The Wolfman (2010)
Starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, and Hugo Weaving
Directed by Joe Johnston
When the scariest thing about a monster movie is the eerie sense of foreboding created by a promotional item -- that poster to the right -- you've got a problem. The 2010 remake of an old-school monster flick The Wolfman just exudes "boring" from every single frame.
The story is simple -- a guy turns into a wolf when there's a full moon and wreaks havoc on a British town. This version of the film sets up this awkward father-son relationship between Benicio Del Toro's Lawrence and his father John played by Anthony Hopkins. From the onset, it's absolutely obvious where the film is going with these two characters, and when they reveal the "surprise" secret about midway through, it comes as an enormous letdown.
The film is certainly not helped by the brooding Del Toro who is so ungodly boring to watch. It's like watching a heart monitor on flatline -- no emotional ups and downs to his character at all. Gloominess is all that crossed his face. [That in and of itself really shouldn't be a surprise because I'm not entirely sure Del Toro as an actor can play a role anything other than glumly.] On the opposite end of the spectrum, Hopkins hams it up in a laughably awful manner.
I understand that an inherent characteristic of gothic horror is to be moody and morose, but there wasn't an ounce of life in this flick which makes it quite a chore to sit through.
The RyMickey Rating: D
I will kill ALLLLLL of you.
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