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The burned corpse of Dracula (Stephen Billington) is revived by a wheelchair-bound scientist, Lowell (Craig Sheffer), and his devoted students in an effort to cure Lowell of a fatal disease. They chai... read more read more...n the demon to a slab at the bottom of an abandoned indoor swimming pool and begin their experiments. But the highly contagious, extremely convincing fiend can create havoc even chained up, as Elizabeth (Diane Neal) and Luke (Jason London) find out the hard way. Luckily, vampire-slaying priest Uffizi (Jason Scott Lee) arrives with his razor-studded whip. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: Patrick Lussier

Release Date: June 7, 2003

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  • allan913
    October 18, 2010
    allan913
    A gripping and creepy edge of your seat thriller that's packed with non-stop suspense and riveting terror. A slick and very cool sequel. You might want to leave the lights on with this one, it grabs you and never wants to let you go. An intense and chilling horror film. A terrify... read moreing and wickedly entertaining sequel that shines with smarts and a great cast.
  • deano
    January 27, 2007
    deano
    What a gore in this vampire direct-to-video sequel and Jason Scott Lee's okay as a vampire hunter.
  • MidnightMadwoman
    March 22, 2006
    MidnightMadwoman
    "Let's soak this dead body in blood for a larf and see what happens." I don't even know why I rented this movie. It would have been so much better if at least some of the cast from Dracula 2000 had come back.
  • ileo
    July 31, 2009
    ileo
    An interesting one!
  • PhilipJon
    March 18, 2012
    PhilipJon
    A group of young medical students come across a mysterious corpse that is very much burned beyond recognition. But this is no ordinary body. While examining the body, one of the students, Elizabeth Blaine (Diane Neal) accidentally pricks her finger on a fang that suddenly grows... read more out of the corpse's mouth. Based on this as well as other circumstantial evidence, the students believe that this is not an ordinary human body, but rather . . . a vampire. The students decide that this "vampire" is worth the time to do some experiments on to determine whether they can discover the key to immortality and the like...

    Leading the study is Professor Lowell (Craig Sheffer), the boyfriend of Elizabeth, and who is currently confined to a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy. Perhaps, this vampire corpse may be the key which leads to a cure not only for Lowell's sickness, but for all of mankind's illnesses. What they may discover in this vampire being could have the potential to make physical disease a thing of the past...

    The students decide to "revive" the vampire, but little do they realize that once you start playing with fire, you can't extinguish the flames... The students discover that not only can this vampire come back to life; this vampire could very well be Dracula himself...

    Father Uffizi (Jason Scott Lee) has been sent from the Vatican on a mission: to vanquish Dracula and his armies of darkness once and for all. But the only way to destroy Dracula is for Father Uffizi to grant him absolution. Because you see, Dracula in his previous life was the one and only Judas. (And please, don't ask me what this is all about -- I didn't write the story to this movie, I'm only reporting what I saw.)

    Dracula II: Ascension is the much anticipated, long awaited sequel to Dracula 2000. Okay, I admit it . . . I'm outright lying. How many of you have even heard of, let alone seen, Dracula 2000? If you have heard or seen this movie, please raise your hands. I thought so...

    The problem with Dracula II: Ascension is that it's both poorly written and very lethargic. We are never emotionally invested in these characters, with the possible exception of Father Uffizi. We don't really care about the characters' fates and quite frankly, the longer we watch this movie, the more we simply want to get it over with. The production values are outright cheap. The majority of the movie looks like it was filmed in an abandoned building. This film doesn't really have much atmosphere to spare either. Basically, this movie is a chore to watch. I would say that there is some decent gore in this film. This film has a fairly cool double decapitation sequence as well as numerous other beheadings. There is an insane bloodbath scene where a bathtub of blood revives Dracula and the usual chaos ensues. Finally, there is a rather gruesome moment where Dracula rips off a victim's face. The poor victim comes back to life and you see a close-up of the inside of his face in gory detail as he attacks the remaining survivors.

    Jason Scott Lee (best known for his memorable performance as Bruce Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story) does a decent job and plays a credible lead hero. I like that there was some effort made to have Uffizi not an outright hero, but not a complete antihero either. The twist with his character is that Uffizi himself has been infected by the vampire curse and each day, he exposes himself to the sun, screaming in agony as his skin burns in hopes that the sunlight may get rid of his vampire curse. But he is never completely successful and each day, he struggles not to succumb to this curse. As for the rest of the cast, I really just didn't care about their performances. While I think the majority of them tried very hard to make the best out of this low-budget and boring movie, I get the sense that most of the actors are doing this simply for the paycheck and are trying to get this done and over with. You'll also notice that Roy Scheider's name is fairly prominent in the film's promotional advertising, but his cameo appearance lasts for a laughable five minutes at most.

    Dracula II: Ascension is ultimately hampered by its extremely low budget and crude production. Despite the sincere efforts of both the cast and the crew, Dracula II: Ascension is simply unable to overcome its limitations. To be frank, this film is not really enjoyable even for cheap thrills. Just skip this one. Besides, I doubt you'll even come across this movie unless you're actively seeking this one out...
  • doinker07
    January 23, 2010
    doinker07
    The ending was really good. I knew Dracula wasn't going to die, but to see him get the girl and leave with her makes me feel good for some reason....
  • garysobekmusic
    September 11, 2007
    garysobekmusic
    A great sequel. Completely different than Dracula 2000, this one finds Jason London rocking the house along with Jason Scott Lee doing his ninja romp in the form a of a priest. Wacky? Sure. Entertaining? Fuck yes!
  • michaeltoddbackus
    August 27, 2007
    michaeltoddbackus
    So this is not so much of a dracul movie as much as it is just simply a vampire flick, but it is well done and entertaining. I would give it a slight edge over Dracula 2000 but both rocked.
  • joyouskiss
    July 25, 2007
    joyouskiss
    Was almost disappointed that they have used a different person as Dracula. Not the sexy Gerard Butler, so in this flick is a russian Dracula, hot in his own way. Fascinating that he could stretch his mouth in one scene to chomp off a man's face! Oh gosh, I was glad to get my mone... read morey's worth. Look forward to the third volume, Dracula 3 Legacy, same asian dampire hunter at least.
  • sonyablue74
    March 31, 2007
    sonyablue74
    despite the change in actors and the complete redo of the end of the first movie this was an awesome sequal

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Scott Weinberg
April 6, 2004
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

One is asked to withstand a whole lot of high-tech jibber-jabber delivered by blank-faced performers before you get to the good stuff. Full Review

Walter Chaw
July 21, 2003
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

The only use for reviews of disposable, interchangeable garbage is to offer puerile consumer reports information. Full Review

John J. Puccio
July 6, 2003
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

The ending leaves open the way to yet another sequel... Now, that's scary. Full Review

Emanuel Levy
August 12, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Frank Swietek
August 11, 2004
Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

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Christopher Null
June 24, 2003
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

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April 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed

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