Disappointing.

Rating: 4/10 (6 May 2004)

I personally found the movie too long and overall disappointing.
Hugh Jackman from X-Men is completely wasted in this movie. I found him excellent in X-Men movies: here he does his best but his performance gets diluted in the poor quality of movie (read below).
Kate Beckinsale "acted" or better, after seeing Underworld where she was fairly good, she was not at all properly directed.
The script and dialogs were also lame and overall there is a lack of tension and involvement you would expect in a movie like this (at least as it is presented from the trailer). Moreover, it tried to be funny, but as I said, it tried...If it was really funny and ironic (a la Charlie's Angels) it would have been much much better. Some actors and vampires speak with a supposedly Transylvanian accent - they could have spared us that - quite useless.
Special mention to David Wenham from LOTR: he was really good and funny - wasted as well like Hugh and unfortunately has a too a smaller role in the movie.
Directing was not really good and wasted all the money and special effects (quite good) used in the movie. The plot is a transposition of Underworld (2003)...is about the SAME story just brought back to 19th century with the added (and to me completely useless) icon of Frankenstein...
I will not buy the DVD. Disappointing. 4/10.