Dracula Untold (Review)

Dracula Untold did a wonderful job at providing a back story to the infamous, and legendary vampire Dracula. This film had me emotionally involved from the start. It also restored the name of vampires that was utterly tarnished by the Twilight series. "Now that's a real vampire, no sparkles here." haha Allow me to sincerely thank the directer and all the cast for putting the beast back into the vampire.

Dracula Untold, starring Luke Evans as Vlad, is the epic back story of Dracula. Abducted and forced to fight for the Turks from a young age, Vlad becomes the killer of thousands. Seeking to put his past behind him, upon his return home he settles into his Kingdom for a life of peace and prosperity. All this is for nothing when the Turks demand 1000 boys for their armies, recruiting young soldiers as Vlad was recruited those many years ago.

Without an army to defend his people Vlad feels helpless, so he seeks the aid of a beast that hides away in the mountains, a vampire. It is here Vlad asks for the power needed to vanquish his foes, and his wish is granted as he himself then becomes a vampire. Will Vlad be able to destroy the armies of his foes numbering in the hundreds of thousands and keep his home safe or will the darkness of his new vampire powers consume him?

"Every bloodline has a beginning."

This was an excellent movie that had me wanting more blood as the movie went on. Most films or books that deal with the likes of vampires and other such beasts often times humanize them way too much. What i mean by that is they make them weak, so weak that over the years of bad story telling we have fooled ourselves into thinking we could actually kill one of these monsters if ever confronted. Dracula Untold kept the legend of the vampire true, through and through, allowing the vampire to keep its beastly reputation. Some may whine that the vampire is far too over powered in this film but i say that is exactly how it would be, there would be no competition against such a beast.

Verdict: 9 (Solid)

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