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  • Actors: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf, Phil Buckman, Julie Bowen
  • Directors: Anthony Waller
  • Writers: Anthony Waller, John Landis, Tim Burns, Tom Stern
  • Producers: Anthony Waller, Alexander Buchman, Jacques-Eric Strauss
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Oct 2001
  • Run Time: 94 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005S873
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,459 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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


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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Funny but not scary, 18 Dec 2001
In all a bit of a let down. Sequel to the classic "An American Werewolf in London", this loses much of the appeal by becoming more a slightly gory slapstck comedy than its far more frightening predecessor. That said, it is actually quite funny and carries a goofy charm with it, making it very watchable, if utterly forgettable. The special effects are sometimes impressive but mostly just look computer generated. A definate step down from Waller's last effort, the frankly brilliant "Mute Witness".
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2.0 out of 5 stars How Bad is This?, 19 Jul 2009
By ric03 (Rossendale, England.) - See all my reviews
  
I decided early on not to compare this to the original, as the two incomparable in virtually every aspect. However, given that this uses the name, it has to be mentioned that this is nowhere near as good, and is just a weak attempt to cash in as much as anything. If it weren't for the cash cow aspect, this would probably be a 3-star werewolf film. Maybe even 3.5. Never 4. I think they should have just done that and abandoned any pretence at this being a sequel to American Werewolf in London.

Obligatory grumble aside, on with the film. Well, it's not that bad on it's own, but it isn't a classic. As a daft, low budget horror, it actually stands up quite well. The goofy humour is about right for this sort of film (but doesn't ever match the wit of the original), and the plot does have a little more to it than the average daft, low budget horror. There are one or two good set pieces (I liked the idea of werewolves in a nightclub, but don't think it was executed very well), but not enough to set it aside as a decent horror... However.

For me, this film (aside from the first para grumble) is let down by the fact that the werewolves look appaling. They are rendered in bad CGI, and look more like neolithic men or bigfoot than werewolves. The movement is bad too. This is very early CGI (I'm not a great fan of it now, let alone back in 1997), and shouldn't have been used, it is that bad. Similar to Alien 3.

I guess the main reason people would watch this was either as a werewolf film, or still looking for another buzz following the first film (and forgetting how bad this was the first time you saw it). Either way, I think, you'll be disapointed. It's 2-3.5 stars, something to watch if you're at a loose end and fancy watching a goofy horror film with a peculiar plot and some awfully animated werewolves, but don't expect anything more.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars So good, it's scary!, 3 Sep 2003
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For some reason, Paris seems to be regarded almost as the poor relation of the American Werewolf films, which is a reputation completely undeserved. The humour is completely different to the original film, but as funny, if not more so. Paris has a much faster pace and more physical comdey, and pulls it off brilliantly with an inspired cast and a kick ass soundtrack. Its differences rather than its similarities to London are what make it so good, after all, what would be the point of just making a clone of the first film? This has been one of my favourite films since the first time I saw it on its release, and is most definitely not forgettable.
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1.0 out of 5 stars ARHHHH! make it stop! the pain!
Awful, just awful!

Sorry to start off a review with such a dismissal but I thought if I'm going to buy American werewolf in London, I might as well buy the one in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Rs Grant

4.0 out of 5 stars AN ENTERTAINING SEQUEL
On break for summer, friends Brad, (Vince Vieluf) Chris, (Phil Buckman) and Andy (Tom Everett Scott) are having fun as they travel Europe looking for the next big stunt to commit... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2007 by stuart

4.0 out of 5 stars Film review
I disagree with most of the views here. The first film An American Werewolf in London was alot of tounge in cheek and a bit silly, but this film was great and scared the pants of... Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2006 by A. Simmons

3.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining but no classic
A light and entertaining piece not as inventive (nor as pretentious and disjointed) as Landis' original but a cut above some of the competition. Read more
Published on 23 April 2006 by Mr. G. W. Jordan

2.0 out of 5 stars The cliche is true
This sequel is not a patch on the original.

16 years on you would expect better special effects - they are not.

The first film scared me, uh, senseless. Read more

Published on 4 Dec 2000 by simon_23

2.0 out of 5 stars Ehr? Story?
Okay, werewolves are cool, and there is nothing wrong with some blood, violence and other horror stuff. But the producers of this movie obviously forgot about the story. Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2000

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