[Evans] carries Untold by admirably fulfilling the two essential functions of a period-movie hero: to enunciate comic-book dialogue with Shakespearean authority and to look great with his shirt off.

By throwing out the traditional vampire conflict, Dracula Untold loses its intrinsic (and prurient) appeal without gaining anything valuable in the process.

Most of the time, I found myself feeling like I was waiting for a turn with the gaming controls.

Don't get me wrong, this is by no means a good movie, nor is there much going on beneath it, but it's a thoroughly entertaining, fittingly dumb entry to a genre that is often devoid of entertainment value and more numb than dumb.