Dracula 2000
In this loose reinvention of the classic Bram Stoker novel, the Count (Gerard Butler) is transplanted to the present day, after a brief prologue where Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) captures Dracula and conceals him in Carfax Abbey, where he remains for many years. In the future, Carfax Abbey is contained within an office building where Van Helsing's been using Dracula's blood to stay alive in order to guard the evil secret. After a band of thieves, led by the malevolent Marcus (Omar Epps), attempts to seize Dracula's remains, the Count escapes to New Orleans, where Mary Van Helsing (Justine Waddell) currently resides. Mary is eventually persuaded to fight Dracula with the aid of a reluctant Simon(Jonny Lee Miller), one of Van Helsing's employees, all while trying to escape the newly-made vampires of Marcus' gang and a zealous TV reporter (Jeri Ryan). The film also features Lochlyn Munro, Jennifer Esposito, Vitamin C, and Danny Masterson in supporting roles. more..
Director: Patrick Lussier
Starring: Justine Waddell, Gerard Butler, Jonny Lee Miller, Jennifer Esposito, Danny Masterson
By making concessions for a possible sequel, Dracula 2000 wilts when compared in the light with other Dracula films.
Dracula 2000 is at heart a solidly old-fashioned cloak-and-fangs vampire flick. It honors the central traditions of the form a lot more often than it skewers them.
A middling film through and through, despite the occasional shocks it tries to earnestly to achieve.
One of those desultory F/X and no script potboilers that seems to restart itself with every new scene.
In the end it's the same old blood pudding.
Best Horror Film
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2001)
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