Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has come to investigate. As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself... one he never imagined existed.The best thing you can do regarding this movie is keep your expectations as low as I did. It ends up being a decent watch by doing that. This movie got pushed back over and over and every time that a big release like this gets pushed around like that you should always have bottom of the barrel expectations. The four main actors all put forth decent performances. And the Wolfman attack scenes were a lot more violent and gory than I expected. However, you would think that they could do a better job on the makeup in today's day and age. I was definitely disappointed by how Del Toro looked once he was the Wolfman although the transformation effects were pretty good. Weird way to screw the pooch there.
I would lukewarmly recommend people checking this movie out. Again, its not bad. Its not great though either. Its a middle of the road movie that can be somewhat enjoyable as long as you don't have high expectations.
