hmarcy

This picture has all the elements of a good gothic horror picture. It starts out with all the warnings of the full moon, getting lost on the moors, wild animal sounds, the 5-pointed star and the surprise attack. So the start doesn't offer anything new; only after the attack and the subsequent trip to the hospital does the picture take a dramatic turn.

Here is where John Landis, director of Animal House and Kentucky Fried Movie, works in the comic elements. Landis has experience in comedy, although his record is spotty at best, he does know how to set up a joke. The hospital starts the encounters with his dead friend Jack who informs him that he is in fact a Werewolf. This is only the first of three encounters and is the start of the running gag where you can watch his deterioration as a member of the "undead".

The movie goes between a good gothic horror with all the elements of any good wolfman flick and a well worked comedy using the plight of a person turning into a wolf as the core of the comic elements. The horror scenes are done well; the transition where he turns into a wolfman the first time is really good, perhaps the best in movies. There are plenty of jumps when he is attacking the locals and the werewolf itself is a good piece of special effects.

In summary the acting is better than average, the girl is cute and the horror scenes are good and horrible. This is a real sit at home with your date kind of movie. Good fun, some scary scenes and an easy story to follow so you can fool around while you watch and not miss too much.

This movie is focused on the story line and the development of characters. It of course it has the obligatory songs but they are no too out of place and the production quality of each different as the plot changes. The story is about a boy whose father is a criminal and who is forced into this lifestyle because of pressure from outside forces. It takes to the life with a real favor and becomes a ruthless outlaw. The life he is leading is full of reflections bank on a troubled childhood and a family that was torn apart by his fathers lifestyle. He is going through the same things yet he seems to have some issues with respect for people he is close to. He has a good girl friend, loses the girl and gets her back but with dire consequences. His lifestyle begins to get him down and he becomes self-destructive. As I don't speak Hindi the movie's sub-titles were poor but the story was easy enough to follow. A lot of violence and double-crossing but this was the life he chose. If you like the Hindi movies that are up beat with humor and great dance numbers this is not the movie for you. If you want to be entertained by as decent story then sit back for three hours and watch this.

This movie is a stinker from the start. The story is bad, the action scenes are bad and most of the acting is bad. The hero is a super human character that marshals his strength when thinking about his poor abducted sister. The women fall in love with him in microseconds, willing to give up everything for this guy. He is good looking but that is way to unbelievable - even daughters betray their fathers after a day with this guy. He jumps through windows of speeding trucks, jumps off of buildings in single bound, dodges bullets, well you get the picture. There are three decent songs in the movie but the set-up and lead-ins are all too unbelievable. Leave this one where you find it and get anything else.