Friday, January 25, 2013

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)

A 19th century small town is plagued by a series of deaths which appear to be from a large animal.  People suspect there is a werewolf at work and a call goes out that anyone who slays the beast will be handsomely rewarded.  This leads to one hunter turning in a wolf in hope of getting the money.

A group of werewolf hunters comes to town and asks for a higher bounty than what is offered.  They state that what the town is dealing with is not your normal werewolf, but one that is extremely powerful.  The townsfolk agree. Young Daniel, an intern at the local doctors office, offers his help but is rebuffed.

Daniel does not take kindly to this as he is a strapping young lad with the face of a little kid.  But then he removes his shirt, reveals a six pack, and proceeds to do some blacksmithing.  Yes, because blacksmiths are normally shirtless while forging hot molten metal. They don't bother with safety or pesky heavy aprons to protect their flesh from burning. No worries there at all.  You can just hear the producer thinking, "A little something for the ladies...."

I was not expecting much from this movie, so it was much better than I hoped.  It's fairly entertaining but nothing special.  The fight scenes in the dark are hard to see, which is not good.  But for once we have scenes where the doctor knows a werewolf biting people. When people come in for treatment and are bitten, no mincing about, the doc shoots them.  Hurrah for common sense.

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