Artivels Undescribable Perfection

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Eric Stevenson I admit that I was too hard on the original "Dracula 2000" even though I still believe I didn't like it. This is a fairly pointless movie. It features an entirely new cast and there's no real main revelations about Dracula. The first one at least had an interesting twist. The worst part of this movie is probably the ending. It features the main hero being defeated and Dracula just leaves and doesn't kill him.The entire movie comes off as pointless. There's this other guy who deliberately becomes a vampire because he just wants to be immortal or something. This is one of the few times it's mentioned vampires are obsessed with counting. That's how we got the Count from "Sesame Street"! The characters bring Dracula back and it's mostly out of stupidity. I wish they'd thought this more through. *1/2

GL84 After arriving at a morgue in New Orleans, an anatomy teacher and his students conduct a series of tests to see if it's really Dracula, but when the reborn Dracula begins turning them into vampires themselves, it's a race against time with a vampire hunter in tow to stop him.This one wasn't all that bad and was a pleasant surprise. One of the more enjoyable elements here is the decent pace to it, which means that it pretty much stayed the same on an even pace and knew when to throw in an action sequence to keep it upbeat. That goes a long way, and it goes right from the opening scene chase through the old-town streets in a clever reversal of expectations that gives the film a great start while setting up one of the best mirror gags in the genre that gets a great jump along with the action, the revival in the bathtub at their house is handled well and is a disorienting and hyperactive sequence that leads nicely into the later battle with the police officers who arrive. It does tend to load up on action near the end, and the scenes there are it's best as the alleyway sequence is the clear highlight with a clever jump, impressive weaponry on display, a nice smattering of gore, and a great conclusion, their second revival attempt on the creature that leads into all the fine brawls and battles throughout the pool with the scores of vampires which really sets this one off into an incredibly fun final fight that brings plenty of historical significance from the flashbacks to settle this one off rather nicely. Along with some pretty nice gore in here and the clever use of more obscure vampire rules that offers a little creativity into the mix, there's very little to complain about in this one. Among the few problems here is that after an entertaining opening of the film, the middle section gets a little too slow for its own good. Most of this is relegated to the discovering sequences when the vampire is trapped and all of the experiments are being conducted where it's all the waiting around for results that get in the way of the truly exciting vampire story around it. There's not a whole lot wrong with them, it's just that they slow the film down when it should've just been let loose and really flew with abandon. Most of this is due to the fact that the main vampire, Dracula, is tied up and bound to a single position for the majority of the film, and only at the end is he actually freed. Not having its main source of horror there to do what it does best makes the middle largely hard to get through, with the only sparingly action scenes keeping it awake. That's really the only two complaints against this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.

icfarm I remember hearing at the end of the commentary for "Dracula 2000" that there would likely be another, and I looked forward to seeing it. While this one was not quite a match for the first (it didn't have GERRY), I enjoyed it.I was somewhat disappointed upon realizing that Mr. Butler wouldn't be reprising his role, but have to say that Stephen Billington did a fine job. I found him to be a talented actor with a definite "sex appeal" factor. He also has to spend a good part of the film looking, shall we say, "less than his best" but his performance as Drac still comes through - and you still believe his seduction of Lizzie. When they got to the kissing-on-a-bed scene almost at the end of the movie, I thought, "Finally"! Anyway, this, like the first, has no pretensions of being a classic or Oscar winner; it's one to watch for love of the genre (and love of vamps, male or female, take your pick). Get both and have yourself a Halloween night (or any other night of the year) Drac-a-thon.

auntrebee Let's start with the other opinion about the people in Dracula 2000 leaving Dracula's body hanging. That is just not true. At the end of 2000, Mary has a voice over that says something about her accepting the job of guarding over the remains of Dracula, while the scene is of her and the other guy locking up the coffin in Van Helsing's vault. Now, either Wes Craven forgot that little tidbit of info, or he figured fans like me wouldn't watch the two movies in a row and notice the huge oversight? How could Mary put the wrong remains in her coffin? I don't think there are a lot of flaming,hung from a cross bodies lying around...even in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. I agree that the story left a lot to be desired, but there was enough gore to satisfy any vampire fan. However, there is no way that this blond freak is a better vampire than Gerard Butler. He has more Dracula qualities in his little finger than that guy in his whole body. That scene in 2000 where he kills Christopher Plummer, you see him only in shadows with just one eye gleaming in the moonlight. That was enough to give me the chills. In contrast a pasty white vampire snarling at everyone doing a poor imitation of Reagan from the Exorcist just makes me laugh. Too bad Gerry was probably to busy to reprise his role for the second film, he might have made the movie at least enjoyable.