Inconsistent and Uneven Retelling of the Dracula Story

Rating: 4/10 (8 May 2019)

This film begins in 1462 with the Muslim Turks attempting to take over the region near Constantinople with only one army led by a Romanian knight left to stop them. Although the Romanian army successfully defeats the Turks, the wife of the warrior leading the defense commits suicide in the mistaken belief that her husband has died in the battle. Upon learning this-and feeling that God has betrayed him-the Romanian knight declares allegiance to the powers of darkness and is transformed into the vampire known as "Dracula" (Gary Oldman). From that point on he kills and feeds upon the blood of everyone within his reach until one day, 4 centuries later, he decides to relocate to London. And it's there that he sees an attractive woman named "Mina Murray" (Winona Ryder) who looks exactly like his long lost love which compels him he to reunite with her at all costs. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film had some good points to it but, unfortunately, the further on it continued the more inconsistent and uneven it became. I also didn't quite like the appearance of Dracula who looked quite ridiculous at times. In any case, based on these criticisms I have to rate this film accordingly.