A movie based on an Italian horror comic book by Tiziano Sclavi. Stars Brandon Routh (Superman).
The story: The world is filled with supernatural creatures. Dylan Dog (Routh) is a detective who specializes in paranormal cases that the police won't take. His partner dies and becomes one of the undead. He has to solve a case involving vampires. Or something.
Was it good?
No. I saw it a while ago and didn't bother writing about it right away and honestly I can't remember almost anything about it. It tries to be a horror/comedy/noir/thriller, but it all falls flat. These hybrids are incredibly tough to really nail and this one just doesn't work. The horror isn't scary, the noir doesn't add anything, the humor isn't funny, and the detective story just isn't interesting.
I don't want to rip on it too much. It wasn't that was movie was particularly bad, it just felt empty....passionless...like everyone was going through the motions, from the actors to the writers to the director, even though I know they weren't. It's one of the worst things to happen to a movie. A movie that feels ambitious, that tries to do something great and fails, well, that's understandable and at least they tried. The worst is when a movie feels like it just isn't trying at all and that's what happens here.
*** AVOID ***
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