Victor Frankenstein on paper has the potential to be a surprise, sleeper hit.
With writing credits from Max Landis, who wrote Chronicle; directed by Paul McGuigan, who also did Wicker Park and Lucky Number Slevin; and starring an A-list star and Harry Potter, James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe respectively.
This wasn't a bad movie at all. It was a fresh take on the myth of Frankenstein and his assistant Igor, creating a monster. And the movie gave us all that.
McAvoy even kind of tapped into Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes as he turned into this fast-talking, action hero-esque character that's impatient with the rest of the world because of how brilliant and fast his mind worked.
I liked Radcliffe as Igor. He's came a long way ever since Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. And the both formed a formidable friendship from a great opening of the movie, up until the end of the second act.
The third act got shaky with the introduction of Charles Dance character that kind of changed the pace of the whole movie. I thought McGuigan dropped the ball here as he failed to keep the tone of the first half throughout the second half.
And as the final act took shape, the characters that we knew from the first half has turned into different and less interesting alter egos.
There was also good supporting effort from Jessica Brown Findlay and Andrew Scott, but both were never written out properly in the end.
I do understand the main focus was on the duo and their friendship, as well as their quest to create something beyond imagination. The way the story ended was just alright when you compared to how strong it started.
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