a very slick modern ( keep it sensually hip ) revamp on the dracula story ( although stay with the traditional custom ) with quite an interesting and if not fully grasp back story of the prince of darkness . the first time i try watch it i could only make it halfway through and before lose interest . again it get off to a good start ( especially the scene with the thief and then their encounter with dracula ) and but then for me it get less involve when it hit new orleans to focus on van helsing daughter . a great place to set it and but never take advantage of it setting ( despite etch a paradise in damn and where dracula could flourish ) . produce by wes carven ( and yeah they throw that name out there ) and but write or direct by patrick lussier . artistically it have it moment with few dreamlike visuals and but some kinetic editing and cheap jolt do not help . the messy script do get considerably silly . lussier do a polished job that remain rather glassy and insert a lot of blood ( the make up be suitably achieve ) and a lot of virgin advertising . no i do not mean virgin and it the music company and a it do get in numerous shot and helsing daughter work there too . oh that wasn not obvious plant . the soundtrack be an amusing choice of rock tune . now the performance be all over the shop and but there be few familiar face to spot ( danny masterson and sean patrick thomas and nathan fillion and shane west and lochlyn munro ) . gerard butler a dracula just do not come off and a not much of a presence be form . he be simply out shin by the succulent lady of the night while jennifer esposito and colleen fitzpatrick and jeri ryan a dracula bride . the like of jonny lee millar and justine waddell be respectably okay . christopher plummer give out a grizzled turn a van helsing and omar epps have fun with his role .