This is the new reboot of the Universal monster classic. This movie actually feels like a cross between the original and AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (with a big side dish of THE HULK for some reason). Stars enecio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt.
The story? A renowned Shakespearean actor (del Toro) is told his brother is missing. He reutrns home for the first time in decades to be told his brother is dead. Locals believe it was the work of a werewolf. While investigating among the local gypsies he is attack and bitten by the werewolf. He then find out his father is the original werewolf and that he killed his mother and brother and has the actor locked in an insane asylum for years to keep him safe. The moon rises. The father is locked in a special cage, but the actor isn't and he turned into a werewolf and rampages around killing innocent people. In the morning his father leads police to him and he is taken back to the insane asylum where they are going to perform experiments on him in front of an audience. Except the moon rises and he turns again and rampages around. Back as a human he goes back to his house to confront his father. They both turn into werewolves and he kills his father and then is shot by his brother's ex-fiance whom he has fallen in love with.
Was it good?
No.
I mean, just read the synopsis. How the hell does any of that make sense? And where does all the father vs son stuff come in? I've never seen the original Lon Cheney version, but it felt more like THE HULK than a Wolfman story to me and why anyone would want to crib from The Hulk is beyond me!
There are other bad things about it. Like the acting. They feel like they are sleepwalking. Hopkins especially seems to just toy with his lines, like he knows they aren't worth bothering with. Of course, it's impossible to know if it's him tanking it or if the director was telling him to do it or if he knew that the whole thing was a mess and was trying to find some way of making it interesting.
The saddest part about all this -- aside from just the collossal waste of talent and money and time -- is that this director is the guy who is going to direct CAPTAIN AMERICA, the movie I was most looking forward to from all the Marvel movies. And this movie, along with the fact that they cast Chris Evans, just makes me want to hurl.
Now I probably shouldn't rag on the movie completely. Maybe it works if you are just looking for stupid, goofy fun. But the movie doesn't really have the feel of a goofy, stupid fun movie so that's not how I watched it. Anyway...
*** AVOID ***
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