When FDR (Barry Bostwick) is out hunting, he is attack by werewolves (that's right werewolves). It turns out that werewolves carry the polio virus. So now that he has polio (and shrunken, flimsy legs) he is confined to a chair. His supporters don't seem to mind though and demand that he runs for president. He decides to give the people what they want and starts campaigning. He travels all over the United States and during his travels he meets Cleavon Buford (Ross Patterson). Cleavon also suffered a mild werewolf attack while on a camping trip with his nephew, Jimmy Carter. Cleavon says that with the help of his wife (his very friendly wife) he will get Roosevelt a victory in Georgia. During election night Roosevelt and his family sit around listening to the results come in on the radio. It turns out Roosevelt wins (surprise!) and they have an epic celebration.
Meanwhile in Europe, Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito are all werewolves. They want to take over the world by spreading the werewolf gene through alcohol. Germany sends beer, Italy sends wine, and Japan sends sake, but it doesn't work. They only infected a small number of college students that were quickly exterminated because only college students would drink the shitty beer and wine they sent over (no one touched the sake). They come up with a new plan to take over the world. FDR won't stand for this though. He comes up with a plan, and a badass wheelchair, to go into battle in Europe.
I feel like this movie had a lot more potential then what it lived up to. First off, it has a great title. The title alone got me to watch this movie. But, I think they overplayed the werewolves. I would have much rather seen FDR just being a badass then battling werewolves. There were a couple good lines that had me laughing, mostly just because it was funny to think of president saying those things, but a lot of time it was elementary humor and cheap jokes. I think Cleavon might be my favorite character just for the scene where he battles a werewolf. The movie is surprising though in that they managed to get real actors (well, at least actors I recognize from TV shows). It seemed like this is the type of movie one would make in college while drinking heavily and it even has that cheap look to it. The special effects, pretty terrible, and the make up seemed like a bad knock off of Teen Wolf. At times it was soo heavy it looked like the actors were struggling to move their mouths.
Rating: *
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