Review of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) by Jenna I — 09 Nov 2017

Ughhhhhh how could you do this to Dylan Dog. You cast underused hottie Brandon Routh - a pitch perfect match for the original character - and then just dropped the ball from there on out. Terribly written story, with a solid half hour of wasted and clunky dialogue scenes, and simply awful editing, this editor has never heard of the concept of comedic timing. Awful chemistry between the main character and literally everybody else, nothing charming or fun. This felt like a straight to VHS kinda film in the worst way possible.

The good is the overall look and feel of the film, it's cartoony enough to keep the comic book feel and not get too overly serious. There's also some nice nods to the comic, including a Marx brothers poster and some italiano.

Man, I bet I could recut this and make a better movie than we got. While this is closer in plot to the comic, Dellamorte Dellamore is definitely closer in cool-factor and fun. I'd love to see some sort of reboot of this... animated or otherwise.