What was Hugh Jackman thinking???

Rating: 1/10 (1 October 2007)

This movie is absolutely absurd. The plot is ridiculous and convoluted. It substitutes a legitimate storyline with copious amounts of CGI, poorly rendered CGI at that. Hugh Jackman was doing well with X-Men, and then someone slipped him some acid and he decided to do this movie. It's one of those films where the only possible way to justify it is to assume that the filmmakers were not taking the movie seriously, that they intended it to be a campy farce of the classic Gothic heroes/characters. And however much I try to tell myself this, I really think the producers made this movie with the utmost sincerity, which is just depressing. If you're a fan of Hugh Jackman, or even Kate Beckinsale, please, for the love of Dracula, stay away from "Van Helsing".