Dracula Origins

Genre :  Action  Fantasy Horror
Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer: D.R. Cobb
MONSTER UNIVERSE

Cast:
Oscar Isaac ..... Vlad
Camilla Belle ..... Minerva
Toby Kebbell ..... Sultan Mehmed
Andy Garcia ..... The Mystic

Plot: Prince Vlad Tepes (Oscar Isaac) of Transylvania rules his kingdom in peace until it is besieged by Sultan Mehmed (Toby Kebbell) and the Ottoman Empire. Mehmed and his troops slaughter Vlad's people, including Vlad's wife (Camilla Belle) and children. Vlad narrowly escapes his castle and treks into the mountains where there is legend of a mystic who can grant wishes. Vlad finally finds the mystic (Andy Garcia) and wishes to have the power to defeat his enemies and avenge the deaths of his wife and children. The mystic warns him that such power will come at a great cost. Vlad does not care and drinks the mystics blood from a chalice. Vlad, uses his new vampiric powers to slay the Mehmed  and his troops. Having avenged the murder of his family, Vlad turns into a flock of bats that head toward the mountains.
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BOX OFFICE
Budget: $106,000,000
Domestic Gross: $174,838,053
Foreign Gross: $351,420,280
Total Profit: $278,251,281
REVIEWS
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"Oscar Isaac is great as always, but it's wasted in a movie with a lot of style - not a lot of substance" - Ben Bernard, New York Times
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"A good old-fashioned revenge tragedy that just happens to involve a guy who  can turn into a cloud of bats" - Stephen Anderson, Entertainment Weekly
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"Sure, the special effects are top notch and the cast looks appropriately regal, but was anyone asking for this origin story?" - Matthew Ellis, USA Today
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Rated R for graphic violence
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Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania
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- Scott Derrickson beat out the likes of Denis Iliades and Mark Romanek for the director's chair.