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Summary: Has its flaws, but still entertaining and enjoyable
Review: "An American Warewolf In Paris," while not nearly as good as its predecessor "An American Warewolf In London," offers plenty of genuine entertainment to stand on its own. Andy (Tom Everett Scott) and two of his friends travel to Paris. One night while attempting a stunt off the top of the Eiffel Tower, he sees a woman (Julie Delpy) who is about to jump off and fall to her death. He saves her life and is instantly mesmerized by her. But there's something about her that he doesn't know: a full moon will bring out the beast in her, literally. Of course, he eventually gets bitten and the fun begins. I suppose I should mention the film's shortcomings first and get that out of the way. For one, it relies on CGI for the warewolf scenes. It's rather unconvincing most of the time. And second, the blend of horror and comedy simply does not work as it did in "An American Warewolf In London." Not to overly compare the two, but "An American Warewolf In Paris *is* technically its sequel and therefore must be compared at least somewhat. But that's really all there is in terms of flaws. Everything else about it works. Tom Everett Scott is great in his role and Julie Delpy is excellent as the mysterious and beautiful woman who steals his heart. And her nude scene, while brief, is certainly a nice bonus! I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoyed "An American Warewolf In London" or anyone who just likes a brainless scary flick. It may not be the greatest horror film of all time but it's definitely a lot of fun.
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Summary: WELL, DID ANYONE READ THE SCRIPT FOR THIS ONE?
Review: AN AMERICAN [TOM EVERETT SCOTT] FALLS FOR A FRENCH GIRL [JULIE DEPSY]. JUST ONE PROBLEM, SHE'S A WEREWOLF. STARTED OUT OK, BUT IT SERIOUSLY GETS HARD TO LOOK AT AFTER THE FIRST 15 MINUTES. THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE MEDIOCRE, THE WOLF WAS OVERDONE, THE PLOT IS UNINTERESTING, AND THE MURDER SEQUENCES SERIOUSLY SUCK. THIS COULD NEVER BE THE MOVIE THAT ''AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON'' WAS. I WONDER WHY THIS EVER GOT MADE.
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Summary: It's a movie you have to see!
Review: Great fun and very scary sometimes! Maybe the clumsiest and funniest werewolve ever seen on the screen! Buy this and don't hesitate! Great bargain!
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Summary: lousy
Review: Theres nothing worse than computer graphics, not to mention trying to make a make a sequal or re- make call it what you will. sometimes things are better left alone! an absolute insult to the 80s classic American Werewolf in London. Those of you who grew up when I did know what Im talking about. AS far as Im concerned there were very few classic horror movies made from the 90s up to present time.. now everything is done with computers,Even our horror movies are now subject to this lazy key punching generation LONG LIVE RAY HARRYHAUSSEN!!!!!!!
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Summary: Ah---La Vie en Rose, or, That's no baguette--it's an arm!
Review: Maybe I'm easily amused, but I'm a sucker for this setup: a series of winding passages, either the Paris catacombs or the London Underground, a hopelessly lost or naive or frantic victim-to-be, and, at the end of the tunnel, a pair of glowing red eyes. A low, throaty growl, growing to a savage caterwauling as the hunched and hungry beast springs on its terrified prey. Tasty stuff, and the key ingredients of a fine werewolf film. Not an instant classic that surpasses John Landis's visionary "American Werewolf in London", Anthony Waller's "An American Werewolf in Paris" digs in and gets right about its bloodthirsty business, serving up a stylish and spooky ripping yarn about lycanthropes in the City of Light. Waller wastes no time with exposition: American friends Brad, Chris and Andy (a poised Tom Everett Scott, later of "Boiler Room" and "The $treet") are traveling across France for debauchery and derring-do. High atop the Eiffel Tower, Andy prevents the suicide of a young, mysterious Frenchwoman named Serafine(an enchanting turn by French actress Julie Delphy), who disappears into the night. Intrigued, Andy & Company track her down to a villa, and before you can say "C'est la vie!" the three Americans have been pulled into an insane world full of snooty waiters, stale baguettes, and flesh-rending werewolves. Werewolves? Mais oui, mes amis! Seems U.S.-Franco relations have soured in a really nasty way, and some of the more lupine denizens of Paris have coupled America-bashing with the typical French culinary panache, digging into to a fine 7-course meal of L'Americain Broulee with a nice raspberry sauce and a fine red wine on the night of the Full Moon---and given that our hairy buddies are evidently devotees of Marie Curie and know their chemistry, they've got a potion that can jump-start a transformation any day of the week. Zut alors! I could go into the ties between "Paris" and its Londonderry predecessor, but since this fine little nugget of pure horror has been so unfairly maligned, I think it's best to dwell on why I love it so much. Yes the humor is more front-and-center than in the previous installment, and it doesn't work all the time; and yes, it takes a while for this little Grand Tour of Bloodletting to get going. But if you're patient, "American Werewolf in Paris" delivers. Once things get humming, Waller keeps the pace fast and furious, and cinematographer Egon Werdin ratchets up the atmosphere with stylish, spooky sequences