Excellent Special Effects

Rating: 7/10 (18 August 2005)

Van Helsing is one of the best executed 'Special Effects type of Movie' that has ever been made. Don't listen to the negative reviews for people who wanted more of a drama storyline. The story is there: Van Helsing hunts down monsters (Mr.Hyde, Werewolves, Vampires,Dracula) and he does it very well. I ask anyone not to be impressed with this movie for it's efficient action and story-telling, to give it a 2nd look because this was one very enjoyable movie. Start with the sequence with Van Helsing hunting down an amazing life like Mr. Hyde and dare not to be impressed. I have not witnessed this kind of special effects in any other movie to date! And...the fine work keeps coming: the transformation of the werewolves, the flying vampires, Frankenstein, and finally Dracula himself, with his amazing castle. Let's face it, this is the kind of movie that brings back memories of when you were a kid. But with today's technology, the imagination comes to real-life.
This will definitely be part of my limited selection.