Dracula Untold - 09/10/2014
Having seen the success of Marvel's Avengers franchise and the upcoming hype behind WB and DC's Justice League films, Universal is looking to re-invent their Monsters Franchise, starting with their most famous, Dracula.
Starting with a back story of how Vlad was taken from his family as a young boy by the "Turks" and trained to be a warrior without remorse, compassion or fear he soon became known as Vlad the Impaler. When he reached an adult age, Vlad left the Turks and returned home to Transylvania to live peacefully as prince of Castle Dracula. When the Turks return and demand 1000 Transylvanian children for their army, including Vlad's only son, he seeks help from a viscous being high up a mountain cliff. With his new found skills and power he will be able to defeat the Turk Armies, but at what cost?
If you watch the trailer for Dracula Untold you could pretty much save yourself 90 mins, there is not much more to the film than this.
It wasn't boring, it entertained me for the full running time, but it just seemed lacking in pretty much everything as well. and I am pretty sure that this story was told in about 2 mins (same length as the trailer) in Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) as a prequel to the film. So the fact it is called Dracula Untold is a bit of a lie.
Some nice effect, and hammy acting, but nothing too spectacular. If this is Universal's initial attempt for a revival it may need a little more electricity or a full moon.
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