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      Full Eclipse

      R 1993 1h 33m Horror List
      Reviews 46% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Disillusioned L.A. cop Max Dire (Mario Van Peebles) is having trouble at work and at home. After enigmatic officer Adam Garou (Bruce Martyn Payne) invites him into a secret task force that uses a serum to give its members the ability to become powerful werewolves, Max's initial skepticism gives way to a newfound vigor for crime fighting. But when Max's friend Casey Spencer (Patsy Kensit) is killed, Garou's motives are revealed to be less than pure -- and Max must confront his former mentor. Read More Read Less

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com So-so amalgam of cop procedural and werewolf mayhem. Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 5, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Made in the early 90's which coincidentally was the peak of John Woo's highly stylistic movies, and you can clearly see how his high flying, double handed gun diving, slow motion action fest was influenced by Woo. Its got his artistic finger prints all over it in concept, as the director has obviously gone down the oriental route here. If you take elements from 'The Matrix' 'Blade' 'From Dusk Till Dawn' 'Underworld' 'Priest' etc...you do get an idea of what this film is like. With slick cool visuals and action (heavy on the Woo factor), mixed with the dark brooding fantasy genre that has been so highly exploited in recent years thanks to the big improvements in effects, and you get this early offering. I'm sure this film has helped others film makers somewhere down the line over the years. The film is also influenced by the Marvel characters of the 'X-Men', mainly 'Wolverine', again obvious by the werewolf claws that pertrude from the knuckles. Even their special tactical suits look a bit 'X-Men-ish' and on the cheap side I might add, what are all the straps for exactly??. In short this film is a heavy mix of many ideas that we all know of nowadays but amazingly this film was probably one of the first to do it in the fantasy genre. The only down side here is firstly the cast which are a bunch of nobodies really. Mario Van Peebles has always been a bit of a D-list action man really, never made anything big, doesn't quite have the looks or the acting skills and tends to end up in poor equivalents of better films. Alongside him are some other actors who are faceless basically, accept for Patsy Kensit who again isn't really a proper actress, just a big name at the time with a tight ass and blonde hair, nothing more. The only good player here is of course the ever evil Bruce Payne who simply cannot fail in delivering the perfect slimy devilish bad guy with those eerie bewitching features of his. Casting him was a master stroke of genius. The other issue is the fact the film was made for TV, which means the budget seems to have been low, which equals slim pickings on the cast and visuals. Now don't get me wrong the visuals are nicely done with some great makeup effects (although the finale takes a turn for the laughable) but with a slightly better budget this could have looked that much better. The low budget does add a gritty realism of course but certain things clearly need a boost, some sets, some stunts, the costumes are pretty low key and some set pieces do look fake (the werewolves claws look terribly fragile to me). There are some plot questions I can't quite work out. The main bad guy (Payne) and his team are invincible in werewolf form from everything its seems accept silver, and an eclipse makes them invincible to that as well. But why the need to follow eclipses around the country for one night of silver protection when 99.9% of the time they are invincible anyway and no one even knows about their lycanthropy silver problems anyway. Plus Payne's character always kills off his fellow werewolf team members before moving to the next city, just not sure why. And finally his mission, the plot for him in the film, what actually is it?? seriously he doesn't seem to have a goal accept to wipe out all crime, but doesn't that make him a good guy?. Sure he's doing it in a supernatural way but he's getting the job done right haha. This film is ripe for a remake I must admit, the idea is killer and could be done with werewolves, mutants or vampires. The only thing is it wouldn't be as fresh or original as this film was when it came out. As we all know these days these types of films are ten a penny and I'm sure many would just scoff at the idea behind this as an 'Underworld' clone set within the police force. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Werewolf cops. Yes, that is our movie's premise. Starts solid and Peebles is damn good as the "loose cannon super cop" but the movie lacks a good flow. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't recommend Full Eclipse enough. It's fun, stylish, and action packed. If you're a fan of werewolf flicks you wanna check this one out. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Yeahhhh....ummm....1) Wolverine is not a werewolf....2) Full Eclipses come once every 9 years, if that. lol Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my fav. movies as a kid!!!! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD MOVIE Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Disillusioned L.A. cop Max Dire (Mario Van Peebles) is having trouble at work and at home. After enigmatic officer Adam Garou (Bruce Martyn Payne) invites him into a secret task force that uses a serum to give its members the ability to become powerful werewolves, Max's initial skepticism gives way to a newfound vigor for crime fighting. But when Max's friend Casey Spencer (Patsy Kensit) is killed, Garou's motives are revealed to be less than pure -- and Max must confront his former mentor.
      Director
      Anthony Hickox
      Rating
      R, TV-MA
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 28, 2004
      Runtime
      1h 33m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo