Monday 28 March 2011

The Wolfman (2010) 7/10

Starring : Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt
Director : Joe Johnston
Running Time : 120 mins

Shakespearean actor Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) returns from America to his ancestral English home when he is given the news from his brothers’ fiancĂ©e Gwen Conliffe (Blunt) that his brother has vanished. As he investigates, Talbot discovers that a strange creature has been attacking nearby villagers and may have been responsible for his brothers’ disappearance.

I’d heard some pretty bad things about this reworking of the classic horror story, but I actually thought it was pretty good. Some of the twists were predictable, but the pacing was good and the action, though sometimes a little hammy, was well done and fun to watch, especially the werewolf transformation scenes.

You’ll like this if you liked : From Hell



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