Renfield
5/10
This
movie had the potential to be really good but a shoehorned love
story/cop tale turned this into something that felt more like the
pilot of a series on NBC that would get canceled halfway through the
first season. This is about Renfield. He is the familiar for Dracula.
Like, the for real ass Dracula. He eats bugs and gets powerful and
knows martial arts. He begins to feel like he is in a codependent
relationship with Dracula and goes to a support group to learn how to
deal with it. Meanwhile a cop whose father was murdered and no one
was ever caught crosses paths with him because he has to slaughter
people for Dracula to survive. This movie has a great cast (except
for one person who I struggle to listen to when they talk) and some
creatively crazy fight scenes. But this just felt flat and I wish I
liked it more.
Nicholas
Hoult as Robert Montague Renfield
Nicolas
Cage as Dracula
Awkwafina as
Officer Rebecca Quincy
Ben
Schwartz as Tedward Lobo
Shohreh
Aghdashloo as Bellafrancesca Lobo
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