Great on effects, laughable at times though

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2004)

Hello everyone,
Just happened to get a chance yesterday to see this film and knowing this was a Stephen Sommers film, had a kind of movie on my mind.
I wasn't far off. Van Helsing has quite some similarities with movies like The Mummy. A hero (Van Helsing), a heroine (Anna Valerious), a goofy fellow (Farmir...uhh...I mean Carl) one MAJOR badass (Count Vladislaus Dracula) who is helped even by the same goofball that also played in The Mummy (Igor, Beni in the Mummy)
The movie had some great effects and you can laugh a lot during it. Because I had a feeling that I was to expect a movie like this, I was not dissappointed. I'm sure it will do quite well in Box Office.
I have read some reviews that totally burned Van Helsing to the ground, but I cannot say I agree on that. It wasn't the best I've seen, but it was by FAR not the worst either.