An American Werewolf In Paris details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Pierre Bodry, Julie Delpy, Emile Cappachione, Pierre Cosso, Julie Bowen, Tom Novembre, Jea, Serge Basso, Ben Salem Bouabdallah, Tom Everett Scott, Thierry Lhermitte, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman, Chris Bearne, Isabelle Costantini, Jean-Claude Deret |
| Director: | Anthony Waller |
| Genres: | Comedy, Horror |
| Studio: | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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An American Werewolf In Paris |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 34 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 29 Oct 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Not as bad as it could have been ...
By Noel Clay from Colchester, England , 24 Nov 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
We open in Paris ... the camera pans over the gothic arches as atmospheric, haunting choir music plays in the background. A man dressed in a lab coat bursts out of the sewers pursued by someone or something. He calls out to a nearby taxi, but as he flees towards it some kind of beast leaps out from a nearby grate, grabs him, and drags him down into the sewers to meet his gruesome fate. Yum. Nice opening.
The general rule of sequels made this long after the original is that they're just cashing on the success of the others, and they really ain't good. Look at The Godfather III or the Star Wars prequels as the best examples. But is this one going to break the mould?
An American jock called Andy McDermott is on a 'daredevil' tour of Europe with three friends. He decides he's going to bungee jump off the Eiffel tower for a stunt, but there he meets a girl named Serafine who is committing suicide, and he rescues her with the help of his bungee cord in a pretty neat sequence. As it turns out, this girl is the product of that steamy little shower scene in the original movie and has inherited some of her fathers traits. The title is probably the smartest thing about this movie. It is of course a reference to the original, but also it references the 1951 Gene Kelly classic 'An American in Paris'. Smart. If only good titles made good films, they'd be sorted.
As a result of all this stuff I mentioned so far, I do enjoy this movie more than I like to admit. But unfortunately, I think that's pretty much all the original ideas that this movie has. After that we're left with basically a teen comedy, with no real horror scenes, plently of boredom and no sense of continuity. D'oh! There's not a whole lot of respect for the original either. For example, in the original the victims of th e werewolf remained in limbo until the wolfs bloodline was severed. Here, all they need is for the one werewolf who killed them to die. Hmm.
It's a real shame, because the seeds were all here for a good sequel, aside from that terrible decision to use completely CGI werewolves (what were they thinking???). The cast are all pretty decent ... Tom Everett Scott was actually an okay choice for the lead in my opinion, as he does remind me of David Naughton sometimes. Julie Delpy is always great as the mysterious female character, a lot like Emmanuelle Seigner in The Ninth Gate.
An American in Paris does have it's moments, certainly, but it could have been a whole lot better.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(25)Snooze fest
By a customer , 21 Sep 2011I thought that it was quite boring it is nothing compared to american werewolf in london. There wasnt much action or blood and gore i almost fell asleep- Was this review helpful to you?
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An American Werewolf part deux!
By Daniigirl (127 reviews) from Dorset , 24 Jan 2011If you liked the silliness of the first one, you will be in for a treat with this sequel! Badly made gore, OK graphics, silly sense of humour and even though it is a similar story to the first...we had a laugh watching it - entertaining!- Was this review helpful to you?
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dreadfull film
By smokeychops (554 reviews) from newcastle under lyme , 15 Mar 2010Dont bother with this its terrible, couldn't even finish watching it. Bad acting , bad story , bad script. It is just is a disgrace to the first film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Avoid if looking for more of the same
By WelshOwl (4 reviews) from Sheffield , 23 Jan 2010Despite the bad reviews I wanted to see this film as I loved 'An American werewolf in London'.
I should not have bothered.
Whereas the 'original' had great acting performances, dark humour, effects ahead of its time, a great soundtrack which added to the film and left you with great empathy towards the characters - this film has atrocious acting at times, CGI effects which are laughable, a rocky soundtrack which doesn't do anything to add to the non-tension and provides little affection for any of the characters.
If you're looking for more great dialogue, some unforgettable transformations and a quick half at the Slaughtered Lamb - stick to the original.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Excellent
By a customer from Lincoln , 06 Dec 2009My partner watched this film and he said it was fantastic. Isnt my sort of film definatly a lads film as you can imagen what a werewolf does to people.- Was this review helpful to you?
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