Director: Joe Johnston
Genre: Horror
Summary: Lawrence Talbot must return to his childhood home, Blackmoor, following the mysterious death of his brother. After meeting his brother’s fiance, Gwen, Lawrence vows to uncover the mystery of his brother’s death but soon suffers an unfortunate and deadly injury.
Impressions: Benecio del Toro’s Wolfman is a fast, tight, action film with tons of fighting, heavy CGI, and all of the classic monster scares you’re used to. It rids itself of overdrawn narratives and explanations in exchange for character development, plot twists and clever, freaky dream sequences. The editing is top-notch with these sequences in a way that will keep you jumping, wondering where dreams end and reality begins again.
My one problem with this film is that I could hear del Toro holding back his accent. I’m not saying that it’s proper for a Spanish guy to be the son of an English nobleman when you’re going for realism, but I kept expecting to hear his voice from Sin City or Snatch, and was sorely disappointed.
Wolfman is a good horror film with a running time of only 100 minutes, that will keep you jumping and squirming until the very end.
4 out of 5
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