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Dracula 3000

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I wanted to like this movie, but it is truly awful. Worse, it is dull as dirt, with terrible acting. Even Dracula fans will not be able to sit through it. Don't bother unless you need a sleep aid.

One hilarious thing...this film is set in the year 3000 and the lounge in the space ship contains a 4X3 TV and VHS machine!?

This is not a sequel to DRACULA 2000, DRACULA II or the upcoming DRACULA III.

You know, this movie had the potential to be good camp, but sadly, can't even achieve that. What can I say? The plot is lame, Dracula looks ridiculous, and the ending is incredibly stupid. Want more details? Ok, as one person mentioned, it's the year 3000, and space suits are a mix of cheap gas masks and BARE SKIN!! Hello? At least tell us they have some kind of force shield like in Star Trek! I mean, why the hell are they walking into a potentially hazardous environment with BARE SKIN? ARgh!
Then there is Drac. In the year 3000, interstellar traveler Dracula is STILL wearing a cape and out dated formal wear. OK.
Then the end. The robot turns to the only living member of the crew, mentions that in 12 hours they are going to fly into the heart of a sun, and offers to have sex with him! THAT'S THE END OF THE MOVIE!! What the hell? Let's get laid, then BOOM!
ARGH!
Watch this only if you are really, really bored. Or a huge Casper Van Diem fan. Nah, even then, it's not worth it.

A vampire clan is somehow transplanted to a planet in deep space in the future. In Dracula 3000, the vampire clan highjacks a freight ship headed back to Earth in the year 3000. At the beginning, this story, although not terribly original, sounded interesting enough to watch. So I watched it.

Director Darrell Roodt is able to tap some real star power for this low budget thriller including Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers); Coolio (Batman & Robin); Erika Eleniak-Goglia (Tales of the Crypt: Bordello of Blood); tough guy Tommy Lister Jr., (The Fifth Element); Udo Kier (Blade); Grant Swanby; Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld and Langley Kirkwood.

The one person who looks painfully out of place is Langley Kirkwood. I have nothing against Kirkwood. But when Kirkwood's character appears in the film for the first time, the film looses any credibility as an heir to the Dracula legacy. He is simply not believable as the vampire overlord from the planet Transylvania. He'd be better cast as Napoleon Dynamite.

The story of space voyagers finding an abandoned ship in deep space is nothing new. The crew decides a salvage mission is in order, which again is predictable. Coolio proceeds to steal the show as a disrespectful, drug-addicted crewmember searching the salvaged ship for swag. He accidentally wakes the vampire overlord who had been sleeping on the ship. After becoming the vampire's first victim, Collio's character is transformed into a fearsome (and sometimes hilarious) vampire. Sadly his character's life is brief.

Other opportunities to bring the plot to life are completely ignored, such as the revelation that Van Dien's character is a descendant of famed vampire killer Van Helsing. I immediately expected some hard core vampire killing action. Instead, Van Dien is killed off. Then the plot slowly limps to an anticlimactic end.

The only other highlight is sexy Erika Eleniak-Goglia. She plays a tough second-in-command of the ship and looks good in tight, black leather. She becomes more interesting when she reveals that she is a cyborg. Not just a cyborg, but a pleasure-bot! Guess what happens next? That's right, she dies. Like I said, there are a lot of missed opportunities to make this a better movie.

The script is poorly written and there are very few action scenes (other then various crew members running up and down the endless corridors of the abandoned ship, if you can call that action). Since Roodt is both writer and director, I place the blame squarely upon him. The basic storyline was interesting and these actors have talent, but the script gave the characters no depth.

Because this movie lacks entertaining dialogue and a clever plot, it's a disappointment. True vampire aficionados may want to check it out anyway just to see Coolio's attention-grabbing performance. However, casual fans of vampire and horror flicks should probably pass on it.

Oh Dear indeed!Never in my days ,so far, have i come across such a veritable pile of execrement, posing as a vampire film!
Made on a budget of two dollars fifty there is still change to spare as a random cast of has beens and "Never-will-make-its"
bumble their way through crude and offensive one liners and delayed responses.Mind you, i must admit that i did laugh when i saw Coolios' hair.Damn funny.
All in all this waste of space results in feelings of distaste,worry and overall nausea......but the DVD does make an excellent frisbee!

