So much lost potential with only some of the major talent making up for it.

There is a good movie here. What works is within some of the talent, particularly, Corey Hawkins, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, and Woody Norman. They are give really good performances. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t always give them much of a reason to be there at times, but they do manage to make the most of it.

The scenes with Dracula are also at least fun. The film shows a different version of the character than we are used to. It makes up for the film’s lesser qualities and can make it bearable to the end.

Now, I really don’t mean to be harsh on anything that I personally did not like. Instead, I’d like to take the approach of what could have made it better. First off, there is a tight 90-minute movie here that focused more on the horror and action, which is what it really needed. At almost 2 hours, characters backgrounds and motives are either never explored or vaguely explained towards the end.

There also happens to be a large amount of people on this ship, yet the ship never appears as large as it is portrayed. People wonder around with negative repercussions, yet the story calls for the characters to stay together after countless incidents. It plays more into the stupidity of the characters rather than making them smart enough to feel compelled to what happens with them in the end.

Finally, there are a lot of lingering questions for a film with no existing film, hence it being a film with the intent of making sequels. It never really makes any sense why Dracula is being transported in the first place. By the film’s end, it almost portrays it as though he needed more background to fully satisfy what they are going for. Besides, what are they going to call the sequel? What Happened After the Last Voyage of the Demeter? I just wish they went with a 90-minute film that got to the point instead of setting up a sequel that will never happen as a means to wrapping up the movie.

Overall, there is a good movie here and has the right talent attached; however, The Last Voyage of the Demeter never really takes off and instead feels like a bloated movie that tried bite off more than what it chew (pun intended).

VERDICT: 2/5 (Bad)