Review: The Wolfman

So to be straight forward, I had extremely low expectations for The Wolfman. To me this movie was just the typical cash in on an older/more successful title, sprinkled with big name Hollywood actors. The Wolfman stars Benicio Del Toro (Usual Suspects, Sin City), Sir Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs), and a few other mildly talented actors that really aren't worth mentioning. Overall the casting was one of my biggest complaints for this one, Benicio Del Toro as a wealthy aristocrat was just not a possibility, his accent (though calmed down quite a bit) is still so thick at times I had trouble understanding the scenes. Anthony Hopkins however was a good call by the director Joe Johnston. Hopkins made most of this movie watchable as Del Toro's character's wealthy father.

{Benicio Del Toro as a Mexican David Bowie}

Without any spoilers, we all know that Del Toro is stricken by a werewolf, and is then slowly transformed into the beast that struck him. It's an old story, and we've seen it a hundred times. The Wolfman doesn't add anything to the story, other than another one of my biggest complaints about this one: gore. Okay, we all love gore, the thought of a guy getting mauled by a crazy ass werewolf is exciting and fun, but this one goes to levels that are just unnecessary. Some of the gore in this one belonged in Hostel not in The Wolfman. There is entertaining gore that helps us feel the pain for the characters and then there is this gore, which is so over done that is takes the viewer out of the movie and turns the whole thing into a bunch of "Oh shit!" moments that defeat the purpose of the whole idea of The Wolfman.

Needless to say I was not a fan of this remake of the classic Wolfman. I found the whole thing to be a giant waste of my time and an appalling use of Sir Anthony Hopkins time. Honestly I would rather watch that crappy Jack Nicholson werewolf flick than this. If you want a good scare, this gore porn isn't it, and to Joe Johnston the director of this piece of overused shit, I have only this to say: time to find a new career. The only way I would recommend this is to go get shit faced and laugh throw the whole thing.

Pros:

-fans of gore, come on down

Cons:

-what the hell was the director doing?

-stupid gore

-Benicio Del Toro was a poor choice

-muffled lines and incoherent plot

Verdict:

1/2 a Shot