“Wolves” (** out of four) was a sincere but unexceptional teenage melodrama about an 18-year old basketball star (Taylor John Smith) who seems to have it all- a pending scholarship to Cornell, being the captain of his team, and a beautiful and supportive girlfriend- but his life is gradually undone by his unstable father (Michael Shannon) and his alcoholism and gambling addiction. Good performances can only do so much with a well-worn and predictable story we’ve seen plenty of times before. Basketball game climax is emotional, though, and almost makes rest of the movie worth sitting through.