I do have the original Universal Wolfman films, but as yet like a lot of my collection it's waiting to be watched!
So was the 2010 version, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Hugo Weaving and Emily Blunt and directed by Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park 3) any good?
Yes it was, as long as you are expecting a WOLF MAN and not a werewolf like an American werewolf in London. Now I have seen clips of the original and Universal kept the look the WOLFMAN for this version and I liked that concept.
This was a gory film, decapitations, intestines ripped out, just what a WOLFMAN might do to a human, and I liked this a lot, it added a bit of "reality" to the film. In the end the actually Wolfman make up was very good and the transformation was also pretty good.
The worst part was the CGI wolf running around London's rooftops!
The acting was good, Weaving was an English Mr Smith (will I ever see him as anyone new?), Del Toro was good, Emily Blunt didn't really have much to do, and Hopkins mumbled his way through the film! Johnston direction was ok, the soundtrack good and the script ok.
In the end, a good addition to Universals monster films, but nothing brilliant! (7/10)
Wolfman. Loved the gothic landscapes and the bleak vistas, very much in keeping with the original. It reminded me a bit of the Basil Rathbone sherlock holmes movies lots of mist on the moors and smog in London. A great setting for a wolfman tale. The effects were very good and the change sequences excellent. The story was very much as you would expect it, much the same as the original and no major changes. If you weren't aware of the story you could easily guess the plot. A good yarn. 7/10
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