It's wham, it's bam and it's nothing else. Senseless CGI! A two and half hour computer game.

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 2004)

I liked the Mummy. I even liked the Mummy Returns so when I heard Sommers was doing Van Helsing I thought great.
I went to see it. Oh My God!
The opening scenes - was Sommers watching The Extordinary League of Gentlemen? Seemed to me he just cut and paste.
Hugh Jackman was OK for the part he was asked to play. The leading lady Kate Beckensale was as wooden as she was in Underworld and Dracula was terrible. I like that guy Roxbrough and recently saw him a BBC version of Sherlock Holmes which was brilliant. He was miscast in this part which he camped up to the heaven's I was waiting for his henchmen the Queer Eye boys to fly in.

The script was poor at the best of times and the background story between Van Helsing and Dracula though mentioned wasn't settled up. I think Dracula said something inbetween the bangs and crashes of the last scene but I missed it because I was looking at my watch wondering why I'd bothered paying.
The brides had they're moments from a male point of view but I've seen a better performaces from a rubber duck.
The film over all should have taken itself a bit more seriously. I realise it may have been played up abit but aleast give some people credit for having a brain. It will probably spawn loads of franchises.

It's wham, it's bam and it's nothing else. Senseless CGI! A two and half hour computer game.
Overall rating 4/10
*Stick to Blade for some decent action.