# "Renfield" with Nicholas Cage as Dracula **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 18, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renfield-with-nicholas-cage-as-dracula/982853 "2023-04-18T16:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renfield-with-nicholas-cage-as-dracula/982853/1 "2023-04-18T16:40:05Z")
I searched and no thread… I went to this yesterday and I have to say it was a lot of fun–it’s tonally all over the place going from over the top horror to broad comedy to stylized action (reminded me of Kick-Ass that way). It definitely got edited down as there’s evidence of some cut/pared down subplots and characters but nothing that really takes you out of it. Nicholas Hoult does a great job of doing some heavy lifting with all the different tones. Awkwafina is great. And Cage is a blast as Dracula. Ben Schwartz is a nice surprise but is basically playing his one character just a bit more violent. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renfield-with-nicholas-cage-as-dracula/982853/2 "2023-04-18T16:52:52Z")
I left a review over in the “Movies you’ve seen recently” thread: > [@Movies you've seen recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/6436): > > We saw Renfield. The five minutes of dialogue, about a guy who is easily influenced by narcissists was actually very nicely done. The other 85 minutes of action film were, I suppose, fairly well done if you appreciate the hardcore comic book, slaughterfest style (I was largely ambivalent) but I felt like the ratio of story to action was too extreme to really care about it. They went “wall of sound” with all of the sound effects so just hearing someone pop their knuckles sounded like a gun was b… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renfield-with-nicholas-cage-as-dracula/982853/3 "2023-04-18T16:53:52Z")
It’s not great cinema by any measure, but I thought it was a lot of splattery fun. Nicholas Cage once again proves that there’s no role so overwritten that he can’t still overact it. If you like that kind of thing (I like that kind of thing) it’s fantastic, but if you’re tired of Nicholas Cage, stay the hell away from this movie.