Wolfman

This film is a remake of not least 'The Wolf Man' from 1941, starring Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi, among others.

The story is so well known that one don't have to repeate it much. 'The Prodigal Son' - Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) - returns to his home and his father, Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins) after having been away for years. The relation between father and son is tense and the reasons for this are hinted in many ways.

After returning, he is bitten by a were-wolf and consequently becomes one.

The killings begins but on the same time we become aware of the fact that Lawrence can't be the only were-wolf around so therefore the question is: Who is the other one and in the end there's a 'showdown' between the both, the second one now being revealed as...

Even though there are many fine actors in this film and the technical side is much more developed than in the older version, we prefered the 1941, George Waggner-film before this Joe Johnston-version.

I don't think it has to to with nostalgia but more that a newer version is able to add different camera angles, not technically possible in 1941 including all the digital work and so forth but the charm and suspense-factor is at least as high in the older version as in this one.