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Singleton</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="549" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="545"><div> Dracula sucks and so does the movie</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="580" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Simon Sheppard: Jonny Lee Miller</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Mary Heller: Justine Waddell</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Dracula: Gerard Butler</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Lucy: Colleen Fitzpatrick</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Solina: Jennifer Esposito</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Valerie: Jeri Ryan</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 ><NOBR><div> Trick: Sean Patrick Thomas</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Abraham Van Helsing: Christopher Plummer</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="269"><div> Marcus: Omar Epps</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="304"><div> Director: Patrick Lussier</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B>30 Second Bottom Line</B>: Thieves break into a basement vault looking for hidden treasure. Seeing nothing, they determine the gold must be in the coffin they find there. They take it and inadvertently bring along Dracula, entombed inside. When the coffin is opened, he is at long last permitted to wreak havoc on the world, until his fear of Christianity provides the ultimate challenge.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Story Line:</B> Simon Sheppard  (Jonny Lee Miller) is a personal aide to Abraham Van Helsing (Christopher Plummer), a wealthy man living in London. Solina (Jennifer Esposito), an assistant, knows that Abraham must have something of value in his basement vault because of the extreme security measures he has implemented. </div> <bR> <div> Marcus (Omar Epps) and Trick (Sean Patrick Thomas) are part of a gang that breaks into the vault only to find nothing of apparent value. They decide to take the coffin with them to New Orleans and get the surprise of their life while on the airplane. They are unaware that Dracula (Gerard Butler) is inside. </div> <bR> <div> The plane from London crashes near New Orleans, and the shapely blond TV reporter,   Valerie Sharp (Jeri Ryan), is at the crash site to provide news coverage. Soon she is introduced to Dracula.</div> <div> Mary Heller (Justine Waddell) is Van Helsing's daughter (who has quite appropriately changed her last name), with a family secret and power over Dracula. Van Helsing knows this but Mary does not. Dracula is on the loose, and he wants Mary as his ultimate prize. Jonny and Abraham converge on New Orleans to battle Dracula and save Mary. </div> <bR> <bR> <div>   Mary shares living space with her girlfriend Lucy (Colleen Fitzpatrick) who is a coworker with her at a Virgin Records store. When Dracula meets with Lucy, Valerie and Solina, the sexy trio is ready to create plenty of action leading to the inevitable showdown between Mary and Dracula.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Tell Me More About It</B>: Two of the labels under the "check your brain at the door" category of films are "Dead Teenager Movies" and "Eye Candy". <I>Dracula 2000</I> is a combination of both as plenty of young attractive people are killed…well sort of, since every person that Dracula kills is reincarnated as a vampire. They can only die if a silver projectile is inserted in the heart, or the head is severed. Lucy, Solina and Valerie are served up as "eye candy" and more for Dracula. Possibly a new label for the category should be BDM for "Bad Dracula Movies" as opposed to GDM "Great Dracula Movies" like <A HREF="id695.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shadow of the Vampire"><U><I>Shadow of the Vampire.</I></U></A><A HREF="id695.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shadow of the Vampire"><U> </U></A></div> <bR> <div> If you are over 30, and not a dedicated vampire movie buff, please stay away from this film, both at the theater and later at the video store. If you are between 18 and 30 and are looking for a date flick at the local megaplex, it may have some redeeming value. It's shot with style and even has a decent beginning and ending, which is a big surprise considering how lame everything in the middle is. The problem is that middle section constitutes 90% of the film. </div> <bR> <div> Plummer and Epps always bring something good to a movie and they along with Waddell brought quality acting to an otherwise weak cast. In fairness to the actors, the characters they had to portray put them at a disadvantage.</div> <bR> <div> Without doubt if you want to see a vampire film that strikes you as being <B>real,</B> see Willem Dafoe in <A HREF="id695.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shadow of the Vampire"><U><I>Shadow of the Vampire.</I></U></A><I> </I>This will in all likelihood become a classic.<I> </I> You might have to drive a little farther to see it, but it will be well worth the trip.</div> <bR> <div> Like Ang Lee brought something new to the kung fu genre with <I>Crouching Tiger,</I> <I>Hidden Dragon</I>, I hoped that Wes Craven would do the same for vampires. Rather than a step forward, this vampire moved back into the shadows. Hopefully, he'll stay there.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="591" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> R (sex; nudity; gore; violence; language)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> George O. Singleton © 2001</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="587"><div> <A HREF="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Reelmoviec@aol.com"><U><U>George@reelmoviecritic.com</U></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Mini Filmography </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="579" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Jonny Lee Miller: <I>Mansfield Park</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Patrick Lussier: <I>Music of the Heart</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="299"><div> Gerard Butler: <I>One More Kiss</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Colleen Fitzpatrick: <I>Liar, Liar</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Jennifer Esposito: <I>He Got Game</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Jeri Ryan: <I><B>Disney's The Kid</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="299"><div> Sean Patrick Thomas: <I><B>Save the Last Dance</B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Christopher Plummer: <I><B>The Insider</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Omar Epps: <I><B>Love and Basketball</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="273"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="273" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="523" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="517"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="517" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>