'Renfield' review: You can’t Cage this magnificent Dracula, despite uneven plot

You know there's going to be a lot at stake whenever Dracula shows up. — UIP Malaysia

Robert Montague Renfield has a problem. He has no friends or love life, spends his free time listening to sob stories at a co-dependency group, and has to eat bugs for a literal power trip. Oh, and he also works for the one and only Count Dracula, an employer who, well, sucks.

After yet another run-in with vampire hunters and a burst of sunlight that leaves Dracula (Nicolas Cage) burnt, weak, and diminished, he is forced to relocate to New Orleans. There, Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) has to seek out innocent victims for his master to feast upon, so he can regain his full powers once more.