And starring Dracula as the Mummy...

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2004)

This movie, while lots of fun and very entertaining, is basically the Mummy remade with Dracula now playing the role of the antagonist and Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing taking over for Brendan Fraser's tough guy hero Rick O'Connell. The filmmakers even use the same evil assistant (both played by Kevin J. O'Connor) in the persons of Igor in "Van Helsing" as opposed to Beni in "The Mummy". That being said, this movie stands very well on its own. It's exciting, action packed, suspenseful, has the necessary eye candy in Kate Beckinsale's heroine and Dracula's brides, and has just the appropriate amount of humor thrown in, and is even a little scary at times. All in all, it's well worth the price of admission.