CRITICAL CONSENSUS
Suitably grand and special effects-laden, The Wolfman suffers
from a suspense-deficient script and a surprising lack of genuine
chills.
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy
of horror,
The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its
iconic origins. Oscar(r) winner Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence
Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family estate after
his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father (Oscar(r)
winner Anthony Hopkins), Talbot sets out to find his brother...and
discovers a horrifying destiny for himself.
Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died.
After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent
decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's
fiancee, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find
her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns
that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has
been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard
inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate.
As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient
curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is
full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and
protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the
vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he
hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past
will uncover a primal side to himself...one he never imagined
existed. --© Universal Pictures
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