Dracula (2020) Mini Series Review

Dracula (2020) Mini Series Review

 I have just finished the three part mini series from BBC of the retelling of Dracula, and if you looked up the phrase mixed bag in the dictionary this shows poster would be staring you in the face. 

Main Character

Claes Bang plays the iconic character of Count Dracula in this show and he is easily the best part of this show, he absolutley owns the screen throughout this shows run time and hopefully we see him do more things. In a modern age he plays the perfect Count Dracula, a mix of evil, but charismatic, dramatic and charismatic performance that should truly be remembered for a long time to come.

Supporting Cast

The only other cast member in multiple epsidoes is that of Dolly Wells, who plays a Nun that goes against Dracula and she does a good job in her role. She has some of the best lines in the show and her character has good chemistry with Dracula. However, no other character stands out at all, nobody else is given enough of a chance to shine for you to care about any of them so you just won't and you kind of want to see Dracula kill them all.

Story

The story of the first episode is excellent, it feels tense and dark and unnerving as you see this man being mentally tortured by Count Dracula, the next episode is basically a mystery episode on a boat which was okay and the third episode was just an absolute mess and felt like a completley different show. If this had just been a one episode show I might have been satisfied but the plot just becomes more and more absurd as the show goes on and not in a good way but in a confusing, boring kind of way. Plus it ends really abruptly and in my opinion does not provide an interesting conclusion.

Script

The script actually was quite a bit funnier then I thought it would be with Dracula spitting out one liners, but the drama was just okay, there wasn't really anything that stood out to me or that was very memorable at all.

Style

This show is dark, if you like a violent, horror based Dracula then you will like the tone of this show and I very much liked the tone of the show, well for like the first episode. My main issue is with the inconsistency of the tone and how it changes from episode 1 to episode 3 when in my opinion it really didn't need too.  

Overall

Overall, Dracula is a fine mini series that is only like 5 hours long all together so you can do it in a day, if you are a fan of Dracula then you will enjoy this show but if not then I personally don't think this is worth the time when there is so much other quality TV to watch.

Rating - 6/10