Dracula 2000 Review, Gerard Butler stars in this modern vampire film, a group of thieves steal Draculas coffin.
Director Patrick Lussier
Writer Joel Soisson
Cast
Gerard Butler, Count Dracula
Christopher Plummer, Abraham Van Helsing
Jonny Lee Miller, Simon Sheppard
Justine Waddell, Mary Heller
Jeri Ryan, Valerie Sharpe
Colleen Fitzpatrick, Lucy Westerman
Danny Masterson, Nightshade
Dimension Films, Running time 99 minutes.
A group of thieves break into Van Helsings antique shop, which is filled with expensive items. The thieves find and gain access to the shops vault, while in the vault they find a metal Coffin, thinking it will contain something very expensive they attempt to open it, they soon discover the coffin has been booby trapped. Unable to open the coffin and convinced it must contain something very valuable they steal the coffin, unaware of the danger inside.
Dracula 2000 has a good cast, decent acting and the movie has a nice atmosphere and feel, some of the effects are good, there is some blood and gore which is used nicely, they haven't gone silly and over used the special effects. Gerard Butler does a good job of playing Dracula as a monster with great power and as a charismatic likable character. The other cast members also do a good job, apart from Simons (Jonny Lee Millers) accent which sounded a bit forced. Dracula 2000 offers its own fairly interesting story behind the creation of Dracula, something that becomes known near the end of the film.
While I did enjoy this movie, I didn't find the story engrossing and I didn't find myself caring particularly about any of the characters, I was easily distracted which are not the ideal ingredients for a master piece movie.
I can certainly recommend this to any vampire fans, as it gives us a healthy dose of vampire action, those that are not vampire fans may struggle to enjoy this as I am not sure there is enough to keep their attention.
6 out of 10
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