So this French hairy guy gets arrested for multiple murders. An American lawyer living in France (A.J. Cook) is assigned to defend him. Together with her unlikely ex-boyfriend and her assistant (Lester from "Chuck") she sets out to prove he's innocent.
Slow-going to the point of boredom. Things don't really pick up until about fifty minutes in. Everybody is acting in that "oh look this is real, we don't have a script" way like it's all improvised on the spot. It's a poor choice because that requires far better actors than this has. The characters being very unlikable doesn't help. Does anybody really buy fugly Simon Quarterman as A.J. Cook's ex? I can't see that ever. For Cook's part, her acting is very "TV." Vik Sahay is awful. He's one of those guys that can only do comedy. Any attempt at doing serious material fails. His facial expressions, manner, line delivery all scream "don't take me seriously." The werewolf parts are underwhelming. At least he's a 'sort of' wolfman type of werewolf, which is better than the dog cop-out movies often use these days. But still not a very creative design. The last twenty minutes, in particular the werewolf fight, save the movie from total mediocrity. Still not worth recommending, though.
Slow-going to the point of boredom. Things don't really pick up until about fifty minutes in. Everybody is acting in that "oh look this is real, we don't have a script" way like it's all improvised on the spot. It's a poor choice because that requires far better actors than this has. The characters being very unlikable doesn't help. Does anybody really buy fugly Simon Quarterman as A.J. Cook's ex? I can't see that ever. For Cook's part, her acting is very "TV." Vik Sahay is awful. He's one of those guys that can only do comedy. Any attempt at doing serious material fails. His facial expressions, manner, line delivery all scream "don't take me seriously." The werewolf parts are underwhelming. At least he's a 'sort of' wolfman type of werewolf, which is better than the dog cop-out movies often use these days. But still not a very creative design. The last twenty minutes, in particular the werewolf fight, save the movie from total mediocrity. Still not worth recommending, though.