could have been so much more

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2004)

I followed the hype for this movie pretty closely and I was excited that it was directed by Stephen Sommers who borough us the Mummy films and starred Hugh Jackman. But about 30 minutes in the movie goes on auto-pilot and the effects completely take over. It seems doubtful taht Hugh Jackman had to do much physically for this film as CG(computer generated) versions of him seem to be doing all the work. I enjoyed the campiness of this film, the supporting cast was great (Richard Roxburgh is great as an over the top Dracula and David Wenham as the bumbling side kick gets most of the laughs) but I felt like I was watching a cartoon. And maybe taht was the whole point, but I'm a little old fashioned and I don't mind some of that new fangled CG stuff to make way for some good IL' traditional stunt work. I think given a smaller budget this movie would have been more then just a 2 hour sense assault.