As someone who enjoyed the wonderful b-level horror and action films of the glorious heydays of the 80s and 90s, I was rather looking forward to this werewolf themed cop film. First, it should be noted this movie was (sort of) crowdfunded... Cineplex is the main theatre chain in Canada, and they offered an online contest for amateur filmmakers to submit a short trailer. The prize? A million dollar budget and theatrical distribution (limited. I only found a screening in downtown Toronto).
The million dollars is certainly on the screen. The FX are pretty good. Like gore? Like monster FX? You'll get your fix. But the rest of this movie stunk. It stinks! Just awful, putrid filmmaking. The fact that this film was the winner of this contest is borderline infuriating. Were there not better plots/films to pick from? Who knows, but I mean gawd... I recognized Jonathan Cherry from that other piece of dreck House of the Dead. Okay actor, but man he gets stuck in bad films. Leo Fafard is the lead, he deserves better than this. I mean, for Christ's sake his character's name is Lou Garou. That a pun, because in francais, loup garoup means werewolf. GET IT! Such is the "genius" comedic writing of this film, which strives to be funny and action packed. It's just lame. There's a better film from the 90s with the exact same plot called Full Eclipse. Watch that one instead. This was weak sauce.
The million dollars is certainly on the screen. The FX are pretty good. Like gore? Like monster FX? You'll get your fix. But the rest of this movie stunk. It stinks! Just awful, putrid filmmaking. The fact that this film was the winner of this contest is borderline infuriating. Were there not better plots/films to pick from? Who knows, but I mean gawd... I recognized Jonathan Cherry from that other piece of dreck House of the Dead. Okay actor, but man he gets stuck in bad films. Leo Fafard is the lead, he deserves better than this. I mean, for Christ's sake his character's name is Lou Garou. That a pun, because in francais, loup garoup means werewolf. GET IT! Such is the "genius" comedic writing of this film, which strives to be funny and action packed. It's just lame. There's a better film from the 90s with the exact same plot called Full Eclipse. Watch that one instead. This was weak sauce.