Dracula - The Dark Prince
by Joe Chappelle
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Actor: Christopher Brand, Jane March, Peter Weller, Roger Daltrey, Rudolf MartinDirector: Joe Chappelle
Producer: Avram 'Butch' Kaplan
Producer: Donald Kushner
Producer: Matt Earl Beesley
Producer: Peter Locke
Producer: Teresa Garber
Producer: Vlad Paunescu
Writer: Thomas Baum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Live / Artisan
DVD Reviews of Dracula - The Dark Prince
DVD Review: Fictionalized Movie about Vlad Dracul.....Not Dracula the Vampire
Summary: 4 Stars
The DVD cover is very misleading, because this is actually a fictionalized version of the real Count Vlad Dracul's life. His history was the basis for Bram Stoker's blood-sucking vampire, Dracula. The movie is well made and I think I originally saw it on the History Channel during Halloween.
Rudolf Martin is very good and quite attractive as Vlad. The movie begins where he is recounting his life. A younger actor portrays him as a teen when he and his brother are emprisoned by the Sultan. When he is older and goes back to Romania, he fights to free his people from tyranny. To do this he becomes a tyrant himself. There are a few gruesome scenes that I think would be inappropriate for young children (he was called "Vlad the Impaler" for a reason).
I've seen quite a few documentaries about the real Count Dracul and this is not actual fact as stated in the description. It's some fact and mostly fiction. The writers added some humor and some hints to where the vampire Dracula's and Count Dracul's lives seem to merge. At one point, when he is being questioned by the priests, they mention that he dipped his bread in his victim's blood and ate it. He wearily says, "I've heard these stories so often, I'm beginning to believe them myself."
The real Count Dracul would be amused!
DVD Review: Dracula...the worth watching non-vampire movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Ok, enough people have gone into the technical marks of the movie, so you can easily get the gist of what it's about...pros and cons. Quite frankly, I loved the movie. I bought it and have watched it four times already. Take it for what it is..a movie. It doesn't matter if he was portrayed as a romantic or a murdering monster. It was a movie! If you watch it with that attitude, it's well worth the cost of owning it. Once again, I loved it.DVD Review: by far the best dracula
Summary: 5 Stars
It is no wonder why they used the same actor to portray dracula in the buffy series. this film is by far the best dracula film out there. IT only leaves you wishing there was more vampire myth at the end.DVD Review: A "True" Account of Vlad Dracula
Summary: 3 Stars
"Dracula: The Dark Prince": the title of this made-for-TV film is slightly misleading as it may make you think that the film is about vampires. It is not. Certainly the film stars Rudolf Martin as "Vlad Dracula the Impaler" or Prince of Romania (or Wallachia to be precise), one of the models of Count Dracula, but the story itself is not related to Bram Stoker's book or the blood-sucking Count himself. The film claims it is fact-based (and it is though very loosely), inspired by the real history of Vlad Dracula, often referred to as Vlad Tepes (Impaler).
Raised by stern father, young Vlad and his brother Radu are later kidnapped and held hostage by the Turkish Sultan. After their father was murdered, only Vlad is allowed to go back to his country (reasons unexplained). Vengeful Vlad vows to free his country and brother Radu from the Turks and he enlists a financial help from Hungarian King Janos (Roger Daltrey). While staying at his court, he falls in love with King's daughter Lidia (Jane March) and marries her.
All these incidents loosely based on the historical facts are told as memories of Vlad Dracula interrogated by Father Stefan (Peter Weller) and other priests trying to indict him for his atrocities. The short film includes many events, but as it is clearly low-budget, you cannot expect grand-scale battle scenes. But the film keeps slick storytelling which is not boring with convincing locations (shot in Romania, why not?) and the complex personalities of Vlad Dracula. I only wish that the film took more time to explore the meanings of his extremely harsh punishments as the ruler of the politically unstable country.
"Dracula: The Dark Prince" is not a horror film; it is more like a historical mini-series. It may not be as accurate as it claims, but it surely has a good story in it.
DVD Review: Watch What You Say ...
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm writting this after reading the other reviews. You have to remember when watching this that it is a Movie not a Documentary. It's a great Dracula story based loosely on facts. If anyone is trying to convince you otherwise they're out of their mind. (And if anyone actually portrayed the true figure of Dracula it would not only be an ugly character, but also an ugly actor ...)
This is a great, slightly dramatic movie; with a great looking actor; and a lose ending. It's fun and a great movie if you like vampire movies, or historical fiction.
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