Critic's Rating:3/5
Cast: Brandon Routh, Anita Briem, Sam Huntington, Taye Diggs
Direction: Kevin Munroe
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes
Story: Detective Dylan Dog is happy snooping on cheating husbands. Of course, there's a famous past he lays claim to. What? Dylan excelled in paranormal cases. He was the link between the real and the living dead. Little does he know it's now time to get back to what he does best -- fighting the bloody creatures....
Movie Review: If fear factor is what you're looking for (since the filmmakers classify this as horror), there are the typical elements to choose from - blood dripping from the ceiling, someone appearing from nowhere on the other side of the window pane, scary masks of sharp-toothed monsters. We, however, are a little brave... so we don't really get all that scared. If laughter is what you're looking for (since the filmmakers classify this as comedy too), there are a couple of moments... and one-liners in there. Again, there is nothing that seems enough to really, really tickle our funny bones.
So does that mean Dylan Dog: The Dead of Night is just not watchable? It is watchable, for the movie is based on Tiziano Sclavi's Italian comic book series by the same name. So thrill, action, speed, chase, mystery and supernatural are there in aplenty.
Of course, the one standing out in this bloody war on the streets is Brandon Routh. As detective Dylan Dog, dressed in the signature red shirt, he is convincing, cool, calm and suave. Watch him in the final sequence where he guns down the werewolves Bond style. Next is Sam Huntington's Marcus who gives us the much-needed relief in this hit-and-run werewolf versus human battle. It's only when he turns into the living dead... feasting on zombie buffet and getting a job done at the body shop does the fun begin.
Till then, it's over to werewolves, vampires and zombies who are struggling to be the master in this (somewhat cliche) war of the good monsters versus the bad ones.
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