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Dracula Untold (2014)
5/10
A rather tedious version of the Dracula story. The story harkens back to a flavor of the original Brad Stoker novel. Dracula is Vlad the Impaler, who was as tribute to the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century by his royal father to be trained a soldier in the Sultan's elite Janissary corps. The exposition is he became a feared military leader, known for impaling the conquered. He gives up these ways and returns to Transylvania to rule as prince.
He has a family and the Turks come back and demand his son as tribute to the military, just as Vlad had been. As his kingdom is outmatched, he turns to a vampire in a cave to give him powers to save the day. He can take on the powers for three days and avoid becoming a permanent vampire if he's able to resist drinking blood.
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