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Dracula Untold

Universal Pictures

Legendary Pictures

Michael De Luca Productions

United States of America

English

Luke Evans

Sarah Gadon

Dominic Cooper

Art Parkinson

Charles Dance

Diarmaid Murtagh

Paul Kaye

William Houston

Noah Huntley

Ronan Vibert

Zach McGowan

Ferdinand Kingsley

Joseph Long

Thorvaldur Kristjansson

Jakub Gierszał

Joe Benjamin

Paul Bullion

Mish Boyko

Dilan Gwyn

Arkie Reece

Phil Zimmerman

Dominic Borrelli

Tom Benedict Knight

Paul Casar

Stavros Demetraki

Ruth Baxter

Rachel Kennedy

Louise Parker

Glen Barry

Shane McCaffrey

Gary Whelan

Guillaume Meliot

John Friel

Jason Coalter

Andrew Laverty

Cole Currin

Matthew Åkerfeldt

Andrew McQuade

Eugene Furphy

Chris Cherry

Ross Moneypenny

Bobby Marno

Connor Schelling-Tisza

Joe Kelly, Jr.

Graham Hutton

Phil McKee

Darren McMullan

Chris Keenan

Paul Monahan

Norman Coates

Paul Kavanagh

Gordon Bell

Graham Cave

Arthur Halligey

Derek Mayne

Al Geddes

Gavin McCormick

Xander Duffy

Jeffrey O'Brien

Gretta Shore

Charlene Gleeson

Orlaith Shore

Penelope Simmons

Ann Louise Bresnaham

Ann O'Connor

Aodhan McGowan

Hunter Stratton Boland

Maria Laird

Lasco Atkins

Volkan Ay

Frank Cannon

John Carr

Laurence Doherty

Micheal Fay

Dustin Frost

Richard Hansen

Peter Heenan

Bobby Leigh

Davide Manganelli

Felicity McKee

Joana Metrass

Jesse Morris

J.J. Murphy

Niall Murphy

Bomber Hurley Smith

Marco Staines

Freigeist van Tazzy

John Warman

Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.

Jo Burn

Samantha Smith McGrady

Gary Shore

Matt Sazama

Burk Sharpless

Bram Stoker

Michael De Luca

Ramin Djawadi

John Schwartzman

Richard Pearson

John Hubbard

Ros Hubbard

François Audouy

Heather Greenlees

David Doran

Elaine Kusmishko

Luigi Marchione

Michael Turner

Paki Smith

Ngila Dickson

Ana Lozano

Joe Hopker

Tapio Salmi

Beverley Binda

Jessica Derhammer

Kirsty Vogel

Jordana Finkel

Aine Smith

Beverley Crockard

Rohan Harris

Andrew Ackland-Snow

John T. Cucci

Dan O'Connell

Christopher Assells

Ann Scibelli

Peter Staubli

Jon Title

Bill R. Dean

Frank A. Montaño

Jon Taylor

Tim Stevenson

Ben Lambert

Nicolas Hernandez

Simon Scott

Fiona Campbell Westgate

Sara Bennett

Scott M. Davids

Matt Kasmir

Christian Manz

Ivan Moran

Glen Pratt

Peter Pedrero

Buster Reeves

Cosmo Campbell

Pete Cavaciuti

Jasin Boland

Richard Philpott

Lizzie Kelly

Ian Franklin

Rachael Webb-Crozier

Rudy Lopez

Carlton Kaller

Ravi Dube

Kathleen Weir

Sasha Gibson

Mally Chung

B.L. Jurgens

Paul Inglis

Rob Bliss

Greg Burridge

Chris Keitel

Marzenna Fus-Mickiewicz

Sandra O'Brien

Daniel Phillips

John Wildermuth

Dion Banner

Leigh Stevens

Karen Baker Landers

Uli Nefzer

Umar Hussain

David Feinsilber

Sam Gordon

Hannah Lewis

Matthew Lloyd

Thandiwe Philips

Greg Reed

Robin Reyer

Mariangela Suma

Daniel Ulrich

Nuo Sun

Wendy Brown

Jim Crowther

Paul Edwards

Ian Fox

Darren Holland

Steve Pochetty

Harry Wiggins

Ben Wilson

Andres Gomez

FX, Evans and Dance's performances are the only things to save in this movie.

