Les immortels de la nuit

I mean cmon, I'm not giving it a 10 or anything but u gotta kinda know what to expect. Unless ur like a 12 yr old whose been cut off from the entertaInment world or younger, you must have seen some pretty bad movies. And if your wondering about a movie called 'Wolvesbayne' your at least open to the idea of at least seeing these kinda movies. Finding a good movie on the topic this movie covers is rare. Maybe every decade 2-4 decent ones total come out on average & for the really good ones they are few & far between. I don't mind the London's as actors & Ren Stevens is awesome is under-appreciated gem at everything she does. If u watch this & have a bad rating may god have mercy on your soul. If your looking for big budget A list studded movie don't watch. But if you don't mind B-movies if acting is decent & you like movies in this genre it's worth a watch. I wouldn't rent it ova the thousands of movies u could at anytime. But if your on a streaming app or its on tv, u could do a lot worst with your time watching a movie. Again, if u hate movies in the genre skip it, should go without saying with any movie. But I thought for a movie that prob didn't have a big budget, it was nicely put together, was easy to watch & u know when u don't sit there picking apart a movie then it can't be that bad if u find yourself just quietly watching movie & then the ending credits. I love these kinda movies & appreciate em more so maybe dock a point if u'll watch em but don't love me but other than that I don't know how u cant at least walk away & feel its a 5 minimum. I think the movie "wolves" with Mamoa is the modern bench mark for this section of the genre, w/the howling, an American wwolf in Paris/London, beast must die, the beast among us to name a few are some worth checking out if u don't mind ones older than a decade old but for a newer B-movie flick i rather enjoyed it

In the underground war between vampires, some othe vampires, werewolves and people, neophyte human guy must learn to harness his newfound wolf powers to stop the extra bad vampires. There are some decent variations on the theme here and it's cool to see Mark Dacascos back in some sort of werewolf-adjacent movie after his superlative performance in Brotherhood Of The Wolf; although this is certainly more of a vampire movie than a werewolf movie in the traditional sense. Regardless the production values and most of the supporting performances are CW-tier. The sometimes-incisive dialogue can't salvage a plot that's about as formulaic as it gets.

Jeremy London is a greedy real estate developer who falls victim to the curse of the werewolf. A lot of vampire backstory is discussed before the story gets off to an interesting start, but then plunges downhill in a bunch of vampire clichés that would embarrass Anne Rice.

The script is a muddled mess, full of full-blooded action scenes with predatory vampires guzzling on blood when they aren't trying to slay each other over the quest for some amulets. Everyone seems intent on overacting which only emphasizes the bad dialog.

In the course of learning how humans fight vampires on their own turf, our hero undergoes a reformation of sorts. He leaves us with the departing words: "There are more important things than making money. I'm off on a higher calling." Most outrageously hammy performance is delivered by YANCY BUTLER as Lilith. Most understated is RHETT GILES as Von Helsing.

As for Jeremy London, I couldn't help think what a strong resemblance he bears to Brendan Fraser. He's okay and even manages to get some humor from his role, but the characters are all cardboard and not really worth caring about.

Which goes for the plot, but also for the fact, that guy like Marc Dacascos would sign up for something like this. Of course it might have sounded better on paper (script). Still, if this were your first movie to see with him, you'd be excused if you thought, he shouldn't ever act again. That he actually has something to say, and also is not that bad in fighting (in movies), would be a fact that you'd miss out on. Maybe you should rent "Drive" instead.

Apart from the thin characters and the very cliché story (no surprises here), there's also the weak FX and the poor production values. While everyone is of course trying to do there best, there is quite a few other films out there, that are worth to be noticed.

Despite it being SyFy, Wolvesbayne did have a decent premise going for it. But for me it fell well short. Wolvesbayne isn't completely terrible, the werewolf transformation is decent, Jeremy London does what he can with an uninvolving leading role(in terms of character that is) and Yancy Butler as the evil vampire queen is sexy and seems to be enjoying herself even if she does verge on hammy in places. However, the remainder of the acting is not great at all, Mark Damascos is badly used with his big scenes very poorly written and anti-climatic, while a lot of the female roles read of looking as sexy as possible but little else.

There are cheaper SyFy movies out there certainly, but the special effects are dire and some of the make-up is cheesy looking. The editing is choppy, even in the battle sequences. The battle sequences themselves are a disaster, there is no tension or anything compelling, there are too many characters on screen, the camera work is often incomprehensible and so fast in construction that it is difficult to make anything out and they also go on for far too long. The random shots of models are also very hokey and add absolutely nothing to the movie. The scenery is not necessarily bad, though they do lack atmosphere, but because of the rest of the visuals being so bad I couldn't enjoy it.

What also matters hugely into making a good film also fails utterly. That is especially true in the story. This story had a lot of potential as there are some good ideas here. What was frustrating however was the case with most SyFy movies that have good ideas, Wolvebayne does next to nothing with these ideas. Any important parts are rushed through, and a lot of not so important parts are ridiculously dragged out. I also struggled to see if there was a story at all, it took forever to get going and when anything did happen it just didn't make sense for me. The script is incredibly clunky, while the characters are cardboard cut-outs that we know nothing about by the end of the film. The lead role is no exception here, he had potential also but his progression goes nowhere.

Overall, fell well short despite its initial promise. 3/10 Bethany Cox