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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Landis (characters in An American Werewolf in London)
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Release Date:
25 December 1997 (USA) more
Tagline:
Things are about to get a little hairy.
Plot:
An American man unwittingly gets involved with werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(11 articles)
The Howling is Reborn
 (From FilmSchoolRejects. 23 November 2009, 10:25 AM, PST)

Full Moon: Julie Delpy, Parisian Animal
 (From FilmExperience. 3 September 2009, 8:30 PM, PDT)

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Not a sequel – more a cash-in title more (139 total)

Cast

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Tom Everett Scott ... Andy McDermott

Julie Delpy ... Serafine Pigot

Vince Vieluf ... Brad
Phil Buckman ... Chris

Julie Bowen ... Amy Finch
Pierre Cosso ... Claude

Thierry Lhermitte ... Dr. Thierry Pigot
Tom Novembre ... Inspector LeDuc
Maria Machado ... Chief Bonnet
Ben Salem Bouabdallah ... Detective Ben Bou
Serge Basso ... Officer with Flashlight

Charles Maquignon ... Bouncer
Jochen Schneider ... Lycanthrope
Alan Mckenna ... Lycanthrope
Hervé Sogne ... Lycanthrope
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
American Werewolf 2
Le loup-garou de Paris (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for werewolf/violence and gore, and for some sexuality/nudity.
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105 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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John Landis was the original choice to direct this sequel. more
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Factual errors: The sirens on French ambulances have two distinct tones, not a single oscillating one. more
Quotes:
Andy McDermott: Great. Come to Paris and check out les drains. more
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Spoofs Cinderella (1950) more
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Me Compassionate more

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16 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Not a sequel – more a cash-in title, 28 January 2002
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

When a trio of American teens travel to Paris for a daredevil challenge they decide to bungee jump off the Eiffel Tower. During the jump Andy manages to save the life of a girl attempting suicide. However when he later tries to find her again he finds that she has something to hide. When he and his friends attend a party held by friends for hers they find they are trapped by werewolves. Andy gets bitten and becomes part of a world he wants no part of.

This is a belated sequel to the 1980's classic `American Werewolf in London' and indeed it tries very hard to be just like it - the corpse black humour, the dreams within dreams sequences etc. However the story is different as it introduces a wider werewolf conspiracy idea to the plot. It actually works quite well - it's not better than many other creature features but it works OK.

The main problem with it is that it is very much another teen horror movie - with a stupid rock soundtrack, valley girl style humour and dumb spectacle. It lacks the original's black humour and it isn't anywhere near as tense as `London'. The special effects are totally CGI and they don't work as well as `London's' - it all looks too computerised, and seeing everything takes the scare factor out of it.

In fairness when you look at it as a stand-alone film it's not so bad even though it doesn't stand out from other teenage horror movies. But a sequel to `London'? - sorry but it's not a great addition to that piece of work. Tom Everett Scott looks like he's stepped out of American Pie into a horror movie! He's OK but he doesn't compare with Dunne all those years ago. Julie Delphy is actually quite good - she doesn't have much of a character but she carries herself well. The other characters are either rough French skinheads or American teens.

Overall it's entertaining enough - but it pales terribly when compared to the original.

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