"Dracula 2000" is an interesting telling of the myth of Dracula.
Dracula (Gerard Butler) has been keep in a vault for centuries under the watch of Matthew Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) in London. Thinking that there must be something valuable in the highly protected vault, a group of thieves break in, only to find a metallic coffin. As they are on their way back to America, Dracula wakes up. Being hungry, he decides to make an in-flight meal of the crew. Determined to stop Dracula, Van Helsing (Who we soon find out is THE legendary Van Helsing) and his assistant Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) track him to New Orleans. Dracula isn't there for the Mardi Gras, though: It seems that Van Helsing has a daughter name Mary (Justine Waddell), who is linked to Dracula (Courtesy of Van Helsing, whose been using Dracula's blood to stay alive to find a way to destroy him).
This is an interesting interpretation of the myth of Dracula. As any fan knows, it seems impossible to kill Dracula (Seeing how many movies there is about the infamous count, you can understand why). But what's interesting is to WHY Dracula exists. Exactly who he is makes this an interesting entry in the many films based on Bram Stoker's immortal character. Butler's turn as Dracula can be described as irresistible (Check out the scene when he walks through the Virgin Megastore,when all of the women just drool over him). But then, that's what makes this character hard to kill: you can't help but love him.
Good film to have in your collection.
Dracula (Gerard Butler) has been keep in a vault for centuries under the watch of Matthew Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) in London. Thinking that there must be something valuable in the highly protected vault, a group of thieves break in, only to find a metallic coffin. As they are on their way back to America, Dracula wakes up. Being hungry, he decides to make an in-flight meal of the crew. Determined to stop Dracula, Van Helsing (Who we soon find out is THE legendary Van Helsing) and his assistant Simon (Jonny Lee Miller) track him to New Orleans. Dracula isn't there for the Mardi Gras, though: It seems that Van Helsing has a daughter name Mary (Justine Waddell), who is linked to Dracula (Courtesy of Van Helsing, whose been using Dracula's blood to stay alive to find a way to destroy him).
This is an interesting interpretation of the myth of Dracula. As any fan knows, it seems impossible to kill Dracula (Seeing how many movies there is about the infamous count, you can understand why). But what's interesting is to WHY Dracula exists. Exactly who he is makes this an interesting entry in the many films based on Bram Stoker's immortal character. Butler's turn as Dracula can be described as irresistible (Check out the scene when he walks through the Virgin Megastore,when all of the women just drool over him). But then, that's what makes this character hard to kill: you can't help but love him.
Good film to have in your collection.