It has a nice wrapping with Cage covering the comedic horror, and Hoult and Awkwafina the ludicrous gory action.
On the other hand, it lacks substance being quite over the place with multiple underdeveloped storylines which become uninteresting: Renfield’s co-dependence, Dracula’s world domination, Rebecca’s work and family issues, and the mobsters and their shady business.
Simply entertaining. Nothing else.
Although having a good trigger point for the mystery, its extremely generic score, kindergarten-level script (with outrageously simple dialogues, foolish characters, and filled with plot holes), and cringy overacting and over romanticism make of this movie simply a bigger budgeted crappy TV movie.
Nice look into the idea of tourists believing themselves to be above the law of the hosting country.
The beating score provides a great feel of impending doom and perversion tight from the start.
Unfortunately, the first act is so good and detailed that makes the rest of the film, and in particular its twists, quite predictable.
Nevertheless, its attractive visuals, either via traditional framing or kaleidoscopic sequences, keeps you quite attentive to what is happening on the screen.
The Duellists (1977, Scott)
"The one man, played by Harvey Keitel, is a prisoner of his own hatred. He must kill or be killed. Keith Carradine plays the other man who is honor bound to fight. It is a fascinating story of man’s violence."
--- Ridley Scott
