THE WOLFMAN – C REVIEW | Cast:- Karthik(Actor Sooriya’s brother), Reemasen, Andrea Jeremia etc. | |  | Review: : Lawrence Talbot (del Toro), an English-born stage actor whom we learn was shipped off to America in his youth (that explains the vaguely Puerto Rican accent!), returns to the perpetually foggy hamlet of Blackmoor to investigate the bizarre death of his brother Ben (Simon Merrells), found ripped to shreds by the side of the road. At first, it’s easy for the townsfolk to blame the gypsies hanging out in the forest for the crime, but that’s before Lawrence himself is bitten by the same creature. Del Toro seems altogether bored by his character. The same goes for Emily Blunt as Ben’s sad-sack wife and Hugo Weaving as a jaunty Scotland Yard inspector. Only Anthony Hopkins, as Lawrence’s emotionally cold, big-game-hunting father, does delightful things with his screen time. A campy self-awareness is pretty much a requirement for these sorts of proceedings, so it’s unfortunate that Hopkins is the only one who seems to be having any fun. It’s a shame that Benicio’s del Toro’s love for the 1941 monster classic Wolf Man is not enough to salvage Joe Johnston’s hexed remake, which has suffered far too many director swaps, reshoots and delays than a silly movie about English gentlemen in ruffly period costumes. | |
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