Man, this movie sucks big time - bad acting, horrible sound, and no sense of future in it. It's supposed to be the year 3000 but the stuff they use is that of nowadays if not worse. Not to mention the bad 3D-Rendering of the space ships.

Acting is terrible and fake. I am a Dracula fan and looked forward to watching this movie but I really MUCH expected more out of this sequel. The Dracula actor doesn't enter his MASTER role.

And I just HAVE to mention the awful sound, especially when you hear the actors screaming lol!

This sucks - don't buy this movie! It's not worth a penny!

This was probably the absolute worst movie I've ever seen. The acting makes Community Theater look like Shakspearean Broadway. The sets are straight out of the IKEA catalouge and Dracula himself resembled an accountant who was obviously collecting a debt from the Producer. The only thing worse is the damage done to poor Casper's career. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS!

Hey kids! What movie has no critics raving,no redeeming qualities, and has people shouting: "Hey mom, I think I'm gonna need a bucket!"? Why its Dracula 3000 of course, you goofball!
This horr(ible)or movie has a story that was apparently written by one of the boys in Mrs. O'leary's 3rd grade english class, and the finished project is an insult to him too. This movie is standard direct to video, and will could only be seen at 3 in the morning on the SciFi channel. Imagine the story Dracula set on a space ship. Thats it. Kind of like how Titanic was really Dirty Dancing set on boat. If you must see it, watch it with a large group of your goofiest friends. The type of friends who love MST3K, or just providing their own running commentary. Then when through you can all go out in the streets,set the film on fire and dance around the flames singing and waking up the neighbor's baby, and that one yappy dog that lives on every street of America. If you go through it solo though... lets just say its not as enjoyable. Read the movie summary if your concerned about a story(theres not much of one).I will sum it all up. Woesome writing. Atrocious acting. Stinky special effects.(Stinky?)Director Darrel Root is this generation's Ed Wood. No wait, Coleman Francis! So if you and your horror loving buddies are really bored......Do Something Constructive With Your Life! If people keep renting these Lions Gate will make more until some kind of class action lawsuit gets filed.

This movie is so bad, it's not even entertaining in that cheesy B-movie way. It's so predictable, you don't even have to watch it to know how it's going to end. Really. You could've written this script yourself and it would have been better, even if you shot it using members of your family and a home video camera. If you've seen the cover, you've seen the good part.

However, Dracula 2000 is completely and entirely different; it's not a series and THAT'S actually a good movie with some thinking going on. Go spend you hard-earned dollars on it instead.

Please do yourself a favor and avoid this movie. Warn everyone you love, hell, warn your enemies. This is quite possibly the worst movie ever made. Not one thing is done right in this movie. Nothing works and Dracula is so painfully laughable it's shocking. He really looks like the cheap Dracula costume you can buy at your local grocery store during Halloween, complete with the really really really bad make-up and plastic fangs.
This movie is just painful and pathetic.
It doesn't even have a conclusion to the story! It just suddenly ends with an explosion and whoosh the end-credits are rolling.
The producers and the director etc. should be ashamed of themselves.
It is the ultimate turkey.

This movie is the worst thing ever to be put on film. For the love of God...do not see this movie. I know that when there are so many bad reviews that one person out there is going to say...hmmmm...gee...maye I should see what they are all talking about! Really don't!!!! When I am 75 years old I will still remember the flashbacks of how I wasted 2 hours of my life seeing this movie. It will forever scar me how insulting this movie is to the general public. My IQ dropped 10 points becuase of this movie. My wife divorced me because I could not stop talking about how bad this movie is. I aquired a drug problem trying to stop the images in my head...so bland...so moronic...I remember the day when we saw this movie and both me and my friend simply sat there with our mouths wide open stared at how completely stupid this movie is. This movie and all copies of it must be banned and burned for the sake of all mankind.