Marketic
It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
GL84
Traveling out to visit her family, a woman's history of werewolf hunting comes to the forefront when he comes into contact with a werewolf looking to rebuild their society and brings the team together to stop his plans once and for all.This one was quite enjoyable if a somewhat problematic effort. There's a lot to like here about how this one brings along the newfound concept of the team hunting down the creatures here as part of a truce designed to keep the peace and showing off their hunting prowess quite nicely with all their tools and tricks coming into play nicely here. That all of this occurs here with the enforcement of a lot of action takes on quite a fun time here as there's plenty of chances to let their hunting and weaponry get showcased, from the initial attack in the forest where he meets their leader and chases him through the whole forest or the later attack in the abandoned town where they easily overpower the loner werewolves still around, while the big fun comes from them stumbling upon the werewolf gang's hunting game which is quite thrilling with the showing of the gang being held captive and sent out onto town to be hunted and slaughtered in quite fun scenes. As well, there's even more fun here in the final half where there's plenty of different raids and encounters with the creatures as the groups' raid on their hideout or the ambush in town lead to some nice times here as well as the scenes of the brothers fighting off the creatures in the woods. The last big plus here is the action-packed finale, which has so much to like with the home defenses bringing about lots of action, the brawling being rather fun and the battle to save him being a fine enough addition here, even with the few flaws here. The biggest is the werewolves themselves which are a joke all around, from their CGI incarnations which is full of the usual flaws, but the transformations look even worse done in this manner and they tend to spend the majority of time simply making grandiose speeches about their history and how to learn how to transform. He tends to come off more like a teacher than anyone who goes out and brings anything to fear here other than his true form and it leads to a wholly disappointing main villain. There's also a weak series of scenes here, from the initial rescue attempt and the dream sequences of the leader but also the opening grandmother attack that leads to the only connection to the story that really doesn't lead to much overall. Along with the fact that he was able to fool professional werewolf hunters with his condition quite easily that's about the only real chink in their armor of convincingness in their job, these issues lower this one overall.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.
meritcoba
"Red." Henry said. He had slightly raised his voice because he liked to shake up Kristl. Sometimes he suspected her of nodding off, so he felt at obliged to wake her up. He could do no less."Yes?" Kristl sat up.."And everyone is dead." Henry continued."Quite dead..except for Red herself.""Even her lover gets killed in the end, by herself no less. Poor Red." Henry said."I wonder where that kid comes from that sits on her lap at the end scene." Kristl said, "I wonder many things. Like why make another werewolf movie?""That is simple. It is circle of movies. Vampires, werewolves and zombies. One after the other. We have had a vampire hype, we have zombie hype, we will probably see a werewolf hype.""And so on. Werewolves do get to be a bit boring, but at least they tried to add some different take to the story. I liked it that Red was not a such a tough chick with no feelings and they added this complication in that her lover was also turned into a werewolf against his will.""Yeah, but the low budget made it suffer. I mean when it came down to the combat scenes and showing the werewolves themselves it became quite crappy, especially in those scenes were the werewolves change shape." Henry felt the stubs on his jaw."You had a rough night?" Kristl remarked."Yeah.. stayed up late.""And drank too much.""That too.""So was the movie enjoyable, considering the state you are in?" "Well sort of. It did feel like a rip off from underworld, but a weak one." Henry said."Yeah. And there was nothing remarkable about how it was filmed. I even had the feeling it was a seventies or eighties movie, but it is made in 2010.""There are a few nice scenes, like when she was a little girl see a werewolf attack her mother while Red is hiding up in the attic. Or when she walks into the forest clocked in a red blanket. Or wakes up after having slept in the leaves on the forest floor." Kristl added, "Still the movie falls short in everything. For instance there is a strong reference to Little Red Riding Hood and the movie starts out like a modern version, but this is never referenced or used in any fashion. The romance is wooden and stale. And nothing is done with fact that Red is actually an FBI agent."And except for a few scenes, the whole cinematography technique of this movie is just sloppy. Like back lighting in the woods is a strong green hue. It is not scary, it is just plain odd.""But it isn't too bad a movie." Henry said."Maybe. If they had just a tad more budget, cut down on the cgi and had the actors act better it might have been decent, now it is just a less- than-decent movie.""A time waster really." "Good to know you had your fun yesterday.""Yeah, lame movies are good for recovering from hangovers." Henry nodded his head, then regretted it."And to take a nap." Kristl said, "You miss nothing when you do.""Right."Also at http://meritcoba.wordpress.com with pictures.
zeliff-283-336653
You can't compare B movies -- low budget, largely unheard-off actors, and simplistic scripts -- with mainstream movies. But as a grade B movie goes this one is pretty darn good. Way above the usual made-for- SyFy fare.As someone else said, the dialog is weak and Felicia Day's delivery is just plain flat. She really isn't a strong enough actress to lead the cast. The evolution of the romantic angle was predictable but there were enough plot twists to hold my interest. The sets and lighting were pretty good; the filmmakers resisted the temptation to build artificial suspense by shooting everything in perpetual darkness.Overall, a good fun B movie.
lafferj
I had to post here as there are only 5 reviews and one said this movie stunk. It is a stinker alright, dull, boring and just plain bad. I turned it off after about 20 - 30 mins.Firstly, and this may not be to your liking BUT - if you are going to pretend that your are out patrolling after the baddies(a.k.a military style), at least put in some sort of effort. Spend a couple of dollars on an ex-military person to show you how it's done. Trying to fake it just looks plain awful.Also, if you are going to give field signals (like telling your team to do something with hand signals), again, get some advice. I was confused as to what they were doing. Surely there is someone in the US to help with this. This is not being pedantic, I just couldn't tell what they were doing.You don't have to have been in the military to understand what I'm saying. When you are going after someone (say the Vampire or the Werewolf), you don't stand out in the open waiting to get attacked. You keep as best hidden as you can. This is basic stuff - common sense.The creatures in this movie were pretty poor. I tried to like them but they were such bad CGI. Try watching any of the resident evil movies.