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Following a series of bloody, brutal campaigns, he's allowed to return to his home country of Transylvania, where he reigns as a prince and vassal to Mehmed (Dominic Cooper), the sultan of Turkey.

Dracula (Luke Evans), born Vlad Tepes, spends his childhood and young life serving in the Turkish army. There's nothing wrong with the premise, which blends a cherry-picked selection of facts from the life of the 'historical' Dracula with those of the mythological beast Stoker birthed. Dracula Untold could have used a little eroticism not only to emphasize the bond between the main characters but to amplify the tragedy of what Dracula loses along with his humanity. Then there's the sex, which is presented in a typically chaste PG-13 manner. A scene in which 1000 men are slaughtered is an incoherent mess it's impossible not to be distracted by the manner in it is shot. In order to keep the violence and bloodshed at acceptable levels, he resorts to a lot of fast cutting with objects obscuring the camera's view. None of this can be effectively represented given the restrictions of the MPAA's PG-13 classification but that doesn't stop Shore (making his feature debut) from trying. Vampires are all about sex and death and gore. One of the first rules of horror cinema is that it isn't possible to make a good PG-13 vampire movie. Instead of being respectful of Bram Stoker's creation, it attempts to remake him as a tragic figure with superhero powers. Some of these are likely beyond his control but they result in a generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster. Unfortunately, Gary Shore's film suffers from narrative issues and problems of execution. Dracula Untold purports to relate the origin of how the world's most famous vampire became the creature we all know and fear.

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