even gives the creature some depth: what it's doing, why, etc.The final battle sequence is the stuff of good popcorn monster movie action. The weapon that's used might seem way out, but it's a lot of fun, an original idea, and the duel really shows somebody thought out how to do it effectively.Despite a limited budget, this film is a good watch.