THE WOLFMAN - MP4 MOVIE DESCRIPTION/PLOT

Universal

Studios resurrects the classic lycanthrope with this tale of an

American who experiences an unsettling transformation after returning

to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain and being attacked

by a rampaging werewolf. His brother having recently vanished without a

trace, haunted nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to

his family estate to investigate. What he discovers upon reuniting with

his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins), however, is a destiny far

darker than his blackest nightmares. As a young boy, the untimely death

of his mother caused Talbot to grow up before his time. Though Talbot

would attempt to bury his pain in the past by leaving the quiet

Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor behind, the past returns with a vengeance

when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), convinces him

to return home and aid the search for his missing brother. But

something monstrous has been stalking the residents of Blackmoor from

the nighttime shadows, something not quite human. Not even recently

arrived Scotland Yard inspector Aberline (Hugo Weaving) can dream up a

rational explanation for the gruesome spell that has been cast over

Blackmoor, yet rumors of an ancient curse persist to this very day.

According to legend, the afflicted will experience a horrific

transformation by the light of the full moon, their animal rage

becoming far too powerful for their human bodies to contain. Now, the

woman Talbot loves is in mortal danger, and in order to protect her he

must venture into the moonlit woods and destroy the beast before it

destroys her. But this isn't your typical hunt, because before the

beast can be slain, a simple man will uncover a primal side of himself

that he never knew existed. Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker pens a

film directed by Joe Johnston and featuring creature effects by

special-effects makeup legend Rick Baker.

Set

in the late 1880s, the film keeps the plotline of the original, with

Lawrence Talbot (Benicio del Toro) reuniting with his estranged father

(Anthony Hopkins) following the disappearance of his brother. Lawrence

Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the

sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoore, he spent decades recovering and

trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe (Emily

Blunt), tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns

home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength

and insatiable blood lust has been killing the villagers, and that a

suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline (Hugo Weaving) has

come to investigate.

As he pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse

that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if

he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he

has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature in the

woods surrounding Blackmoore. But as he hunts for the nightmarish

beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to

himself... one he never imagined existed.