kenpeterson

The werewolves are done well, and the plot is pretty interesting. Some glaring plot holes take away from the action, but no one makes these movies expecting to win an Oscar. It's not particularly well acted and definitely should have been edited better; it's at least 20 min too long. Over an hour of the movie is them trapped in the farmhouse, and it just runs out of steam at this point. Everything that happens after they get to the farmhouse is REALLY predictable. Don't get me wrong, I liked it for what it was - a low budget action/horror movie, but it didn't do anything unexpected or to make it stand out from the rest of the genre. Give it a try on a weekend and it's a good way to kill 2 hours, but you won't walk away in awe...

I'll believe that someone can get bit by a special poisonous spider and gain super powers before I'll believe that someone that looks like Charlotte Ayanna (and supposedly is a science student) would have ANYTHING to do with someone who looks and acts like Brody's character or would start to turn tricks for less than $10,000 per night. The acting is OK, and it is shot well, but the premise is a bit far-fetched. Brody isn't physically imposing enough to carry the role, and Ayanna is FAR too good looking. She would be at Columbia a month before she hooked up with the NYC jet set and, as for him...I mean...who does he intimidate acting like a thug? He's about 140 pounds soaking wet holding a brick...looks convincing as a starving war refugee, not as a tough-guy. Would have been better if Seda and Brody had switched roles. Pam Grier seems to just be going through the motions. The story is interesting, aside from the miscasting, but thoroughly unbelievable. Rent Mean Streets or Pope of Greenwich Village if you want a slice of the New York underworld that's a bit more palatable and easier to stomach.