Andy and his two friends are on vacation in Paris and trying to top each other in one stunt or another. While trying to bungee jump off of the Eiffel Tower, Andy runs into Serafine, an apparently suicidal young woman. After literally falling for her, Andy hunts down the woman of his dreams only to realize that it is him who is being hunted. He’s bitten by a large animal, Andy will become closer to Serafine than he could ever imagine, and in Paris, a new creature stalks the night.

Like we really needed another reason to hate the French. Taking place almost twenty years after the first film, which was a great werewolf movie, we are subjected to this CGI debacle of camp and lameness.

Written by John Landis, this film follows the love affair between Andy (Tom Everett Scott) and Serafine (Julie Delpy). Serafine just happens to be the love child of Alex Price and David Kessler, the two stars of the first film. Stricken with lycanthropy, Serafine and her parents have been trying to find a cure, but with no luck. Now apparently Paris is infested with the critters and they are trying to start a werewolf revolt lead by the menacing Claude, who "Loves Americans.” Even with it's ties to the first film, this stink-pile reeks.

The werewolves look horrible as they are all skinny CGI dog pound rejects, they look not only stupid, but extremely fake. There is hardly any gore and what they do show is fairly poor. Julie Delpy, however, does find the time to keep her shirt off for about three minutes and if you pause and zoom on your DVD remote at just the right frame you will be treated to and incredible nipple shot, that I believe is CGI-free.

Bad CGI effects aside, some of the CGI sets are even worse. The opening and closing sequences are so bad they are not even remotely believable. Although this film tries to capture some of the style and humor of the first film, it just fails.

3 of 10

I had an overwhelming feeling about this movie that I couldn't quite put my finger on until I started thinking about what I would write for this comment. Then it hit me, I didn't like this film because it was trying too hard to be like An American Werewolf In London. I understand that sequels have some elements from the original to tie the films together but this was just silly.

The undead speaking to the main character worked in the original but here it was just annoying. Especially because the characters they brought back were vapid and unfunny. As stated in this review by Jareprime, the CGI is so bad it's laughable. The werewolves look like bears strung-out on crack.

The story of the movie was compelling and I think it worked well but everything else (bad CGI and unlikeable characters) doomed this film to suffer the same fate as many sequels. This film should not have been made.

3 out of 10 forgetful bungy jumpers

American Werewolf in Paris was a fun time. In fact I never get tired of watching it. I've probably watched this thing about 40 times and it never bores me. I am not a big comedy horror guy but this one had some genuinely funny moments. There’s a couple hilarious bits that involve chewing gum, condoms, 300 lb dudes, and a mega powerful chick. The second one (my favorite) involves our lead character having a great conversation with what appears to be his well... mini me.

This also had some really scary scenes in it.

In particular the massacre at Claude’s party freaks me out every time I see it, I mean this part was very good! As for the werewolves, yeah I hate CGI but there was something really creepy about these wolves. It was cool how they would walk upright on two legs and run on all fours. Another nice element that adds to the fear is most of the werewolves want to be evil. I thought that to be a nice change from the first film. Overall this is a nice sequel to the original in keeping the same spirit. Highly recommended to fans of films like Shaun of the Dead with a werewolf twist.

7.6 out of 10 violated dogs

I dunno. Maybe I'm a pop culture whore, but I really liked this movie. I was a huuuge fan of An American Werewolf in London, but I've always felt that - on its own terms- An American Werewolf in Paris works.

If I have to specify why I think the film is a superior entertainment, I'd say it boils down to two things. One is that- at the time- there wasn't a lot of CGI werewolf action going on. For the time and for the effort, I thought the filmmakers did a pretty decent job of bringing the werewolves in this flick to life.

The other is that it was a relatively inventive and fresh werewolf flick. I liked the characters and I enjoyed the story. Maybe they tried a little too hard to tie it into the first film with the undead speaking to the werewolf, but overall I walked away from this movie a lot more entertained than I had any right to expect I would be.

Besides, the film offers the wondrous site of our lycanthropic hero banging a really hot chick atop Jim Morrison's grave while Bush's "Mouth" thunders on the soundtrack. That alone earns the movie an honored status in classic werewolf cinema.

Eight out of ten bungee jumps I would never in my life consider attempting.