Recently, I watched the movie Dracula Untold. While I was very excited to go watch the movie because of its interesting storyline, it was very disappointing because of its lack of emotion, no twist, and overall its inability to make you want to continue to watch the movie. Imagine watching a movie in which the events are so obvious that you think, something should happen that makes me skip a breath, or my heart skip a beat. But then, the screen goes black, a dark hole that has created a sense of lack of fulfillment. You are astounded. The movie was exactly what you expected, with no twist or surprise. A movie in which the events are predictable is a movie not worth spending your time or money on, and Dracula Untold proved that.
Dracula Untold was a fairly bad movie and was not entertaining at all, and even with an interesting premise, a poor script ruined the entire movie. IMDb gave it a 6.3/10, and Rotten Tomatoes gave it 23%. I would give this movie two stars because of its poor script and lack of entertainment, but that the premise was interesting and if it had been executed properly could have been a hit movie.
The biggest letdown was the whole premise of the movie, being the main character, Prince Vlad, turning into Dracula, could have provided a very interesting storyline. He consumes the blood of a demon to give him the limitless power of evil, however, at the price of his humanity. Instead of portraying him as a merciless killing machine, he wants the power so that he could protect his wife, Mirena, and his son from the Ottoman Empire, which is demanding 1,000 children for their army. However, his thirst for human blood and his eternal rage caused by a certain key, influential event (don’t want to spoil it!) consumes him, eventually causing him to destroy not only the Ottoman Empire, but his own people. With no one left except for his son, he soon feels powerless, and once he puts his son into safe hands, he lets himself perish by the holy ray of sunlight from god.
The storyline of the movie was quite interesting, especially in the trailer. The trailer is the reason I decided to watch the movie in the first place, however, the script was poorly written and not a single event was unpredictable or surprising. It was frankly so obvious that it wouldn’t even keep your attention while watching it, and I feel that even with such a great premise or concept behind the movie, the lack of effort is evident by the poor script. When you watch most movies, you feel emotions rushing within your blood, becoming one with the protagonist, feeling what the characters feel. This was not evident within this movie and it’s not able to hold your attention for long, and was more flash and no glue.
In conclusion, Dracula Untold deserves two stars because of its lack of effort and poorly written script, however an interesting storyline helps develop initial interest and the failed execution of a good script ruined the movie.
