Teen Wolf
Synopsis:
There are a total of 12 episode in this TV Series which is about Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) who is just your average 16-year old with his super genius best friend, Stiles Stilinski (Dylan O'Brien) who loves nothing but adventure and mystery. One night after intercepting a police call about a murder around their area, both Scott and Stiles decided to check it out. Unfortunately Stiles was caught by his Sheriff dad while Scott manage to escape by running towards the wood. There, he accidentally encountered a big red-eye wolf (known as the alpha werewolf later in the show) and was attacked and bitten in his abdomen. Scott manage to escape and return home. The next morning, he discover that he has the ability to hear at longer range, has faster movement and incredible strength. Also, he manage to be the rising star in the lacrosse team, much to the anger of the lacrosse captain, Jackson (Colton Haynes) and his intelligent girlfriend, Lydia (Holland Roden) while getting the affection of a new popular girl, Allison Argent (Crystal Reed). However, Allison isn't just a next door girl as his whole family are werewolf hunters who hunts and kill werewolf. Also, Jackson is determine to uncover Scott secret of increasing physical movement so that he can acquire the power for himself as well. All these began to burden and break Scott and with his uncontrolled urge to kill during the full moon make things complicated and also the mysterious Derek Hale (Taylor Hoechlin). As the Alpha werewolf closes in for Scott, he must faster regain control of the beast within to protect his family, friends and most importantly, his girlfriend.
Review:
I was surprise on how well entertained i was after i popped the first DVD of the 1st episode. It was refreshing and many suspense too. The music score was good, performance of all actors and actress was also good, the script was sometimes funny, sometimes suspense and sometimes romance. The special effect was not really that good and we do not really get to see any real transformation of man to beast, and the beast - only the alpha that looks like a werewolf are normally shown in darkness and when it came out, the effects are quite comical and cartoon like. Also, the lead teen wolf doesn't look like a werewolf at all - just some guy with some overgrown beard and vampire teeth with yellow contact lenses. I was hoping for at least scary make-up or something. I am also hoping that for the second season, they would minus a bit of the romance between Scott and Allison because some of the episode was full of mushiness that it almost feel like i was in a Twilight movie but luckily it was short panned and re-focus back on the action-supernatural thing. And the good thing about this series (also similar with Terranova) is that the season ended on a good note with some loose end tied up unlike many other series where there are cliffhangers. I hate cliffhangers because we have to wait for practically a year before continuing and normally i need to review back the previous season to remember again all the stuff.
Verdict:
I give this a 3.5 star over 5. The story was smooth was no complicated story and full of adventure.
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