Review: 'Wolfman' disappoints with predictable storyline
Casey Weaver
Issue date: 2/19/10 Section: Features
In 1941, "The Wolfman" set a new standard for horror flicks and led to an entire new genre of movies. The 2010 version - not so much. It's one of the most cliché, predictable movies in recent memory. I didn't pay to watch this movie but I found myself wanting the theater to refund the last 90 minutes of my life.
Benicio Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, an actor who returns home when he hears of his brother's passing. He doesn't know how his brother died but upon his return, vows to figure out the mystery before he returns to his acting career. While investigating his brother's death he is directed to a group of gypsies who live outside of the community and are regarded as gypsies are generally regarded. It is on this trip where he is confronted by the werewolf and is subsequently bitten and you can probably guess the rest.
Anthony Hopkins plays the father figure, Sir John Talbot, and is one of the bright spots as far as characters go. He is a rich man who lives as a hermit with only his loyal servant, Singh, played by Art Malik. Hopkins is an Oscar-winning actor and performed like one.
Hopkins's character is the only fully developed character in the entire movie and he does a fine job.
The love interest is played by Emily Blunt and makes the cliché complete, leaving me scratching my head in disbelief at movie's end.
"The Wolfman" comes up short in almost every way a horror film can and commits two deadly sins that are sure to ruin any "blockbuster" wannabe.
It did this, first, by delaying the action. This movie starts slow and for the most part stays slow for the entire movie with sporadic action thrown in here and there. The fateful love interest thrown in at the end, which completely contradicts the rest of the movie, sealed its fate.
Benicio Del Toro plays Lawrence Talbot, an actor who returns home when he hears of his brother's passing. He doesn't know how his brother died but upon his return, vows to figure out the mystery before he returns to his acting career. While investigating his brother's death he is directed to a group of gypsies who live outside of the community and are regarded as gypsies are generally regarded. It is on this trip where he is confronted by the werewolf and is subsequently bitten and you can probably guess the rest.
Anthony Hopkins plays the father figure, Sir John Talbot, and is one of the bright spots as far as characters go. He is a rich man who lives as a hermit with only his loyal servant, Singh, played by Art Malik. Hopkins is an Oscar-winning actor and performed like one.
Hopkins's character is the only fully developed character in the entire movie and he does a fine job.
The love interest is played by Emily Blunt and makes the cliché complete, leaving me scratching my head in disbelief at movie's end.
"The Wolfman" comes up short in almost every way a horror film can and commits two deadly sins that are sure to ruin any "blockbuster" wannabe.
It did this, first, by delaying the action. This movie starts slow and for the most part stays slow for the entire movie with sporadic action thrown in here and there. The fateful love interest thrown in at the end, which completely contradicts the rest of the movie, sealed its fate.
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