Review of The Wolfman (2010) by Amheretojudge — 11 Jun 2018

Neither howls nor bites..

The Wolfman The action sequences seems forcibly installed in here along with the structure that is familiar with rudimentary process that unfortunately seeks for commercial part of the cinema, leaving behind noneither howls nor bites..

The Wolfman.

The action sequences seems forcibly installed in here along with the structure that is familiar with rudimentary process that unfortunately seeks for commercial part of the cinema, leaving behind no trace of art or craft to explore in here. The technical aspects like costume design, make-up design and art design is appreciative and finely detailed but lacks better sound department, camera work and choreography for the physical sequences which is essential in such features. The wafer thin script has nothing to offer and instead wastes its time on making it bolder, scarier and horrifying as much as possible which too it adapts a lot from previous installments or remakes of it; there isn't originality or creativity in here. Joe Johnston; the director, needs a lot of work to do especially on executing its vision from paper to screen which is pretty standard. The performance aspect of it is usually saved upon while casting such a huge and promising cast but in here that too is in short for the actors (Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins) aren't given enough range and room to factor in appropriately. The Wolfman neither howls nor bites as it seems like a misguided feature that isn't aware of the vision it wants to project.