First Hit: A waste of time and brought nothing new to this story.
Wolfman films have been done before, many times. The question one brings when seeing a remake film is; what difference did this film bring to the listing of previous remakes?
The answer here is; nothing. We’ve seen great transformations of humans to animals (in this case a wolf). We all know a silver bullet can kill the Wolfman. There is always a woman trying to save the Wolfman. Were the stunts (Wolfman running across the rooftops in London) convincing?
No, the graphics of the Wolfman running on all four legs was unconvincing. Were the ripping out of human innards amazingly done? No, and neither were the ripping off the heads of others. Was there any intellectual probing into the psyche of Benicio Del Toro and his character Lawrence Talbot prior to getting bitten and becoming a Wolfman?
No, nor was there much background on his brother or his brother’s fiancé Gwen Conliffe (played by Emily Blunt).
None of the performances were good, interesting or bold. The original story is good; this version by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self was pointless, they brought nothing new. Joe Johnson directed this with a very dark eye (dark as in the whole film was a grayer shade of black).
Overall: Do not bother with this film in any form. Try another version, maybe the 1941 version.