An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick, it was apparently a flop when it was released but, since it was starring Nicolas Cage and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I do think that the concept definitely had some potential. Above all, Nicolas Cage was just completely gangbusters playing the iconic character which was obviously on his bucket list. Seriously, the guy was just hilarious. So, you might think that this movie might be frustrating since he wasn’t the main character but I think it was a neat idea to focus on his assistant/servant/henchman/familiar/whatever. I also liked the idea that Renfield was seriously depressed and going to therapy sessions involving victims of abusive relationships, it was a pretty cool angle to tackle this material. Unfortunately, pretty much everything involving Awkwafina didn’t work at all though. I mean, I think she is quite funny, even in this movie, but the material they gave her was just completely misguided and, above all, really tedious. I mean, seriously, if you watch a movie about the complex relationship between Dracula and Renfield and about how they manage to make it work somehow in our modern world, did we also need a sub-plot about a cop trying to avenge her father who was killed by some drug-dealing gang? Obviously not. In fact, it could have worked if they kept the romantic angle (which, for some reason, was never really concluded), as Renfield could fall in love with a police officer with a real concrete job, while he was trying to get loose of Dracula, but then drop everything about this super lame crime family. Anyway, to conclude, even though maybe half of the movie actually didn’t work, it was just a f*cking blast to see Cage playing the most famous vampire and, only therefore, I think the damned thing is still worth a look.