Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (Freestyle Releasing)
This Dog Dont Hunt
The star of the film Dylan Dog: Dead of Night is Brandon Routh. Once Rouths star was on the rise as he had been cast as the new Superman. The movie flopped and Rouths career took a nosedive. Now it is being resurrected in a satirical film about the undead I dont think so! What this movie does is put another nail in Rouths career coffin. It might even nail it shut.
Dylan Dog (Routh) is an investigator of sorts. He has an assistant named Marcus (Sam Huntington) who wants to assume more responsibilities in the business. But that is before he gets killed in the first ten minutes of the movie. Not to worry, he comes back as one of the undead and still helps Dylan with his investigations.
Dylans case in the movie is to help a young woman named Elizabeth (Anita Briem) discover who killed her father. Dylan goes to some of his underground/underworld friends for help, such as Gabriel (Peter Stormare) who is a godfather figure, and Vargas (Taye Diggs) who prefers the night light to the daylight.
The film, which is based on a comic book character, never seems to know where it is going or how it wants to be seen as it gets there. Is it a comedy A drama A supernatural horror movie The answer is, it is a little bit of all three and not good being any of them.
Routh does not impress with his acting skills but he still does have the Superman physique. Huntington is the bright spot in the film as the undead Marcus who wants to be treated like a human again. Some of the funniest moments in the movie belong to him.
The movie is rated PG-13 for profanity and violence.
The truth is that in this day and age with this economy there is just no room for movies such as this. Nobody should even consider paying full ticket price for such a trifling film as this one. Sorry, Brandon, maybe you can find work as a supporting actor in the next Superman movie. It is evident you will not be the star.
I scored Dylan Dog: Dead of Night a bloodless 3 out of 10.
