On the strength of his Hitchcockian-thriller debut, Mute Witness, writer-director Anthony Waller was hired to direct this belated sequel to the 1981 horror comedyAn American Werewolf in London but lycanthropy in the City of Light just ain't what it used to be. The movie offers plenty of gruesome make-up and special wolf-transformation effects and there are some effectively spooky moments in the plot involving an underground population of hungry Parisian werewolves. One of them is seductively played by Julie Delpy, who is rescued from attempted suicide by an American... tourist (Tom Everett Scott, from That Thing You Do!) but ultimately can't hide her dual identity when darkness falls and the full moon shines. The movie begins well but gradually succumbs to nonsense and mayhem, prompting critic Roger Ebert to observe that "here are people we don't care about,doing things they don't understand, in a movie without anyrules". In other words, you'd have to be a die-hard horror buff to give this one the benefit of the doubt.--Jeff Shannon [show more]
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Comedy horror sequel. American college graduates Andy (Tom Everett Scott), Chris (Phil Buckman) and Brad (Vince Vieluf) embark on a holiday tour of Europe and when they stop off in Paris, Andy finds himself falling for beautiful Parisian Serafine (Julie Delpy) after he prevents her from jumping off the Eiffel Tower. But unbeknown to Andy, the mysterious French girl has a dark and terrible secret that leads the gang to a secret society of werewolves that are based in the city...
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