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Excellent but underrated film

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

There are hopefully very few occasions one might feel the urge to flee the theatre long before the closing credits roll. With AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS however, your chances of experiencing this are better than average.In making a follow-up to a wonderful and respected classic like it's predecessor, the makers of this had to realise that they had signed on to meet certain standards and expectations. Right from the unnecessary and absurd Eiffel Tower sequence early on, it seems clear that the very mentality of this film is way, way off. Whilst I laughed at the humour in the original, here I cringed at the many embarrassing efforts of AWIP to generate laughs. Equally, I was left cold by it's failure to offer a single scare to speak of.Elsewhere, utterly mindless (and arguably tasteless) sequences by Jim Morrison's grave at Pere Lachaisse among others, seem more preoccupied showcasing some of Paris' famed locations than furthering the story in any meaningful way - a far cry from the Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square set-pieces in the original.The lead characters seem to epitomise the very cliched definition of annoying American tourists seen through the eyes of the rest of the world and this misrepresentation makes it difficult to take from them anything like the appeal found in David Naughton and Griffin Dunne in the 1981 original. It might be unfair to measure this movie by comparison to the original but there is little doubt that there would still lie within, the same complaints with AWIP even if judged purely on it's own merits as they are so glaringly evident.Enough has already been said about the awful CGI werewolf FX and this stands true - again - even without comparison to Rick Baker's extraordinary practical transformation wizardry 17 years earlier. Quite literally, between the story, characters, performances, digital disasters and half-witted humour, I felt - within the first five minutes - a sinking sensation in my stomach that created a knot which sat there and left me numb with disbelief long after the merciful arrival of the end credits. Only Delpy's presence brought any kind of relief in the interim.

There have been few films that I have really wanted to see a follow-up to, but A W in L was one. It combined terror with humour and at the end of the film - great sadness. A real masterpiece with great music and photography. This follow-up was frankly garbage and I was ready to switch off within 20 mins of the start.

Three American guys are on vacation in Paris when one meets & falls in love with the daughter from AAWIL. Needless to say she is a werewolf & he becomes one too. Whereas AAWIL was a perfect blend of horror & humour this one leans very much into comedy but with mixed results. Some of it is silly slapstick (the scene on the Eiffel Tower) which often doesn't work, but then there are hilarious scenes too, such as the condom in the cafe gag. The special effects also vary from being reasonable (his 2 undead friends) to awful. The werewolves themselves look my like hairy, wild cavemen. The creatures from Howling 3 were more convincing! The characters are all likeable & there are some great Paris locations (also filmed in Luxembourg). The idea of the creatures being able to turn by injecting a 10ml serum is also an interesting spin. But overall the film is silly & disappointing, nothing more than a cash in on one of the greatest horror movies ever made.

Released in late 1997, "An American Werewolf in Paris" chronicles events in Paris when a trio of American daredevils (Tom Everett Scott, Phil Buckman & Vince Vieluf) encounters a suicidal young woman (Julie Delpy) at the top of the Eiffel Tower. The girl turns out to be the daughter of the werewolf from 1981's "An American Werewolf in London" and her mother (from the earlier movie) and stepfather are trying to remedy her lycanthropic disease. She's somehow linked to a clandestine order of werewolves in the city who regularly lure people to raves in order to feast on 'em. There's also a subplot about a drug that allows werewolves to change at any time with no need for a full moon. Julie Bowen, Pierre Cosso and Thierry Lhermitte have peripheral roles. This is a stand-alone movie and so it's not necessary to see 1981 film first; I recommend catching it just for the first half. The Eiffel Tower sequence is particularly creative and thrilling. Despite what some say, Everett Scott makes for a quality main character, just as effective as David Naughton in the original, if not more. Like the first film, the movie expertly mixes horror with comedy. There are spooky scenes set in catacombs, dungeons and graveyards with the requisite full moon looming, all to a rockin' soundtrack. Unfortunately, the second half starts to mark time by becoming redundant and dull compared to the excellent set-up. And the CGI werewolves are decidedly cartoony by today's standards; although I'm sure they were pretty state-of-the-art at the time.The movie runs 105 minutes and was shot in Paris with studio work done elsewhere. DIRECTOR: Anthony Waller. WRITERS: Tim Burns, Tom Stern & Waller.GRADE: B-