Average

Rating: 6/10 (8 May 2004)

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This was such an average movie. The story was basically just about Van Helsing, a man that was feared in Europe, hunting Dracula. The maker of the movie just chucked in famous fictions such as Dracula himself, with a bit of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Not forgetting the mythical harpy ladies. This movie was quite boring actually...it started off quite exciting, with all the Frankenstein stuff, Van Helsing chasing Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, and it went on with a really really predictable story line. IT WAS BORING. They tried to put a bit comedy with the comical role of Carl (David Wenham, who was cool in Lord of the Rings), the Friar, who unfortunately wasn't funny, the comedy was pretty lame.The werewolves looked really fake (poor CGI). Trite storyline. There's nothing special about this movie. The only thing I like was probably the automatic crossbow, that was pretty cool stuff. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was a more fun movie to watch than this one. Van Helsing is not worth watching at the movies.