Great Fun

Rating: Null/10 (9 May 2004)

If you go see Van Helsing as an adult you will not like this movie. You have to go in as a child. This is not a movie to make you think. It is simply grand entertainment. There are scary moments, but it is really bloodless movie making. No heads flying off, or blood squirting all over the place. The acting is as good as can be expected. The music by Alan Silvestri is superb. The effects are amazing. Van Helsing is meant to be pure entertainment. And on those terms it is great. I was really wondering how putting Dracula, Wolfman, and Frankenstein in the same picture was going to work out, but this mixture was great. Leave being an adult outside the theater. Go in as a kid and enjoy the ride.