Victor Frankenstein is a Radical scientist who collaborates with his fellow colleague Igor Strassmann to conduct controversial research work that can change people's lives. Both seem to have a noble vision in terms of helping humanity to research. Frankenstein decides to pursue that unique experience, but perhaps those experiments will go far and have horrific consequences. Igor is the only person who can bring his friend back from the brink of insanity.
To avoid the accusation that it's an unnecessary remake of an oft-told story, screenwriter Max Landis has reduced Mary Shelly's cautionary tale to a bad comic book, bereft of soul and intelligence.
Maybe it's time to create new monsters instead of trying to bring back the ones we know, sadly, I think everything that we could do with them has been done. [Full review in Spanish]
McGuigan's visually vivid Victor Frankenstein races to its lightning-storm finish, running over the solid (if not electrifying) acting of McAvoy and Radcliffe.
Only Radcliffe escapes unscathed, lending Igor a convincing psychology despite the ham-fistedness of the material. But he's not enough of a reason to resurrect this story again.
Comedy, tragedy, horror, fantasy, romance... all of this is part of Victor Frankenstein, and yet it feels like it lacks all of that. That's bad. [Full review in Spanish]
