NBC's new series, Dracula" - filled with plenty of intrigue, gorgeous mansions and beautiful people - would be a middling success were it not for its star. The handsome and charming Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays the eponymous character, and he brings enough mystery -- and more than a hint of danger - to keep both his character and the show interesting. The talent Meyers possesses is undeniable, and he commands every scene he is in, playing the legendary vampire with intensity and charm.
The pilot opens with Meyers' Dracula posing as an American businessman named Alexander Grayson as he hosts an extravagant party in London. Ostensibly he is there to expand his business holdings as a newcomer to the city, but, in reality, he is intent on destroying an organization called the Order of the Dragon, whose members killed his wife and cursed him with a life of immortality long ago. Though this beginning should be engaging and mysterious, it is too vague
