Renfield
Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) was once a solicitor in his native England, living the good life, his future seemingly bright. But a fateful business trip to meet with a client in faraway Transylvania changed Renfield's life forever. He became the minion of that client, Count Dracula (Nicolas Cage), and now, years, later, he finds himself attending meetings of a group that deals with codependency. Listening to the stories of his fellow attendees, he realizes he can't help them change themselves, but he can do something to the people who make their lives miserable.
Renfield and Dracula are now living in New Orleans, after Dracula was almost killed by vampire
hunters, so that he may recuperate. Renfield is fed up with suffering abuse in silent, which is why he begins to attend the 12-step program meetings. He decides to use the abusers to feed Dracula, in order to ameliorate his guilt for having sacrificed many innocent people in the past. But he ends up in conflict with a rival crime family, the Lobos, and he kills their assassin, which brings him to meet Detective Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina). One thing leads to another, and Renfield confesses his story to Rebecca, deepening the relationship between them, and ultimately leading to a confrontation with Dracula himself.
Renfield is a dark comedy/horror/fantasy film with a whole lot of gore thrown in for good measure. Nicholas Hoult is amazing as the beleaguered and fed-up minion who finally decides that enough is enough. As for Nic Cage, he plays the part of Dracula for all he's worth, which is saying quite a lot. Campy, creepy, and yet somehow likeable. It's clear he had fun with the role, and I had fun watching this movie. I loved Awkwafina in Crazy Rich Asians, and I loved her here, she is very talented and has great comedic timing. Just be aware that there is a great deal of blood, and if this is a trigger for you, maybe you should pass on this. I would love to see it again, and plan to do so.
I give Renfield 4.5 Stars.
No comments:
Post a Comment