Good Fun

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2014)

Plot In A Paragraph: The Vatican sends the monster hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) and his assistant, Carl (David Wenham) to Transylvania. They have been sent to this land to stop the powerful Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh) Whilst there they join forces with Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) who is determined to end an ancient curse on her family by destroying the vampire.
Based on the opening ten minutes I thought this was going to be an FX overload like "The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman" but in the end I I thoroughly enjoyed myself and most of that is down to Hugh Jackman.
He has a natural charm, that few movie stars have. He is a good looking man with charisma in spades . Oh and he happens to be one hell of an actor. David Wenham gets a lot of the laughs as the sidekick, and Kate Beckinsale indeed looks great.
I'm surprised this didn't lead to at least one sequel.