First
things
first,
remakes
of
classics
are
difficult
to
make
and
The
Wolfman
is
a
remake
of
the
1941
classic
horror
film
of
the
same
name.
Directed
by
Joe
Johnston,
the
film
stars
Oscar
winners
Benicio
del
Toro
and
Anthony
Hopkins.
It
also
has
Emily
Blunt,
Hugo
Weaving
and
Geraldine
Chaplin.
Joe
who
had
helmed
the
blockbuster
Jurassic
Park
III
tries
to
revive
the
classic
monsters
at
a
time
when
vampire
stories
are
making
quite
a
comeback
and
are
popular
with
a
younger
generation
of
fans.
Lawrence
Talbot
(Benicio
Del
Toro)
a
haunted
nobleman
who
has
a
very
childhood
and
it
almost
ended
the
night
his
mother
died.
After
he
left
the
sleepy
Victorian
hamlet
of
Blackmoor,
he
spent
decades
recovering
and
trying
to
forget.
He
is
lured
back
to
his
family
estate
in
Great
Britain
after
his
brother
vanishes
and
dies
mysteriously.
He
reunites
with
his
father
Sir
John
Talbot
(Anthony
Hopkins)
who
tells
him
that
his
brother
's
body
was
already
found
in
a
ditch.
Lawrence
inquires
about
the
body
and
goes
to
see
it.
Ben's
remains
are
thoroughly
mangled
and
torn
apart.
Lawrence
agrees
to
investigate
his
brother's
disappearance
at
the
request
of
his
fiancee,
Gwen
Conliffe
(Emily
Blunt)
who
tracks
him
down
and
brings
him
back
home.
He
starts
his
inquiry
at
a
travelling
gypsy
caravan,
and
while
he's
there,
a
marauding
beast
attacks.
Lawrence
is
bitten,
and
though
he
survives,
he
discovers
that
he
has
incurred
a
grim
fate.
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.
While
hunting
the
murderous
beast
who
killed
his
bro,
Lawrence
is
bitten
but
survives,
thus
contracting
Wolfman
disease
himself.
The
plot
unfolds
and
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.
The
Wolfman
tries
to
be
a
legitimate
remake
of
a
classic
monster
movie.
It
however
fails
in
its
pursuit
due
to
some
horribly
acting
coming
from
Oscar
winners
Del
Toro
and
Hopkins.
Joe
Johnston
tries
his
best
to
control
the
movie
but
the
movie
seems
good
only
in
splits.
The
Woflman
is
spectacular
in
the
occasionally
gruesome
special
effects.
It
is
all
done
in
typical
monster-movie
but
surely
fails
to
live
upto
the
hype
created
around
it.
Story first published: Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 11:58 [IST]