The Vampire Strikes Back
Film: Dracula Untold
Cast: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper
Directed by: Gary Shore
Duration: 1 hr 32 mins
Rating: * * 1 / 2
Directed by Gary Shore, Dracula Untold makes frail attempt
to give a background story to the most popular vampire. The end result is that
the product looks like a mix of a Dracula and the routine superhero film. With
the exception of the Twilight series (which made money thanks to teenagers), among
vampires, only Dracula is a back draw at the box office.
Luke Evans plays Dracula who was born as Vlad Tepes, after
serving in the Turkish army he returns to Transylvania. Mehmed (Dominic Cooper)
the King decides that he needs a stronger army and recruits more young men from
Transylvania, including Vlad’s son. This makes Vlad unhappy and he decides to
go to war.
Considering that he doesn’t have a strong force Vlad strikes a deal
with the Master Vampire who gives him extraordinary powers but then there are
no free lunches, Vlad has to make a compromise.
While the film starts off on a positive note, the CGI
dominated finale is a letdown and all the initial good work is undone. Also, it hardly pays a nod to Bram Stokers
classic and you would expect that if the film has Dracula in it. There have
been interpretations of Dracula but the story here goes a bit too far in trying
to twist it.
It has been a while since we saw anything impressive related
to Dracula. Sadly, even with this film, the wait continues.
Published in The Navhind Times on 19th Oct 2014
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