If you think Dracula becoming a hero and a martyr is a good idea, you will like it. Otherwise, like in my case, you will think that it was the worst idea in quite some time.

So, Dracula is not the most evil creature in the world any more ... :(

Per Gunnar Jonsson

That the so called “critics” at Rotten Tomatoes screws this movie over is not really a surprise. Said “critics” are usually out of sync with both my opinions and the opinions of most of the viewers which can be seen again from the fact that these people give this movie a 23% rating whereas the actual viewers give it a 60% rating. At lot of “purists” also seem to take a disliking to this movie. Well, the movie is named Dracula Untold so it should be no surprise that the story would be a new one.

Personally I found this movie quite enjoyable. Yes it is not the original Dracula story but it is not straying too far from the basic origins and it is really a quite decent story unlike some of the disastrous Hollywood rewrites. The original story claims that Dracula became a vampire during his battles with the Turks and this movie picks up on that and tells the story of how that happened. Unlike most (all?) Dracula movies, Dracula is not really the bad guy but rather the inverse and the movie tells a story about sacrifices and Dracula’s quest to keep some of his humanity, moral and sanity.

It would not be a Dracula movie without some blood flowing and this movie delivers without overdoing it. Actually the actual bloodsucking stuff is quite played down until the end of the movie. There are a fair amount of fights against the Turks (who are the real bad guys in this movie) though and blood as well as various body parts no longer attached to their proper places does float around quite a bit. The special effects are not forgotten and I quite liked the bat swarms that Dracula commanded during the final fights against the Turks.

I found Luke Evans performance as the prince and unwilling Dracula to be quite good. The rest of the characters were also well played. I am sure that none of them will be nominated for Oscars due to their part in this movie but I have nothing negative to say about their performance.

On the whole I found this movie quite enjoyable and I definitely disagree with all the people blasting it. I did also quite like the last couple of scenes in modern time at the end which teased of a follow up movie. I would definitely like to see that happen.

Dracula: The dark Superman

RELEASED IN 2014 and directed by Gary Shore, "Dracula Untold” tells the origin of Dracula: In the 15th century Prince Vlad the Impaler (Luke Evans) must protect his small kingdom of Wallachia (in modern-day Romania) from a Turk warlord (Dominic Cooper) who demands a thousand boys from Wallachia & Transylvania, including Vlad’s son. Threatened by the unsurmountable Turk army, Vlad desperately makes a dubious pact with a formidable caged vampire in order to acquire its dark powers and save his family & kingdom. Sarah Gadon plays Vlad’s winsome wife. 

The producers flirted with the idea of “Dracula Untold” being part of Universal’s Dark Universe; and the epilogue of the movie, set in the modern world, suggests this, insinuating a franchise. This idea was dropped, however, and “The Mummy” (2017) became the first official film in the Dark Universe. In any case, “Dracula Untold” was fairly successful at the Box Office, making $56.3 million in North America and $217.1 million worldwide against a cost of $70 million.

My title blurb pretty much tells you all you need to know: “Dracula Untold” is basically the dark Superman of 15th century Eastern Europe where Dracula wields the power to defeat a thousand-man army. If you like the great prologue to Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” (1992), you’ll probably like this movie, which gives several nods to that forerunner. 

The film LOOKS awesome and has a fine cast. But unlike “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” it’s rapidly paced and doesn’t leave much room to breathe; so the characterizations aren’t quite deep enough. It’s good, but somehow hollow and forgettable. “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” was perhaps a little too slow while “Dracula Untold” is too hurried. I wish the creators found the happy medium between the two because, with just a little bit more time and attention to detail, it could’ve been great.              
                   
THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 32 minutes and was shot entirely in Northern Ireland. WRITERS: Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. 
 
GRADE: B

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