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Editorial Review:
Stylish, snappy and entirely without a coherent idea in its head, Dracula 2001 is "Presented by Wes Craven" but shows comparatively little sign of his controlling intelligence. This is very much "Dracula--the Rock Video" with some memorable dream sequences and a lot of product placement: the heroine may not be a virgin but she works at Virgin Records. Among its incidental pleasures are a high-tech bank raid which secures the thieves nothing but an ominous silver coffin, Christopher Plummer as an immortal Van Helsing surviving by injections of leeches that feed on the imprisoned Dracula, Johnny Lee Miller as an unusually obtuse servant of good and Star Trek: Voyager's Jeri Ryan as a television news reporter turned Bride of Evil. The early scenes make interesting use of London's Eurostar terminal as a sinister backdrop. The climax moves to New Orleans during Mardi Gras giving the film a frenetic edginess and a lot of partially clad people to look at; it also proves to tie into a moderately inventive reconsideration of Dracula's origins.--Roz Kaveney
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
THRILLING GERARD BUTLER FILM I have seen countless number of vampire movies from my Dad's collection.He
is a great 'Chris Lee' fan. I too love Mr.Lee's films, but, once I saw Gerard Butler, I was bowled over. This is a vampire film with a very nice twist. Chris.Plummer acts as the aged Van Helsing, who has kept the lethal
count's body in his high-security vault. The fun begins from that point. I
will not spoil the movie for new viewers by narrating the whole story in advance. All ye modern-day vampire lovers, take it... more info
A MODERN TWIST ON THE DRACULA LEGEND Wes Craven's Dracula 2001 isn't anywhere as bad as it could have been. Breaking into a museum vault, theives Trick (Sean Patrick Thomas), Marcus (Omar Epps), Nightshade (Danny Masterson), Eddie (Lochlyn Munroe) and Dax (Tig Fong) are surprised to find a coffin instead of jewels. Finding it robbed, Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer) tells his assistant Simon Sheppard (Jonny Lee Miller) that he will track down the theives, the sets out to New Orleans to track down his stolen coffin, carrying the body of... more info
Some interesting ideas but poorly executed This film is something of an attempt to bring the Dracula mythos onto the modern world and to some extent this is successful. In the film Dracula is imprisoned by Van Helsing and kept locked in a silver coffin for centuries until thieves steal his prison and release him into the world where he starts to hunt down Van Helsings' daughter. Although Dracula 2001 does have some brilliant one-liners and a few good performances from the leading cast, it is the supporting cast members who let it down with a... more info
Dracula is back with one hell of twist. One of the best horror icons get's the Wes Craven treatment. While this may not be Craven's best work, it's still a fantastic movie to watch. It's hard to find something in this movie that isn't brilliant, the acting is amazing, the way the story unfolds is definitly something to be admired. If you like Dracula this is a great movie with an even better twist.
