2023, Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) -- download
And that's it, that's all I have to say. Well, not much beyond it's cute and despite shedding copious amounts of blood and dropping dozens of henchmen bodies, the movie had little impact on me.
Renfield (Nicholas Hoult, Warm Bodies), who is yes, the original one, is still working for Dracula after all these years. They have moved to the US, Dracula using his blood & bugs to keep Robert Montague Renfield alive, so he can acquire victims for him. Despite greater success in the past, Dracula has hit a downturn, as modern techniques and communication methods have allowed hunters to more quickly find him. While Dracula is off his game, Renfield has begun to pay more attention to his mental health situation and is attending a therapy group. They are urging him to stand up to his abusive boss.
Meanwhile beat cop Rebecca (Awkwafina, Ocean's Eight) is desperately trying to take down a local New Orleans cartel run by Bellafrancesca Lobo (Shohreh Aghdashloo, The Expanse) and her son Tedward (Ben Schwartz, Space Force) -- I don't need to describe those characters, as the choice of actors does it all for me. She's not having any luck because New Orleans = corrupt police force. Until Renfield blunders into the situation, and assists her with his bug powered strength & agility. Together they shoot, smoosh, eviscerate, decapitate, and disarm (literally) the Lobo henchmen and even foil an alliance between Dracula and the Lobos.
Cage is having a ton of fun here. But when doesn't he? The rest just... phone it in? Well, maybe a bit of kudos to Schwartz in his tatt'ed up gangster role that doesn't suit his personality anymore than the guy's suits ... suit him.
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