Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011)

"Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" could easily be compared to a movie on the SyFy channel. The visual effects were lackluster, and the chemistry between actors was inadequate. However entertaining, "Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" is like a dessert that had been prepared with every ingredient imaginable. We all know the outcome will not taste good. Overall, besides the near constant creature violence and disturbing imagery, there is some rough language sprinkled throughout the script, a comparatively mild sex scene. The movie's weird, and at times morbid - sense of humor is out of place and is probably better written on the page of a comic book. There are several reasons why the film did not do good in box offices, one being that not many people had ever heard of this character and there were a select few that had read the comics or had heard of him through the advertising (honestly, this film's advertisements didn't do it any justice) who had gone to the theaters to see this. Another reason being the fact that Brandon Routh really needs to consider re-entering acting school or something, because every single movie I've seen him in I have regretted seeing. I came apron this film on Netflix instant (I own an Apple TV). It was categorized under super-hero films, I had seen the advertisements, and heard critic's and fan's mixed reviews, so I decided to check it out. Honestly, It wasn't a waste of time, so therefore I think it's underrated by critics, however it definitely had room for improvement (as do many movies). I believe that my rating is accurate - it doesn't deserve anything above or below a 6/10.

In previous years, Dylan Dog was an arbiter of all issues among undead parties; he was respected by all, and he helped keep the peace. Something went badly wrong, though, and now he is a private detective who investigates infidelity for the most part.A killing by a werewolf draws him back into the fray. The victim is Elizabeth's father, an importer (well, smuggler) of rare items. He is rumored to have an object of rare power which will change the balances among the undead factions.Elizabeth hires Dylan to find her father's killer, but the movie is about Dylan trying to circumvent an all out war among the undead. Along the way, we meet werewolves, vampires, zombies, and ghouls (humans who mainline on vampire blood for strength and youth).Much of the action is about finding the Heart of Belial, which is sufficient to bring back Belial himself, a demon of unsurpassed strength. Vargas wants to use Belial to put down all the other undead factions. Then again, so does someone else, which is an interesting twist.----Scores----Cinematography: 10/10 Always good. Sound: 10/10 Fine. The actors were well-miked, and the incidental music was good.Acting: 7/10 Anita Briem was really weak, but I enjoyed most of the other characters as played by Routh, Stormare, Angle, Huntington.Screenplay: 8/10 The story has a well-defined beginning, a long middle, and a conclusive ending. Exposition of motivation was fine. I read other reviews after seeing the film, and I'm glad I never looked at the comic of the same name. Most of the negative energy against the film seemed to arise from the fans of the comic.Special Effects: 8/10 Mostly good.

Why do i hate this movie?Simple,I am a big Dylan Dog fan.I understand that people write good reviews for this movie because they don't know the character of Dylan Dog,the comic or any thing else.From a non Dylan fan i would give this movie a 6/10.From a Dylan fan perspective i gave it a 3/10 because it had some mediocre stuff.First thing is that almost all the characters are gone.Second they made Dylan such a pathetic guy,he doesn't want to work with nobody,in the comics he almost always works with hot and sexy women witch in this case she is not that hot AND THEY MADE IT A FREAKING COMEDY,wtf.Dylan dog has a little bit comedy from Groucho.Why do people always wanna change the things we love(Groucho).A little detail i want to say is that in the comic books his license plate says DYD 666,THEY Couldn't EVEN PUT THAT,another thing is when the F did Dylan move to America.They just messed up badly.

Dylan Dog might have been outstanding as a TV series...especially on a station like the CW because it had a distinct "Supernatural" "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" feel to it though it never reaches that level of entertainment but they do try and cram a lot into a small movie. The budget on this film was enormous compared to the final product. I can't believe they got a twenty million dollar budget. Everything was just done averagely. At the same time the film also felt like it was almost too ambitious packing in zombies, vampires, werewolves, murder mystery, comedy, action all at once. I know nothing of Dylan Dog and the comic books so I went into this blindly and simply for entertainment value. While it wasn't completely without charm it certainly misses the mark.I am a fan of Brandon Routh, first as Superman, which I enjoyed despite other opinions, and then on Chuck (which sadly ends tomorrow night for the record.) So I was eager to see him in another leading role. The role suits him for the most part and he does well. The Sam Spade type narration is kind of fun and he certainly pulls off the action scenes well enough but is bogged down by an overwrought script. Sam Huntington plays his sidekick who becomes a zombie. He is entirely meant for comic relief and the chemistry between him and Routh is good but unfortunately Huntington is overused for laughs and becomes the Jar Jar Binks of Dylan Dog. He is silly and never gets any real depth to his character. Anita Briem's character should have been a vital role to the story and she actually gets some really good scenes towards the end but up until then she is underused and underdeveloped like much of the film. Same could be said for Taye Diggs, who is an excellent actor, and really could have been something as the vampire villain but instead is used as almost fodder for Dylan Dog and gets very little good screen time. He's supposed to be the 'big bad' but is reduced to barely supporting character.I knew almost immediately while watching this that the director was probably very new to the big screen and sure enough Kevin Munroe has one other credit and its animated. He doesn't have the skill or experience to handle the content of this film. It should have a terrific supernatural action flick with a touch of comedy and instead it turns out to be a real mess with no clear direction or experience. As I said it is entertaining and has its moments and some of the special effects are great to look at but unfortunately its immature and poorly made for the most part. 6/10