Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

"So, what's the plan?"
"No plan. Just bigger guns."

Dylan Dog (Routh) is a supernatural detective, working with the undead, "no pulse, no problem."  After the death of his fiance, he retired and became a regular private investigator.  He is contacted by Elizabeth (Briem) to investigate the death of her father by a monster.  He refuses to get involved and that evening his friend and assistant Marcus (Huntington) is killed.

Dylan decides to take the case and is joined by Marcus, now a zombie.  Their investigation leads to werewolves, flesh eating zombies, and vampires.  Can Dylan protect his client and prevent a supernatural war?


The film is based on Italian comic book Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi.  The film only retains the character name and profession from the comic, and changes everything else: setting, tone, assistant / partner, etc.  Fans of the comic were not impressed with the film, especially with all of the changes.

I discovered this film through Netflix a few years ago.  It sounded interesting, so I gave it a shot and was underwhelmed.  I found the film again and decided to give it another try, after doing a little research on the film (and discovering that it was based on an Italian comic).  I liked it better the second time, but it still isn't a great film.

The story / premise has potential... The cast is decent and are mostly fine in their roles.  Brandon Routh previously appeared in other comic book inspired films, Superman Returns and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.  He is best known for Superman, but he is more interesting as darker characters.  He is funny in Scott Pilgrim and had a great arc on Chuck.  He is fine, but not great, here.  Sam Huntington is funny as Marcus.  The rest of the cast are fine, but not remarkable.  Which is the problem with the film as a whole, it is fine... but not memorable.

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010) 107 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of creature violence and action, language including some sexual references, and some drug material
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Brandon Routh as Dylan
Anita Briem as Elizabeth
Sam Huntington as Marcus
Taye Diggs as Vargas
Kurt Angle as Wolfgang
Peter Stormare as Gabriel