The film starts with some found footage, but the first gripe begins soon after that. After a found-footage start, the film gets lost a bit in design by still going shaky-cam, even when the found footage is over. Then later,it gets smooth, the shaky, then smooth. I'm not a guy that usually complains about shaky cam, because it CAN be done right, and IT CAN add realism in certain instances. BUT with the way this film uses it, it kind of loses its' identity, and you start to wonder whether it's just poor production value, or if someone forgot to tell the cameraman that the found footage shots were over.
I like the idea of the big-bearded man who actually looks a lot like a werewolf to begin with, and I like the idea of his defense team, but schematically none of it really comes together. I didn't turn it off, and the film wasn't terrible by any means. The score is pretty accurate here as I'm going with 54/100. But, let's be really clear in distinguishing this as a 'decent sleeper' - nowhere near other films in the genre like 'Wolfman' the original, 'The Howling', or 'American Werewolf in London'. Benecio's 'Wolfman' is much better imho.
Very promising moments though - especially in the gore shots. Only gripe with those comes in one quick(very) CGI moment late when he eats the face off a police officer, and the film resorts back to the average-at-best production values that are scattered about the film.
I also don't care for the films long, lame attempt at planting every sequel-seed possible. I mean, lets get it tighter the first time around before we start on WER 2 if you don't mind. That wouldn't rub me the wrong way if the film wasn't kind of close to being a gem like it IS, but I DO think that the 8/10-10/10 ratings here are just the starved horror fans getting a bit frivolous with their excitement/ratings. I don't blame you - it seems like we get 1 maybe two good horror films a year nowadays.
The film needed to dive into the science, the backstory, and a better last ten minutes in order for it to reach the cult-status that some of the reviews might lead you to believe it is. I'm a bit on the other side in terms of the ending here. I said the last ten minutes could have been better, and they could of.. it seemed hurried and sloppy, but the climax here(final fight/military stuff) actually worked quite well, and imo was one of the strongest moments of the entire film.
Either way, don't get your hopes up too much with this one, even though I think it's still worth the price of admission. Or, at least it was for me it was, BUT that price of admission was 1.32 at the redbox.
I like the idea of the big-bearded man who actually looks a lot like a werewolf to begin with, and I like the idea of his defense team, but schematically none of it really comes together. I didn't turn it off, and the film wasn't terrible by any means. The score is pretty accurate here as I'm going with 54/100. But, let's be really clear in distinguishing this as a 'decent sleeper' - nowhere near other films in the genre like 'Wolfman' the original, 'The Howling', or 'American Werewolf in London'. Benecio's 'Wolfman' is much better imho.
Very promising moments though - especially in the gore shots. Only gripe with those comes in one quick(very) CGI moment late when he eats the face off a police officer, and the film resorts back to the average-at-best production values that are scattered about the film.
I also don't care for the films long, lame attempt at planting every sequel-seed possible. I mean, lets get it tighter the first time around before we start on WER 2 if you don't mind. That wouldn't rub me the wrong way if the film wasn't kind of close to being a gem like it IS, but I DO think that the 8/10-10/10 ratings here are just the starved horror fans getting a bit frivolous with their excitement/ratings. I don't blame you - it seems like we get 1 maybe two good horror films a year nowadays.
The film needed to dive into the science, the backstory, and a better last ten minutes in order for it to reach the cult-status that some of the reviews might lead you to believe it is. I'm a bit on the other side in terms of the ending here. I said the last ten minutes could have been better, and they could of.. it seemed hurried and sloppy, but the climax here(final fight/military stuff) actually worked quite well, and imo was one of the strongest moments of the entire film.
Either way, don't get your hopes up too much with this one, even though I think it's still worth the price of admission. Or, at least it was for me it was, BUT that price of admission was 1.32 at the redbox.