Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)

The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

Director:

Kevin Munroe

Writers:

Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer,

Stars:

Brandon Routh, Anita Briem, Sam Huntington

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brandon Routh	...	Dylan Dog
Anita Briem	...	Elizabeth
Sam Huntington	...	Marcus
Taye Diggs	...	Vargas
Kurt Angle	...	Wolfgang
Peter Stormare	...	Gabriel
Kent Jude Bernard	...	Slake
Mitchell Whitfield	...	Cecil
Michael Cotter	...	Phil
Laura Spencer	...	Zoe
James Landry Hébert	...	Lorca (as James Hébert)
Dan Braverman	...	Big Al
Marco St. John	...	Borelli
Kyle Russell Clements	...	Roddy
Douglas M. Griffin	...	Harkin

Storyline

The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

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Plot Keywords:

private eye | supernatural | stuttering | werewolf | crucifix | 

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Taglines:

No pulse? No problem.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of creature violence and action, language including some sexual references, and some drug material

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead of Night

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$754,779 (USA) (29 April 2011)

Gross:

$1,183,354 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hyde Park Films, Long Distance Films, Platinum Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Brandon Routh's third comic book-based movie, after Superman Returns and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

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Quotes

Vargas: The human race is obsolete, y'all.

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Connections

Featured in The Big Review: Episode #1.11 (2012)

User Reviews

A really enjoyable movie

Let me first say that 90% of the people who will come to this page should ignore most of the bad reviews for this film. After looking through them, they seem to all have one thing in common - anger that this doesn't seem like a faithful adaptation.

I'm willing to bet that most of the US audience for this film has never read the Dylan Dog comics, and, like me, had never heard of Dylan Dog before hearing the title of this movie.

Now, putting aside the negativity that comes from fans of the source material, I think most fans of the genre will like this movie. It is very in the vein of things like Joss Whedons Buffy & Angel as well as sharing some similarities to things like Constantine and the Dresden Files book series. Let's be honest, this is urban fantasy. Most people know if they enjoy the genre or not.

The film does a decent job of keeping a film noir tone, and using noir tropes to it's advantage. Routh is good as the title character, doing a nice job of trying to be the tired detective without being a weary stereotype. Sam Huntington is great as Marcus, who I think ends up stealing the movie because he really has the lions share of memorable moments.

Yes, chances are you'll figure out the who done it before the movie reveals it, and you'll figure out impending double crosses from the moment characters are introduced. That's the danger of being a genre film, but it doesn't detract from the fact that the movie is really fun, and very funny in quite a few places.

If you like things like Buffy, Constantine or Harry Dresden, give this movie a chance cause I think you will probably end up liking it.