The Wolfman (2010)

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Andrew Kevin Walker (screenplay), David Self (screenplay),

Stars:

Simon Merrells, Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro

Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Simon Merrells	...	Ben Talbot
Gemma Whelan	...	Gwen's Maid
Emily Blunt	...	Gwen Conliffe
Benicio Del Toro	...	Lawrence Talbot
Mario Marin-Borquez	...	Young Lawrence
Asa Butterfield	...	Young Ben
Cristina Contes	...	Solana Talbot
Anthony Hopkins	...	Sir John Talbot
Art Malik	...	Singh
Malcolm Scates	...	Butcher
Nicholas Day	...	Colonel Montford
Michael Cronin	...	Dr. Lloyd
David Sterne	...	Kirk
David Schofield	...	Constable Nye
Roger Frost	...	Reverend Fisk

Storyline

Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. His father sent him from the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor to an insane asylum, then he goes to America. When his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns to his father's estate to learn that his brother's mauled body has been found. Reunited with his estranged father, Lawrence sets out to find his brother's killer... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Someone or something with brute strength and insatiable blood lust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline comes to investigate.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | asylum | scotland yard inspector | full moon | remake | 

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Taglines:

Fear What Is Within

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence and gore

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Romanian

Release Date:

12 February 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

El hombre lobo

Filming Locations:

Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,367,849 (UK) (12 February 2010)

Gross:

$61,937,495 (USA) (26 March 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Stuber Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 119 min (unrated director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Rick Baker, who became a makeup artist because of films like The Wolf Man, heard that this film was being made he was working on the Universal film Norbit, he went into an executive's office to tell them he had to do the makeup.

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Goofs

Sir John claims to have removed the gunpowder from the silver bullet 4 bore cartridges. However, he had not removed the primers, thus there would not have been a mere click from the falling hammers but a most definite bang from the primers. Furthermore, in some calibers the pressure from the primers may actually be enough to propel the bullets even without gunpowder.

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Quotes

Lawrence Talbot: [Seeing the silver bullets] Singh, I didn't know you hunted monsters.
Singh: [Ominously] Sometimes monsters hunt you.

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Crazy Credits

The planet in the Universal logo glows white.

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Connections

Featured in Richard Roeper & the Movies: The Wolfman (2010)

User Reviews

Excellent film for werewolf/monster lovers!

In contrast to the belief and the whine of many critics, there is an audience out there for dark, gritty and atmospheric werewolf movies such as 'The Wolfman'. I will, however, not go into detail and debunk critic reviews. Instead, I'll try to be brief and express my own feelings towards this film.

This movie is an instant horror classic. It has everything a werewolf fan would want: Gore, blood, atmosphere, great soundtrack, great looking werewolf and good actors. This movie is not like 'The Wolfman' from 1941. Instead, the makers went ALL-IN with this interpretation and really exemplified what's in our deepest fantasies: Intense werewolf-action. This movie doesn't try to be original in any way. What it does, however, is to take a basic story, a basic concept and develop it in an interesting way. This movie doesn't have any werewolves that are cute and look like wolves (See: Twilight). In that way, it manages to break the monotony of modern horror movies (ghost movies or torture movies). This is a RATED R, Universal monster film that should be taken for what it is: A tense adrenaline rush through the werewolf lore with great effects. This, my friends, is a movie FROM HORROR LOVERS to HORROR LOVERS.

5/5.