Dracula 2000 (2000)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Patrick Lussier

Writers (WGA):

Joel Soisson (story) &
Patrick Lussier (story) ...

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

19th Century Chills Terrify the 21st Century

Plot:

A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing.

Plot Keywords:

Antique Dealer | Vampire | Gothic | Zero Gravity Sex | Werewolf

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gerard Butler	...	Dracula
Christopher Plummer	...	Abraham Van Helsing
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Simon Sheppard
Justine Waddell	...	Mary Heller-Van Helsing
Colleen Fitzpatrick	...	Lucy Westerman (as Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick)
Jennifer Esposito	...	Solina
Omar Epps	...	Marcus
Sean Patrick Thomas	...	Trick
Danny Masterson	...	Nightshade
Lochlyn Munro	...	Eddie
Tig Fong	...	Dax
Tony Munch	...	Charlie
Jeri Ryan	...	Valerie Sharpe
Shane West	...	JT
Nathan Fillion	...	Father David

Also Known As:

Dracula 2001 (UK)
Wes Craven Presents Dracula 2000 (USA) (complete title)
Dracula 2001 (Colombia) (Spain) [es]
Drácula 2000 (Brazil) [pt]
Drácula 2001 (Spain) [es]
Dracula 2000 (Norway) [no]
Dracula 2000 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Dracula 2000 (Japan: English title) [en]
Dracula 2000 (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Dracula 2001 (France) [fr]
Dracula 2001 (Finland) [fi]
Dracula 2002 (Belgium: English title) (video title) [en]
Dracula's legacy - Il fascino del male (Italy) [it]
Drakula 2000 (Hungary) [hu]
Wes Craven - Dracula 2000 (Germany) [de]
Wes Craven präsentiert Dracula (Germany) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence/gore, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #37918) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

All of the Mardi Gras scenes were actually filmed in August, six months after the real Mardi Gras had ended.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Nightshade accidentally cuts his finger with the chisel, there is visibly no blood on the coffin. Yet it shows the coffin sucking in the blood 'from his finger.'

Quotes:

Solina: You don't build this kind of security without a gold mine to hide.

Movie Connections:

References Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)

Soundtrack:

Swan Dive

Don't believe movie critics about this one. It's great!

This is such a beautifully filmed and acted film that it's a shame for anyone to miss it. The cast is just excellent, especially Gerard Butler as Dracula. His role is slightly underplayed which works beautifully for THIS Dracula whose real self is only discovered at the end of the movie. Wes Craven used everyone in the film exactly the way they should have been used.

This is not a slasher movie. Although there is violence and blood the rest of the movie actually subdues this. It is a thoughtful movie that sets up the ending slowly, step by step.

If you haven't seen it, by all means, give it a try and watch with an open mind and see if you can figure out WHO Dracula really is. (besides the hot Scot, Gerard Butler, who is just fascenating in this film)

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