The "Renfield is copaganda" claim is so funny to me because like??? I think a lot of people forgot that no one in this movie, Rebecca included, is a fucking saint???
This movie blatantly says that 99.999999% of the cops are on the take, going as far to show that Rebecca's own partner is one of them.
The one "good" cop is a traumatized mess of insubordination and anger issues that mentally shouldn't even still be working, because her entire reason for going against protocol and trying to take down the Lobos is fueled by revenge.
This movie consistently reminds you that it's own protagonist is not, has not been, and probably never fully will be a good person. It doesn't dismiss the fact that he's spent the better part of the past 100 years serving a living demon by killing the innocent for him.
Much of which, he self admittedly enjoyed because HE was getting something out of it.
Renfield's "moral high ground" is nothing more than an extension of his greed. That was one true thing Dracula said about him and it was true because it was something Dracula liked about him when they first met.
Does that mean he deserves the abuse? Absolutely not, but it also doesn't excuse his own problematic behavior.
R. M. Renfield may be a babygirl, but he is unquestionably not a good man.
-Knowingly joined Dracula of his own free will
-Abandoned his wife and very young child
-Has Happily murdered people for years, even still being shown to enjoy killing people he believes deserve it
-Maimed or mutilated people
-Has committed fraud, breaking and entering, theft, and various other serious crimes in the pursuit of either serving Dracula or escaping him.
All of which clearly are not deal breakers for Rebecca, despite being the allegedly "uncorrupted" cop.
Renfield is NOT Copaganda.
Renfield is a hilarious movie that literally spells out that all cops are unreliable pieces of crap that are corrupted by their own motivations, regardless of how "righteous" those motivations may seem at first glance.
Be not mistaken; No one in this movie is a good person. They weren't supposed to be.
The point was that even people who have their own flaws are worthy of being treated well, deserve happiness, and prosperity.
Ya know, something ACTUAL victims of abuse struggle with believing constantly.
It never ceases to amaze me how some of you can take a fun movie, with a great message that it's intended target almost never gets to see, and spam it with hot button "thought" points that are not only irrelevant, but usually thinly veiled reasons you give yourselves to harass other people on the Internet.
Either you liked the movie or it wasn't for you.
If you didn't like it, let it go and move on so those of us who DID get something out of it can continue to benefit and grow.
