An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since Nick, my step-son, was quite eager to check it out, we did end up watching the damned thing in the movie theater when it was released. Well, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. Apparently, Universal is or was planning a cinematic universe like Marvel did with the MCU, except that it would involve all their famous monsters. Honestly, I really wonder if it is all going to happen but apparently they are already planning a reboot of 'The Mummy' which would include Dracula to link those movies together. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, I think they really chose the wrong angle though. Indeed, in this version, Dracula was actually a rather nice fellow, some kind of noble prince who just want to protect his family and his people from the evil Turks (it is actually funny to point out that Turkey didn’t even exist at the time but anyway...). While it was definitely a different approach, it would have been however much more fun to have a main character who was truly evil, a blood-thirsty monster planning to rule over the world. Unfortunately, instead, they gave us a rather underwhelming origin story which was rather tedious and, as a result, I don’t think this movie is really worth a look.

5/10