Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait.This was literally Twilight inside the Red Riding Hood story. Same acting. Same cinematography. Same storyline. The guy that played Bella's dad in Twilight also plays Red Riding Hood's father. It felt like a spinoff. I was actually expecting a vampire to show up and fight the werewolf for Red Riding Hood's love. I get it. It is what it is. There's a built in core audience for this so why not make it. The one thing I can't figure out for the life of me is why in the blue hell Gary Oldman was in this. Is there really nothing else out there for this phenomenal actor? So sad.
I would only recommend this movie to the Twilight crowd. Honestly, anyone else will see it as a total fluff piece not worth your time.
