Double trouble
Wolfs ending explained – who was behind final plot twist in Brad Pitt & George Clooney comedy crime film on Apple TV+?
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GEORGE Clooney and Brad Pitt reunite in Apple TV's movie Wolfs for the first time since the Coen brothers' black comedy Burn After Reading (2008).
The pair have been called on to clean up a mess - but they're used to going solo.
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What is the plot of Wolfs?
George Clooney and and Brad Pitt play two "fixers" — people hired to solve problems you can't take to anyone else — not unlike the legendary Winston Wolfe from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994).
Despite insisting on only working alone, both men are hired to move the body of "the Kid" — a love interest of Manhattan District Attorney Margaret.
Margaret says the Kid is "definitely not a prostitute" after he appears to die in a freak accident in her hotel room.
The pair are forced to work together, despite having different employers, and must overcome their personal dislike of each other in order to get the job done.
However, all is not as it seems when it is revealed that the Kid is still alive and has ties to the Albanian Mafia.
Who is in the cast of Wolfs?
George Clooney
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Clooney is the first fixer to arrive on the scene to clear up the DA's mess in Wolfs.
The long-time Hollywood A-lister needs no introduction to most viewers, with his most famous roles include Danny Ocean in the Oceans Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen trilogy (2001-07).
He's also taken on some of the most famous space roles in modern cinema, playing Dr Chris Kelvin in Solaris and Matt Kowalski in Gravity.
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Clooney got his big break in medical drama ER, starring as Dr Doug from 1994 to 1999.
He's picked up two Academy Awards during his career.
Firstly as Best Supporting Actor in Syriana in 2006, and again in 2013 as Argo picked up Best Picture.
Brad Pitt
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Pitt is the second Wolf hired to clean up after Margaret, which is where the dilemma in the movie stems from.
Another member of Hollywood royalty, Pitt is best known for playing Tyler Durden in Fight Club (1999) and Jeffrey Goines in Twelve Monkeys (1995).
He also starred in the Ocean's trilogy as Rusty Ryan alongside Clooney.
He starred in Babylon, Bullet Train and The Lost City, which were all released in 2022.
He won his first Academy Award in 2014, scooping Best Picture as producer of 12 Years A Slave.
Pitt won a second Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2020, for playing a stuntman in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
Austin Abrams
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Austin Abrams takes on the role of the Kid in Wolfs — DA Margaret's "lover" who is definitely not a prostitute.
Although it may initially seem that he doesn't have much in the way of acting to do as he spends much of the first act seemingly dead, his character certainly comes to life as the film progresses.
Fans may recognise him from TV shows including Euphoria (2019) and The Walking Dead (2015-16).
Amy Ryan
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Amy Ryan features as Manhattan District Attorney Margaret, whose mess the two Wolfs go about cleaning up as they are drawn into ever more complicated scenarios.
She is known for blockbuster movies including Birdman (2014), Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Escape Plan (2013).
Amy has had roles in some of the best-loved TV shows of all time, including playing Holly Flax in The Office (2008-11) and Beadie Russell in The Wire (2003-08)
How does Wolfs end?
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Margaret's Man - played by Clooney - and Pam's Man, portrayed by Pitt, are dealing with the Kid's "dead" body when they realize that he's still alive.
It also becomes apparent that drugs are involved.
By the end of the film, Clooney and Pitt's characters have survived several deadly ordeals and realize they actually like working together.
They head to a diner to grab some breakfast after surviving a deadly shoot-out between rival gangs.
Once there they share that they should have caught on that a tracker had been placed in the drugs in the Kid’s backpack.
However, in one final shock twist, the two characters realize that they have been working for the same person all along.
We were getting cleaned
Pitt and Clooney's characters' realization
Brad, who was hired by hotel owner Pam, and Clooney, who was hired by DA Margaret, realise they've been set up.
Pitt then adds: “You take a job, you give your word, and that word’s the measure of the man.”
Recognizing the phrase as one he heard Margaret say at the start of the caper, Clooney stops in his tracks as he’s about to leave the diner and a realization dawns on him.
The pair then get into a chat about "their guy" - and wonder why they were both called as fixers to sort out Margaret's mess.
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Finally Pitt says it out loud: “We have the same guy.”
But Clooney asks why their "guy" cares as it was "just a clean-up job”.
They come to the conclusion that, unless he knew about the drugs, their "guy" wouldn’t care.
Pit then theorises: “Kid’s dead, he can’t make the drop, so he calls us.”
Clooney adds: “One at a time, but nobody answers.”
“So he sent someone else,” Pitt says, as the pair work out that once the mastermind realised the Kid was still alive, he planned for the two Wolfs to go into the drug deal themselves instead, so they would be held responsible for the drugs’ disappearance.
“We were getting cleaned,” they say in unison, realising they were supposed to take the wrap and be killed — and are about to be involved in another shoot-out.
The fixers come to the conclusion that, provided “the Kid stays quiet”, it shouldn’t matter who was pulling the strings behind the drug deal.
The movie ends with the fixers about to take on their would-be assassins, and they promise to finally exchange their real names if they make it out alive.
How to watch Wolfs
You can catch Wolfs on Apple TV+.
It dropped on the platform on Friday, September 27, 2024.
A monthly subscription costs $6.99 per month, but there is a seven-day free trial.
Will there be a sequel to Wolfs?
The film's writer and director Johnathan "Jon" Watts has confirmed that a sequel is being considered.
He said: "Apple's been talking to me about a sequel since I turned in my cut in December [2023].
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"That's always been an ongoing discussion. I absolutely did not write the movie with a sequel in mind.
"But it was very fun to make, so I don't know, I think you let the audience decide if they want to see more."
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