Review of Dracula Untold (2014) by Daniyal M — 19 Jan 2015

I saw DRACULA UNTOLD this weekend! This is movie marks Universal Studio's first film in a series of films that will seek to reboot it's long neglected monster movie franchise which is said to include movies about the mummy, the wolf man, frankenstein, the invisible man and others. It tells an alternate version of the popular Bram Stroker dracula story that centers around the legendary warrior Vlad the Impaler, his family and his quest to protect his kingdom from the fury of an invading Turk army.

Let me start off by saying that I liked this movie. Luke Evans plays the title role with Dominic Cooper playing his nemesis Emperor Mehmed II and the two each do a great job of playing their respective roles with Evans especially standing out, as you would expect, as a man hell bent on keeping his people safe and secure. Charles Dance is also very good here as the creature who turns Vlad into the famous monster. The action and the fight scenes with Evans as Dracula are also quite impressive. This movie is not all aces though, it's mechanics are sound but the story feels a little thin and it's final scenes seem somewhat tacked together from scenes from 30 Days of Night which is not bad but it's... you know... Anyway, despite that, I did like it quite a bit and it's worth checking out. Maybe not right away, but it's enjoyable. Dracula Untold gets a 3... out of 5.