What does a Dracula mean to you? If you think a Dracula is an antagonist who sucks blood like what a vampire does, Dracula Untold might make you change your perception on that.
The Dracula in the film is more a hero than a monster. At the beginning of the film, it exposes audiences with the fact that the Master Vampire is entombed in a cave. The film does a good job in establishing the setting and characters. It introduces us to the life of Vlad Tepes (the Dracula), who spends his young life serving in the Turkish army. Raised by his enemies, the Turks, Vlad learns to be a great warrior. He is then the prince of Transylvania and is a vassal to Mehmed, the Sultan of Turkey. He seems to live a happily-ever-after life with his family. However, the peace and harmony is not eternal. War begins when the Sultan demands additional 1000 boys from Vlad for his army, including Vlad’s son, Ingeras.
Realising the fact that he does not want to give his son up to slavery, and that he could not defeat the predominant Turkish army with his people, Vlad seeks supernatural aid in the cave where the Master Vampire is there. He accepts the power of damnation which gives him extraordinary power to cover long distances as a flock of bats.
Cinematography plays a crucial role here to impress and gives audiences a clearer picture of how powerful Vlad is with computer-generated effects. In the scene, Vlad successfully protects his people from 1000 soldiers with his power. Nevertheless, his people betray and try to kill him when they know Vlad has become a Dracula. He has to seek for his people’s understanding and acceptance of who he has become.
At the same time, Vlad has to resist his desire to suck blood for three days as he fights Mehmed, so that he can revert to his former self. His power will be weakened if he is exposed to sunlight and silver metal.
On the other hand, Mehmed does not give up in the war and he manages to catch Vlad’s son. Vlad’s supportive wife, Mirena dies as well. Vlad has both mental and physical stress when his family leaves him at the time he needs them the most. Struggling to save his son and to resist the desire to suck human blood, how could Vlad and his people survive? This film definitely challenges you to watch it till the very end.
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