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Direct adaptations of Dracula all fail because the eccentricities of Gothic Horror translate to wonderfully haunting visuals easily but prove too tempting to great filmmakers to self indulgence. This adaptation is no different. Without somebody like Klaus Kinski to anchor this, it just vomits beautifully rendered imagery that has nothing in the way of coherency. It meanders from scene to scene while forcing three dimensional characters onto characters with little more than one. At least Coppola's adaptation had minimal success with endowing motivation onto the vampire. This movie could've been forty five minutes shorter, but the source material's invitation to beautiful imagery proved too tempting and sacrificed pacing.

No spoilers...but I feel really really bad for everybody who worked on this. Especially for Amaryllis Fox who is really good on camera but in the wrong show.

If you've never seen an action movie before, the action will seem a tad better than the offerings the Arrow verse has. If you've never seen a historical fiction/fantasy before, the scenery, costumes, sets will seem cool. If you've never seen a King Fu film before, the martial arts will be neat. If you've never seen the Disney film Mulon before you won't be missing all of the things that movie did better. Of you've seen any of the above mentioned films before, you will be board, confused and disappointed. The movie fails at being everything it tries to be...a historical fiction/fantasy martial arts action film based on a beloved Disney musical. Without the stunning show stopping musical numbers, the poorly paced action and story is much more noticeable. The sets and costume seem right at home in a musical, but seem very stagey for a modern action film. The actors do the best they can with what they are given but nobody could make sell a Disney musical that doesn't have the music as realistic. Save your $$$. Hard pass.