French police, led by Captain Klaus Pistor, question Claire Porter as she recovers

in a hospital bed. American tourists vacationing in France, Claire’s husband Henry

and son Peter were viciously mauled to death in a savage attack by an unknown
beast. When Claire makes a claim that the shadowy figure resembled a man, the
police arrest brutish local man Talan Gwynek for the murders.

Expatriate attorney Katherine Moore requests to represent Talan. Fellow American

Eric Sarin works as her investigator. Kate hires animal expert Dr. Gavin Flemyng,
with whom she had a romantic relationship five years earlier, to complete the
defense team.

While interviewing Talan at the police station, a struggle breaks out with the
authorities. Gavin is scratched by Talan while trying to shield Kate.

Kate’s team travels to Talan’s remote house in the woods to interview his mother.
Mrs. Gwynek tells them that she is originally from Romania. She claims that Talan
would have been too physically weak to commit the murders because he suffers from a
rare genetic condition passed down through the males in their family. She also
makes a claim that the police are targeting Talan because the government wants to
take their land for use as a nuclear waste disposal site.

Gavin attempts to flirt with Kate, which spurs resentment from Eric. Gavin also
begins feeling gradually more ill since suffering the scratch at the police
station.

The defense team comes to believe that Talan may suffer from porphyria. While
undergoing medical examinations in police custody, a stress test involving a strobe
light causes Talan to react violently. Using apparent superhuman strength, Talan
kills everyone in the room and escapes the building.

A citywide manhunt eventually traces Talan to an abandoned building. Talan is

caught on camera transforming into a werewolf before attacking an armed assault
team, falling eight stories to the ground below, and evading capture.

A second manhunt finally corners Talan after he kills several police officers.
Talan is riddled with bullets and his apparently dead body is then transported in a
police vehicle. Kate and Eric follow the police caravan. The van carrying Talan
overturns as Talan comes back to life to continue his rampage.

Meanwhile, Gavin investigates the Gwynek residence and ends up killing Mrs. Gwynek
after coming to realize that he now has the same affliction as Talan. Gavin shaves
off all of his body hair as he begins giving in to his new werewolf alter ego.

In the commotion at the crash site, Talan kills Eric. Talan moves to attack Kate
next, but Gavin arrives to battle the other werewolf. The fight ends when Gavin
strangles Talan, presumably killing him.

Kate confronts the transformed Gavin at gunpoint. Before she can act, a sniper’s
bullet fired by Pistor from a police helicopter hits Kate in the stomach. Gavin
goes into a rage, throwing an assault team member’s body into the chopper and
causing it to crash.

News footage in the aftermath reveals that Kate survived. Pistor is implicated in a
conspiracy that killed Talan’s father George to take the Gwynek’s land. Talan
Gwynek's body was never recovered and he remains at large and is assumed to be
responsible for the continued killings, meanwhile Gavin’s true identity as a
werewolf remains a secret