A series of murders have occurred in France. The clues seem to point to a wolf or wolf-man and the police are baffled. When a bank is robbed (why would a wolf-man care to do this?!), a young man investigates the murder and robbery.
I decided to watch this film for two reasons. First, it was in the public domain, so it didn't cost anything to see it--other than my time! Second, the plot involves what might be a wolf-man--an interesting topic to me. However, the film turned out to be very poorly written--with the repeated overuse of exposition. That is where the characters are supposed to be conversing BUT give way too much background information to be realistic. Again and again, instead of showing plot, they explain back story in a clumsy manner. In addition, the characters, at times, are VERY obvious and clunky. The Chavalier, in particular, was terribly written--with Snidely Whiplash-like subtlety! As a result, I quickly lost interest--after all, if they didn't bother getting a good script, why should I care?! Sloppy and obvious.
I decided to watch this film for two reasons. First, it was in the public domain, so it didn't cost anything to see it--other than my time! Second, the plot involves what might be a wolf-man--an interesting topic to me. However, the film turned out to be very poorly written--with the repeated overuse of exposition. That is where the characters are supposed to be conversing BUT give way too much background information to be realistic. Again and again, instead of showing plot, they explain back story in a clumsy manner. In addition, the characters, at times, are VERY obvious and clunky. The Chavalier, in particular, was terribly written--with Snidely Whiplash-like subtlety! As a result, I quickly lost interest--after all, if they didn't bother getting a good script, why should I care?! Sloppy and obvious.