Dracula -2000- Now
The most immediate departure Dracula 2000 takes from the source material is its setting. Traditionally, Dracula stalks the fog-laden streets of Victorian London. Lussier and screenwriter Joel Soisson recognized that for a modern audience in the year 2000, London didn't carry the same sense of danger; the world had become too connected, too bright.
Forget the CGI. Forget the cheesy one-liners. Watch it for the audacity of turning the most famous vampire in history into the most infamous traitor in the Bible. Watch it to see Gerard Butler grunt his way through a sword fight with a chrome-plated dagger. Watch it for Christopher Plummer throwing holy water in the face of a bloodthirsty Judas. Dracula -2000-
. While it was widely panned upon release—earning a meager 18% on Rotten Tomatoes The most immediate departure Dracula 2000 takes from
