Tubi Thursday: Wolf (1994)

 Tubi lets me check off another Film off of the Came Out When I Was Younger, but Never Saw List.

I was clearly too young to be allowed to watch the Film billed as a 'Werewolf romance' and a Horror Film.

Am I too old for it now?

In the *cough* Cold Open, our Hero hits a Wolf with his car, but it bites him and runs off.

That probably won't affect the Plot.

He works for a Publishing Company and life seems to be passing him by.

He knows that he's going to lose his job...and seems to be taking it way too well.

The bite creates many changes in him, however.

He can hear and smell things far better.  He's more assertive.

In other words, he's become Jack Nicholson just playing Jack Nicholson.

He meets a younger lady- Michele Pfeiffer and she's the Boss' Daughter.

His new, assertive self seems to have an effect on her as his life starts to fall apart.

Oh and that bite is turning him into a Werewolf.

You probably guessed that though.

He finds out that his Wife is having an affair with his protege- James Spader.

During the confrontation, he bites Spader, but that probably won't matter later.

As things look up for him in his private life- a new job and costing Spader his-, he keeps losing control of his wolf side.

Can he control it?
I mean, it would be a boring Film if he did.

To see how it all plays out, stream it now.

A pretty fun Film that does nice little turns on the whole Werewolf Film genre.

It speaks to the flexibility of the setup that it can be a Coming-of-Age Tale for Girls AND a tale of Older Men Losing their Vitality, doesn't it?

Nicholson plays the straight version of himself and then just becomes himself by the end.  He's still very charismatic, so fair play.

Pfeiffer doesn't do all that much more than react, but she does that well too.

The Film builds up the whole transformation thing nicely, which is something Cursed would do about 10 years later.

The Film builds to a sillier climax than maybe it should.  I read that they did massive reshoots of said Ending, but not what it was.  How bad was it?!?

At least we get Cameos from future Stars of Friends and Frasier.

Wolf is as good as I was hoping it would be at times and a good showcase of older VFX Techniques.

A Film that is fun, but also sometimes a bit self-serious.  Either way, it gives you exactly what you'd expect.