An American Werewolf in Paris

I first saw this in the early 2k on a dvd which I own.

Revisited it recently.

This second installment is about Sérafine (Julie Delpy), daughter of David Kessler and Alex Price from the first part, staying in Paris with her stepfather who is on the verge of developing a cure for stopping the transformation of Sérafine. The cure has the opposite effect as it forces werewolves to immediately transform into their beast form which made Sérafine kill her mother n injure her stepfather.

I liked the movie when i first saw but aft revisiting it, i didn't enjoy it.

The effects are too cartoonish n the werewolves look more like demons with bad cgi.

Most of the creature mayhem scenes are shot in flickering lights n there ain't any good transformation scene or gory moment.

Nonetheless the beautiful Julie Delpy's nudity will calm all viewers.

The dvd which i own has the ending of Andy visiting Serafine at a hospital, where she has given birth to a child, whose eyes shift to look like the werewolves.

The version i saw recently has another ending where the couple are shown getting married on The Statue of Liberty n they both jump for an adrenaline rush cos the cure is adrenaline, which stops the transformation.

"An American Werewolf in Paris" is an excellent horror-comedy, in the great tradition of "The Lost Boys" and "Fright Night". I see that a lot of people dislike this movie. These are obviously hardcore horror fans who wanted to see something dark and gothic; but instead got something blackly humorous and were not amused by it. I admit, "An American Werewolf in Paris" is not really scary, but neither are "The Lost Boys" and "Fright Night," and those two movies seem to be highly regarded by horror fans. I don't understand why everyone hates this one so much. If you are a fan of horror-comedies, or if you have a morbid sense of humor, this is definitely for you. I think it's great: nine out of ten stars (On a one star DVD, I should say. It would have been nice to have some extra features besides the trailer.)

As a sequel to An American Werewolf in London, this film is sure to disappoint many. It certainly doesn't have the talent that was involved on that one. No John Landis. No David Naughton. No Jenny Agutter and other more-than-competent actors. No Rick Baker and dazzling, innovative special effects. I could go on...and on. But if one distances themselves from seeing this film as a sequel(and really it is not a sequel at all...it doesn't have any of the same characters from the first film), this film is not that bad on its own. Sure it is relying on your memories of the London film to get fannies in the seats. Yep, it uses the same character TYPES and situations(dead victims talking and being funny comes to mind quickly). Other than that and the fact that werewolves are involved(and a romance of course), I found few other similarities. This film is definitely going for more laughs and takes itself even far less serious than An American Werewolf in London. The leads...Scott and Delpy are pretty good. The rest of the actors are pretty good too, with Julie Bowen as a slutty American and the guy playing Claude particularly good. I also loved all the French police and the gentle humour inherent in every line they said. The script has some genuine scares laced throughout the picture but always comes back to the humour. French werewolves enjoying feasting on Americans was a particular funny storyline. Director Anthony Waller creates a fast-paced film with some excellent sequences interspersed with some sophomoric plot strands. By no means is this a great film, or even a great horror film/spoof, but it is a film that should grab and hold your attention. Make you jump a few times and laugh out loud now and then.

A group of three young Americans travel to Paris. Instead of a rich culture, they encounter an underground society of werewolves and one of them becomes An American Werewolf in Paris.

One night while sneaking into the Eiffel Tower after closing, our lead Andy saves the life of a pretty blonde girl named Serafine who tries to kill herself. We quickly learn that she is in fact a werewolf, and locks herself in a cage just before the full moon hits to stop herself from killing. After Andy is bitten by one of the werewolves during an underground party where they feed on humans, Serafine warns him that he will turn when the moon is full. He of course does and kills a few people along the way. Is there a way for Andy to survive being cursed to live a werewolf, or he will meet the inevitable fate we all see coming?

An American Werewolf in Paris is more of a teen comedy/adventure than an actually horror film for me. Sure we get the beasts terrorizing parts of Paris, but a lot of the film plays more to the love between Andy and Serafine and the chase to find a cure for the curse and to stop the cult from murdering hundreds of tourists. Most of the humour is juvenile and typical teen movie-like, very typical of late 90's/early 2000's. We get the friends scoring points for how many girls they sleep with, blowing bubbles with condoms, etc. A lot of it isn't very smart like the original film had going for it. The acting was alright for the most part. Tom Everett Scott is no David Naughton, but very capable. We also get a young Julie Bowen from Modern Family. I thought she was very good as the undead victim following Andy around town.

This sequel is not even close to the level of the original classic film by John Landis. I think I may have enjoyed it a bit more if they hadn't used the name as a means to catch people who enjoyed the original. This one has a neat concept of the underground cult of werewolves trying to feed on American tourists, but at the end of the day it feels very average.

5/10

A sequel to "An American Werewolf in London", but without any correlation between them, which is a shame, because the first one delivers a wonderful ending when the werewolf bites several people at the end of the film, which could have caused a major outbreak, but they chose to create a weak story, with only reasonable effects, but nothing compared to the first one, not very captivating or entertaining...

Serafine is a beautiful young woman, daughter of a werewolf who lives in Paris, where her mother and stepfather fight to cure her of a terrible disease that she inherited genetically, but not everything goes as planned and she tries to commit suicide, putting an end to so much suffering. But she didn't expect that she would be saved by Andy, a young American who travels through Europe with two friends in search of adventure. Serafine and Andy end up falling in love, but the girl tries to fight this feeling knowing that it would be too dangerous for Andy.