Sunday, 19 July 2015

Dracula failed

Dracula Untold (2014)

Directed by Gary Shore this film stars Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Art Parkinson and Charles Dance. Vlad the Impaler, now a prince after years of fighting for the Ottomans is forced to use dark powers to save his people from his former masters.

There is a really good idea for a story here but unfortunately the execution does not live up to it. Not enough time is spent on the protagonist giving up or struggling against the darkness before making his pact to save his land to for the character arc to work. Charles Dance is also wasted in a part that should have been much larger playing up the Faust style elements of the plot which would have greatly enhanced the failed character arc.


2/5

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