.:: Pointless action, uninteresting story, very linear ::.

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2004)

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Very very weak and stupid. So many annoying points to mention, that it would be no fun to think about them again. To me it seemed to be a children's film. And it certainly would be one, if there weren't so many brutal scenes at all. The director mixed-up information about all kinds of creatures: vampires, werewolfs, frankenstein's monster, Dracula, jekyll & hyde  in the end, vampires are even killed by silver pegs, which are originally invented to kill werewolfs.
Everytime monster-killer Val Helsing starts off to fulfil his orders, a whizz-kid provides him with the latest stuff to properly kill any evil creatures (like the supplier in James Bond films before every big task). This time Van Helsing leaves to get rid off the big boss' Dracula. Young amazon-lady Anna living in Transilvania carries out her duty to help him. There are a few problems like the people in town who were accomplished to being surrounded by vampires and not willing to support chaos, Frankenstein's monster being the target of Dracula due to the formula of endless life and Anna's brother mutating to a werewolf. But whatever may come into the way of Van Helsing seems to be no real problem, he simply rips it off.
I rated it 3/10, because of the great surroundings and atmosphere in the film. This is really something mentionable: the special effects are quite good (but not well integrated into the film at all, unlike in the film Alien e.g.), the places and localities are somewhat interesting. Besides that, this film is a waste of time.