AGH

Rating: 1/10 (14 May 2004)

Van Helsing collects the worst aspects of summer movies into one giant, two -hour mess. Special effects take precedence over any kind of script or acting, and the movie is so ham-fisted and cliched in its dialogue that a better part of the movie is laughable. Dracula's performance borders on parody in the earlier parts of the film, and new characters and plot twists are introduced without any sort of rhyme or reason - see if you can catch such oddities as vampires in the daytime or at least one character who keeps falling into the same cliffside river. As if that weren't enough, the whole thing goes on for over two hours; by the time the final scene rolled around which goes for the sentimental ending, the audience was chuckling.
In short: worse than The Punisher.