A Review on The Wolfman...

There seems to have been a resurgence of Gothic horror of late with vampires, werewolves and monsters waiting in the dark in the vast majority of blockbuster movies. The Wolfman joined the bandwagon and will probably make a fair amount at the box office because of it, but it is definitely not the best film out there at the moment.The W olfman looked from afar to be an exciting array of Gothic corset action with tense moments of anticipation but upon viewing it lacked all the glamour, thrills and tension it had promised and instead produced a pathetic excuse of a story and acting more accustomed to B-rated hammer horror films.

Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) is an actor who became estranged from his family after having been shipped off to America at a young age to live with his aunt. However, Talbot is forced back to the family estate when his brother disappears. Reunited with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother and discovers that it was some kind of animal (or beast) with an insatiable blood-lust that killed his brother and many of the local villagers. His search to find out more takes him to a gypsy camp where he himself gets attacked by the beast and becomes a werewolf himself... The story then unfolds to be a predictable one with more bloodshed, little atmosphere and cliched lines.

The film is fast-paced making the time spent watching it go quickly, but that is about all that can be said for the film. There are grave inconsistencies throughout the film, with the werewolf looking distinctly different at the beginning of the film to at the end. The film is a remake of the 1941 film of the same name, but does not have the charm of old time horrors, but rather lacks the self-awareness which would have added humour to the film or any kind of surprise twist or intelligent encoding to have gained it some kind of credibility.

Personally, I'd recommend just seeing the trailer as it is far more suspenseful, dark and exciting than the feature film. Don't spend your pennies on the full one hour forty minute film, just hop onto YouTube for free and watch in short: an all together better experience.