Oh, really?

Rating: 3/10 (25 January 2009)

DEFINITE SPOILER ALERT! All actors involved here hamming it up big time. OK, it's mindless fun for the most part. I even enjoyed the 007 references. There seems very little chemistry between the preternaturally attractive leads, but OK, too. I understand this movie is just camp - I really do. But can't we at least be internally consistent? Kate Beckinsale's character takes multiple slams - she falls off bridges and is repeatedly slammed HARD into stone walls, etc. by various brides, etc. But Van Helsing relatively gently knocks her onto a cushy couch and she DIES!? Come oooonnnnnnnn. And is it written in Hugh Jackman's contract that he gets an overhead shot of his holding a dead girlfriend and shouting "NOOOO!" in every movie? Just asking.