throughout the night-haunted streets of Paris, with our heroes running from---and after---the long-legged beasties around Notre Dame, in a ruined French church, in a labrynthine death-rock club, in Pere La Chaise Cemetery, and in a climactic final battle in the Paris catacombs. The brilliant, organic prosthetics-work of Rick Baker has been supplanted by CGI, but for all the unfounded hatred leveled at the special effects, the werewolves are wickedly nasty, bestial, savage, and terrifying. Waller keeps the red stuff flowing freer than Merlot at a wake, and the director isn't afraid to give his werewolves something to hunt down, get their claws into, and devour in glorious, blood-red Technicolor! If you're looking for some lycanthropic bloodletting, look no farther---I was laughing for about an hour after one of our friendly little Loup-Garous gets loose in the Paris Metro. Best of all, Waller remembers that the real job of a lupine horror movie like this one is to terrify---and for the most part, he delivers. Are there some cheesy mis-steps? Sure there are, but there are some shivery terrors here that occasionally surpass the fear-factor of the original, particularly an encounter between Andy's friend and a hideous, wounded crawling thing in the basement of the villa. "American Werewolf in Paris", taken on its own terms, is a gory little horror flick that super-sizes the terror and red sauce. I love Paris when it sizzles, but I love it even more when it bays at the Moon.
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Summary: The Ugly American Abroad Saga Continues
Review: The image of the Ugly American abroad has, in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS, just gotten uglier. Director Anthony Waller has created more of a remake than a sequel to the earlier and hugely successful AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON. Waller updates the plot, the music, the characters, and the special effects rather than establishes a worthy cinematic descendant that can stand on its own four feet. To mention the plot of AAWP is merely to rehash the plot of AAWL. Tom Everett Scott has the David Naughton role while Julie Delpy has the Jenny Agutter one. The only variance is that Delpy is a female werewolf who bites Scott, forcing him to acknowledge that the only way for him to reclaim his humanity is to kill Delpy, whom he loves, by munching on her heart. Part of my dissolutionment with AAWP is that the ugliness of the stereotyped American abroad has been transformed to that of homegrown Parisians who hate all things American and seek to spread their hatred by biting anyone from the red, white, and blue. The scene in the nightclub that is full of American tourists takes on a new and unsettling nuance given the recent rash of murderous attacks on American soldiers in conquered Iraq. Here, a pack of Frenchified werewolves pack a nightclub with American tourists and then lock the doors. When they transform themselves, the resulting gore evaporates any leavening humor that might have preceded it, replacing it with a nihilistic ugliness that might have been approved of by anti-American mullahs. After that scene, it is hard to get back on track with a movie that treats Americans as foolish pieces of bubble-headed meat. The entire film is dedicated to the proposition that all Americans are created equally dumb, reprehensible, and edible. Even technological advances in prosthetic elongation do not compensate for a film that tries mightily hard to recapture the success of an earlier film that did succeed in treating Americans abroad with a winning combination of humor, horror, and sympathy. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS fails on all three counts.
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Summary: not better than the original
Review: nothing can surpass London, but Paris is an ok view. not that scary in my eyes but some of them will make you jump if you dont like horror movies. basically its about Evertt and his pals going to Paris, they go on the Eiffel Tower and he stops Delpy from comitting suicide and then she brings him into the world of the werewolf. some great special effects include when Everett is running threw the cemetary transforming and Bush adds some spark with their song Mouth(remix) and in that music video you see shots of the movie
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Summary: Better than Werewolf in London
Review: If you liked American Werewolf in London, you are gonna love Paris. Some of the computerized special effects, you can tell they are special effects, but this does not take at all away from the movie. The story line was great, it moved along at great pace and never once dragged. There were several spots that had me squirming in my seat and jumping. Get it, you'll probably watch it again and again.
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Summary: Nothing at all, just a terrible flick
Review: I cannot believe that this movie was made. Honestly, if you're gonna do a sequal to An American Werewolf in London, get Rick Baker and John Landis back, not some no-name hacks. Don't even bother with this movie, and don't confuse it with it's far superior prequal, An American Werewolf in London
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Summary: Much Better Than the Original
Review: Loved this movie! Excellent horror flick with a lot of (mostly appropriate) humor, a decent love story, and a killer Bush song. One of the very few horror films my girlfriend watched from start to finish. I love the scenes with the dead people - they're hilarious! If you like horror or comedy watch this movie!
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