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The Wolfman

Release Date 12 Feb 2010 07 Jun 2010

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Certificate: 15

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Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades trying to forget. When his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers. As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor, but as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself -- one he never imagined existed.

Cast:
Benicio Del Toro | Anthony Hopkins | Emily Blunt | Hugo Weaving | Art Malik

Writers:
Andrew Kevin Walker | David Self

Producers:
Benicio Del Toro | Scott Stuber | Rick Yorn | Sean Daniel

Directors:
Joe Johnston

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A remake of the 1941 classic, and keeping very much to the original's plotline, it's the 1880s, and Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is reuniting with his father (Hopkins), Lawrence still struggling to overcome the disappearance of his brother. An event that effected him just as deeply as losing his mother as a child. It was his brother's fiancee, Gwen (Blunt), who pulled the absent Lawrence into the search, and he soon discovered that something  brutal and bloodthirsty is wiping out the villagers – drawing a Scotland Yard detective (Weaving) to the scene of the crimes.

THE VERDICT: Struggling through something of a difficult metamorphis from script to screen, The Wolfman comes to us after a sacked director, buckets of reshoots and having been bounced around the release schedules like a peasant's severed head. The fact that the resulting film isn't a complete and utter mess says something for everyone involved. The fact that it's not particularly good either is not all that surprising either.

Del Toro (a major fan of the original movie, and a natural in the part) does a fine job, but the fact that the visionary music director Mark Romanek (Devil's Haircut, Hurt) was replaced by the perfunctory Joe Johnston (Jumanji, Jurassic Park III) tells you all you need to know about this film. It lacks bite.

Review by Paul Byrne

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    • Currently 1/5 Stars.

    luluk

    Very disappointing. This film features some of the worst acting and dialogue I've come across in a long time. I found myself laughing at several points, and not for the right reasons. As for Benicio del Toro, he gives an uninspired, wooden performance. Emily Blunt gets nothing to do with her character. And Anthony Hopkins' character comes across as bizarrely ambiguous. The plot is boring and unoriginal, the action is lack-lustre, and there is really nothing I can think of to recommend this film to anyone. I'm sorry to say it as I was genuinely excited to see this movie, but there it is. Thanks anyway for the tickets, guys.

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    ging-grr

    This was one of the few remakes/reboots I liked the idea of and it didn't let me down. It was really nicely shot and the entire cast gave great performances. I have to admit it was a bit predictable but it didn't stop my enjoyment of it.

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    monika_fan

    The movie was full of action but it wasn't that great. This is a kind of movie that I wouldn't watch second time. Good performance of actors though.

    • Currently 1/5 Stars.

    plantman

    BORING...i didnt like one bit of this film, after about 15 mins i was just waiting for it to end so i could get out of there

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