Renfield

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CAT'S PICK : ★ 7.0

Reinfield”, a film released on 14th April 2023, with a cast sharing actors like Nicholas Hoult as Reinfield and Nicolas Cage as Dracula is a movie based in a fantasy world with a tiny bit of comedy to make the viewers glaze and smile. 

The story goes like this, Renfield, Dracula's thug and detainee at the neurotic haven for a long time, yearns for a daily existence away from the Count, his different requests, and all of the gore that accompanies them.

A fast-paced, 90-minute horror comedy, Renfield is a lot of fun because its deviations from its central concept are still funny and never last long enough to derail it. There's a touching story about understanding and appreciating one's worth hidden beneath all the gratuitous bloodshed. Renfield’s lack of confidence and journey to find it are just so endearing, and Nicholas Hoult proves once again that he is a master of comedy. Awkwafina has the same comedy chops as the role, and there are also a few dramatic moments.

Nicholas Hoult has carved out a nice little niche for himself as an actor who can make the monsters he plays sympathetic, whether he plays the lead in the excellent rom-com film Warm Bodies or a War Boy in Mad Max who learns to love. Road of Fury.

Nicolas Cage has never been an entertainer you can blame for calling in a presentation, and it's a treat to see him commit so completely to the job, regardless of whether the film's treatment of Dracula turns out to be somewhat shallow. That has less to do with Cage's performance and more to do with the film itself, which does have a lot of appeal in an era when movies like Batman and John Wick routinely run three hours.