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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 11104
Released: July 22, 1998 |
| Our Price: $3.75 |
| Used Price: $2.07 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This hip, edgy thriller -- in the electrifying tradition of SCREAM, SCREAM 2, and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN -- delivers a howling good time with a hot young cast of stars! On the loose in Europe, three wild college grads from America bring their "Daredevil Tour" to Paris in search of some serious fun. There, Andy (Tom Everett Scott -- THAT THING YOU DO!) falls for the beautiful and mysterious woman of his dreams (Julie Delpy -- THE THREE MUSKETEERS). The only problem is ... when the moon is full, Andy's dream girl turns into a total nightmare! Rocking with a cool soundtrack featuring today's hottest cutting-edge recording artists, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS is an outrageously thrilling adventure you don't want to miss!
Description of An American Werewolf in Paris:
On the strength of his Hitchcockian-thriller debut, Mute Witness, writer-director Anthony Waller was hired to direct this belated sequel to the 1981 horror comedy An American Werewolf in London, but lycanthropy in the City of Light just ain't what it used to be. The movie offers plenty of gruesome makeup and special wolf-transformation effects, and there are some effectively spooky moments in the plot involving an underground population of hungry Parisian werewolves. One of them is seductively played by Julie Delpy, who is rescued from attempted suicide by an American tourist (Tom Everett Scott, from That Thing You Do!) but ultimately can't hide her dual identity when darkness falls and the full moon shines. The movie begins well, but gradually succumbs to nonsense and mayhem, prompting critic Roger Ebert to observe that "here are people we don't care about, doing things they don't understand, in a movie without any rules." In other words, you'd have to be a die-hard horror buff to give this one the benefit of the doubt. --Jeff Shannon
An American Werewolf in Paris Reviews:
An American Werewolf in Paris- Stick to London. 
2009-11-01 - Remakes are always horrible, and if you want to be scared and entertained stick to the Best, the original, An American Werewolf IN London. Sorry just my opinion. I saw Paris version it's okay,not Great compared to it's original.(London)
Mai Oui, Lycanthropy! 
2009-10-18 - Serge Basso stars in a weak sequel to "London".
Three Americans in Paris on a train ride, BS each other about getting sex points and doing some kind of sporting event where they never seem to reach. They sneak onto the Eiffel Tower to bungee jump. However a girl also is there and she tries to jump. Our hero saves her life and she tries to avoid him at every turn. That's because she's cursed with being a werewolf!
There's a bunch of slapstick comedy in this film and some rock tunes to liven a rather tired script. New things are introduced regarding the werewolf myth: Any kind of bullets kill them and not just silver ones. In fact this film could use a silver lining. Another thing is the "undead" which are really spirits killed by werewolves who are doomed to walk the earth until the werewolf who made them that way dies and eat their hearts.
But when one of our friends is killed and "doomed to walk the earth" he goes away when his werewolf is merely shot. Huh?
Hey, try not to think too hard.
"London" is a better film than this one. We have bad werewolves who wish to clean the Earth of crazies and druggies, so what better way than to eat them alive at raves. They lock up the doors and tear them apart.
Cute romance with the werewolf girl, some comedy with dog interaction and some fun with red meat and mixing hearts in a blender.
This movie will not steal your heart, sadly. Great special effects and big red claw marks, eyes and blood popping out, should satisfy some gore fiends, but that's about it.
Film for fans of werewolf movies and fans of An American Werewolf in London. Fair horror comedy.
John Landis did better:
American Werewolf in London Special Edition
Great Fun! 
2009-05-24 - I liked this movie from the start. It was good entertainment. Fun to see the way in which the warewolves are portrayed. They definetely are different from classic warewolves
3.5 stars out of 5 stars
2009-05-24 - Good plot. Campy horror and comedy blended together. CGI werewolves sometimes appear too much like "videogame" graphics to actually scare viewers. On the flip side there is suspense and there is plenty of violent action to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
Amusing, Scary But Not 'London'
2009-01-20 - I have mixed emotions about this film, especially as it compares to its forerunner, "An American Werewolf In London." That film had it's funny moments, it was still more of horror tale than anything else. This updated version, now set in Paris, does not have that "edge" at all and simply isn't in the same class....but it does have some good things going for it that the first film did not have and overall it's still fun to watch.
The first 30-40 minutes of this movie is strictly played for laughs including a hysterical scene with a "balloon" in a restaurant. It also introduces the lead female character, played by Julie Delpy. I don't see enough of this actress. She doesn't seem to make that many films, or least ones I hear about over here in America. This French actress has a face that is classic beauty, so the film got points for having her in it, and she looks great.
When the horror starts, it can get scary and the special effects are good. I also liked the lack of profanity in this film, unlike the first one: no f-words and no Lord's name in vain - amazing!
However, there are plenty of sexual remarks and there is one scene with a guy running out of bar tied to a cross which was blasphemous to me since it was supposed to be funny. The soundtrack is heavy metal which isn't appealing to a middle-aged guy like me, either. This film is geared a lot more toward 20-somethings, if that helps anyone.
