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Topics: Film and TV, Keanu Reeves, Netflix, Celebrity, Streaming
Callum Jones
Topics: Film and TV, Keanu Reeves, Netflix, Celebrity, Streaming
A Keanu Reeves movie dubbed 'cinematic perfection' has just landed on Netflix and fans cannot get enough of it.
Mr John Wick himself is one of the most well-known actors in Hollywood, having starred in countless successful movies over the years.
The actor's talent isn't just limited to film appearances, however, as he has also appeared in the video game Cyberpunk 2077 in recent years.
A classic featuring Reeves has been the talk of the town on social media of late as it dropped on Netflix on Monday (September 1), some 33 years after it was released in theaters across the globe.
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The 1992 film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is based on the classic novel by Bram Stoker - and reportedly saw Reeves and Winona Ryder accidentally marry each other.
I am, of course, talking about Bram Stoker's Dracula, which follows young barrister Jonathan Harker (Reeves) who is assigned to work in a village in eastern Europe.
However, he is soon captured and imprisoned by Dracula (Gary Oldman) who travels to London in search of Harker's fiancée, Mina Murray (Ryder).
Dracula then attempts to seduce and terrorize Mina's closest friend, Lucy Westenra (Sadie Frost), but as you'd expect with a horror movie, things don't exactly go to plan.
While the film may be over 30 years old nowadays, some people will be watching it for the first time this week after its release on Netflix.
"Very bear to being Cinematic PERFECTION. One of my all-time favorite gothic horror films," one person penned in a review on Rotten Tomatoes.
A second added: "The Godfather of contemporary gothic horror and one of the best horror films of all time… even with some of the hackneyed actions from Ryder and Reeves."
While a third remarked: "The movie itself was brilliant and the closest adaptation of the novel."
Bram Stoker's Dracula sits at a respectable 69 percent critics' score and a 79 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, which suggests it's not a bad idea to stick on over the weekend.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's review states: "Truly, there is too much going on here, and the results are exhausting. At the same time, the film's very busyness is part of Dracula's undeniable charm. If there is glory in excess, Coppola's movie is glorious."
Meanwhile, The Telegraph wrote in a mixed review: "The performances are top-notch, the set design is a wonder to behold and the cinematography is breathtaking. Bram Stoker's Dracula falls flat only in its failed attempt to faithfully - almost religiously - adapt to the novel."
Bram Stoker's Dracula is available to stream on Netflix now.