bad

Rating: 1/10 (10 May 2008)

Special effects are the only thing worth seeing in this movie, and that is only if you can get past the garbage plot and acting. Not to mention the fact that every single movie has good special effects now-a-days, so really there is no reason to see this film. At the beginning of the movie the plot was "okay" at best, and 30 minutes in it was obvious that they were struggling to make a 2 hour movie. Thus, the plot went from bad to van helsing bad in a hurry. If you don't know what van helsing bad is, then you are probably a very happy person having not seen that movie. If you have seen van helsing but don't understand the term "van helsing bad" then you are probably one of the people who gave this sorry film 10 stars.
I almost laughed during the "emotional" scene in the movie with downey jr whimpering. I got the feeling that he didn't care for the movie and acted accordingly. The robots in the movie were Oscar winners compared to Downey Jr's performance. Not a single person in the theater even cracked a smile for one of his jokes. The credits should have rolled after he was smashed against a wall. Seriously, I would have stood up and applauded.
IMDb top 250 are you kidding me? This movie is more over-hyped than Spiderman, but Spiderman was actually half-decent. Since this movie is not for kids, I cannot comprehend how this movie got such high reviews and ratings. Wake up people.