Full Eclipse (1993)

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, ... See full summary »

Director:

Anthony Hickox

Writers:

Richard Christian Matheson, Michael Reaves

Stars:

Mario Van Peebles, Patsy Kensit, Bruce Payne

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mario Van Peebles	...	Max Dire
Patsy Kensit	...	Casey Spencer
Bruce Payne	...	Adam Garou
Tony Denison	...	Jim Sheldon (as Anthony John Denison)
Jason Beghe	...	Doug Crane
Paula Marshall	...	Liza
John Verea	...	Ramon Perez
Dean Norris	...	Fleming
Willie C. Carpenter	...	Ron Edmunds
Victoria Rowell	...	Anna Dire
Scott Paulin	...	Teague
Mel Winkler	...	Stratton
Joseph Culp	...	Detective Tom Davies
Joey DePinto	...	Silvano
John Apicella	...	Club Manager

Storyline

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.

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Plot Keywords:

police | werewolf | blood spatter | transformation | superhuman strength | 

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Taglines:

There's a new police force on the streets... and they only come out at night.

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dödens elit

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Citadel Entertainment,Home Box Office (HBO),Tapestry Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 97 min (uncut)

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mario Van Peebles was director Anthony Hickox's first and only choice to play Max Dire.

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Goofs

When Garou gives Crane the "Tracheotomy" the blood squirts from Crane's neck before he bites him.

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Quotes

Adam Garou: [as Dire threatens him with a gun] Go ahead, make your day!

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Connections

References Dirty Harry (1971)

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Soundtracks

GET A LIFE

User Reviews

poor 80ish salad bowl werewolf ripoff

Although made in 1993, the movie is typically 80ish. The special effects aren't that bad, but remind of say Lost Boys & other movies and the comparison is very unfavorable. That is your typical salad bowl movie: bada$$ honest cop loses patrol partner when sickos raid club...or so he thinks, because he's back the next day & performs like three vandamme 80's movies put together ( the action scenes aren't bad but they look like stand-ins & stunt-men a mile away ). Despite his new ability, soon the patrol mate commits suicide, and the bada$$ joins some undercover vigilante squad with mysterious powers... There is an attempt at virtuous camera angles and there is a salad bowl plot including some romance subplot & some cop-in-distress-going-through-divorce subplot...again trying to borrow here & there from more famous movies. Acting is lower average. mr.Garou isn't bad, although overacting is there. Peebles is just awful. Kensit is there just to show some skin and the others were probably just handpicked among the stand-ins. PS "le loup garou" is the french title of the Lon Chaney's "wolfman", so they give it away from the beginning.

What spoils the effort is the final battle, when Garou turns into some sort of giant wolf...clearly some idiot wearing a carnival outfit. To make a comparison, Godzilla versus King Kong was more believable!

Cheap cable TV fodder with some extra mileage.