Looking for a great film to watch this weekend? Forget “Rango,” “The Adjustment Bureau” and “The Lincoln Lawyer,” because “Red Riding Hood” is what you want to see. Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, the groundbreaking, original take on the classic children’s story has all the mind-bending of “Inception” and “Shutter Island,” as well as all the romance of “Titanic.”

But aside from Leo, what’s the real reason you should spend 10 bucks and 100 minutes of your weekend on this horror/romance treasure? It was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. If you are not familiar with Hardwicke, she directed the greatest film of our generation: “Twilight.” For all you fans out there, watching “Red Riding Hood” will be like watching the same exact movie, only this time there’s a werewolf.

The film stars Amanda Seyfried as Valerie (the now teenage, not “little,” Red Riding Hood), a girl caught in the middle of a love triangle involving an arranged marriage and a woodcutter. From this point on, the story has nothing to do with the folk tale, which is great, because teenage melodrama is definitely more interesting.

As Valerie tries to run away with her true love Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) the town is alarmed that the evil werewolf has struck again. To thicken the plot, the dead young woman is none other than Valerie’s sister.

The villagers panic and send for Lord Solomon (Gary Oldman), the best werewolf hunter in the land. He shows up, and being the great medieval detective that he is, concludes that the werewolf becomes wolf at night, and is a human by day. What makes Lord Solomon such a dynamic character? Not only does he have silver fingernails to kill the werewolves, he travels with a metal elephant!

After his hunt comes up blank, Solomon, being the wild character that he is, decides to torture the village idiot to get some answers. The ending will leave you guessing, because it truly comes out of nowhere.

VERDICT: “Red Riding Hood” is the best film ever. 7 out of 5 stars.