Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

pieterwesselsbiz Love it or hate it. Take it or leave it. It's one of those movies; it wears it's purpose on it's sleeve. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out what that purpose means to Stephen Sommers. This film comes off the success of his rendition of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, equally hammy in its vision and scope. It's too bad this film was a flop at the box office. Who knows what else he had in store for us.

jonahcybarra-82318 Ever since Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., and Boris Karloff graced the silver screen, audiences have loved to be scared of mythical monsters such as Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein respectively. Van Helsing is a great throwback to the campiness of those film yet it fails to capture the fear those films instilled in their audience. I will admit that I am biased towards this film because of its subject material and due to its sporting of Hugh Jackman as the legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing. When Universal Studios attempted to start their Dark Universe first with Dracula: Untold and then The Mummy, they failed miserably because both films simply took themselves too seriously while still not calling themselves horror. Van Helsing doesn't sport this problem and is a better movie because of it. My two biggest issues with the film is that at times it feels disjointed as though it is trying to fit too much into the story and the CGI is very spotty, sometimes appearing to be decent for the time and others making it obvious where they spent their special effects budget. Hugh Jackman does a decent job of acting however this was apparently before he got his accent under control. Kate Beckinsale does the best job out of everyone in the film, showing off her emotional range as an actress as well as her skills with an accent. Dracula, played by Richard Roxburgh, is a passable interpretation of the infamous Count, however he is never scary through the entirety of the film. Dracula's three brides are all very over the top with their acting and more annoying then anything, as is the over-the-top performance of Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein's Monster. Rounding out the case is Friar Carl, played by David Wenham, who's main purpose is for comedic relief and story exposition. This movie is by no mean's a good movie, hence my two and a half star rating, however despite its faults it is a fun film for any occasion with a nostalgic callback to some of my favorite monster movies.

djs-specs If you're after high art, or even much of a plot, this isn't the movie for you. Its silly to the point of being utterly ridiculous at points, and the CGI does NOT stand the test of time. But it really is worth watching just to see Richard Roxburgh - a truly talented actor - almost literally chew on the scenery playing Dracula.

adonis98-743-186503 Van Helsing is a film that i have seen more than 5 or even 8 times since the time it came out and personally i don't get bored of it. It's not a perfect 10 out of 10 for me so let's get to the problems first the casting of Dracula is way off i liked Richard Roxburgh in Mission Impossible 2 but in here as the Count Dracula his performance is laughable but at least his transformation is pretty cool so that's a 50/50 for me. The CGI is sometimes OK and others bad but nothing will ever reach Mummy 2 a film that was good but had the worst cgi of all time another film that the same director directed. Let's go to the good Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale are amazing in this film and the action is pretty cool and also the soundtrack from Alan Silvestri is out of this world. Van Helsing is not a perfect movie but putting it on the list with the worst films of all time next to Batman & Robin and Catwoman is just weird there are much much worse movies out there. I give the film a A-