Disappointing monster shenanigans .

Rating: 1/10 (3 July 2004)

When I first heard about Van helsings plot , I was excited. The very concept of Dracula , Frankenstein's monster , The wolfman and van helsing all together in one big smack down sounded like my kind of film ."There is no way this is gonna fail ! " I cried. Unfortunately i was wrong.
Van helsing is a mess. What should have been a blockbuster to remember ends up being a monotonous non interactive video game of a film. The character of van helsing is a mere shadow of the complete and utter badass he could have been and Dracula is more camp and annoying than scary.
So the central hero and villain are both unappealing-but do the problems stop there ? NO ! Kate beckinsales character doesn't really allow you to care for her , especially with her annoying fake accent and Frankenstein's monster..... what the hell did they do to Frankenstein's monster?
The pace is relentless and the action is non stop ,but since there is not much good story telling in addition to all the bangs and crashes on display , you wont really be that excited when van helsing starts blasting away monsters.
The special effects are impressive and allan silvestris score works well but these are the only good factors in an other wise poor film.
It could have been so much better.