Renfield

2023

1h 33m

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6.5/10

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Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.

Directors

Chris McKay

Writers

Robert Kirkman(screenstory by)

Bram Stoker(characters by)

Ryan Ridley(screenplay by)

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Nicholas Hoult

Nicolas Cage

Awkwafina

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Renfield

Dracula

Rebecca

Tedward Lobo

Bellafrancesca Lobo

Mark

Chris

Kate

Caitlyn

Carol

Karla

Sharon

Christopher Matthew Cook

Bob

Weird Kevin

Trevante

Captain Browning

Kyle

Vanessa

Directors

Chris McKay

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Robert Kirkman(screenstory by)

Bram Stoker(characters by)

Ryan Ridley(screenplay by)

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6/10

Nicholas Hoult is the eponymous vampire "familial" whose job it is, is to cater for the needs of his toothy master (Nicolas Cage) who is distinctly under the weather. He is gradually tiring of the relentlessness of his tasks - especially as procuring food for his boss is becoming more and more difficult; as well having to rely on his own unsavoury diet of bugs - they give him super strength for a few moments. Meantime, the ballsy police officer "Quincy" (Awkwafina) is trying to finally nail "Teddy Lobo" (Ben Schwartz) whose mother "Bella" (Shohreh Aghdashloo) heads up the city's most ruthless gang of drug dealing hoods and who has bribed just about every city official. Serendipity takes an hand when "Renfield" comes across this officer in a diner and after a lively altercation the two find themselves united in their determination to achieve their goals. To be honest, the story is pretty lightweight and just reminded me of an episode of "Buffy". What makes this a bit more fun is the two characterisations. Hoult joins in. He is clearly having fun with his insects and his acrobatics. Cage is also up for the task at hand. He is super-hammy and at times reminded me more of Sir Anthony Hopkin's "Hannibal Lecter" than of anything Christopher Lee ever did. I saw this on my own in a cinema last night which was a bid sad - it's not a great film, but it is still a mildly amusing mickey-take of this genre (and of what passes for film-noir nowadays) and though instantly forgettable, is still a well produced and enjoyable enough gore-fest.

Geronimo196717 Apr, 2023