Now that I have your attention

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2015)

Van Helsing remains one of my personal favorite movies for the fact it had everything I want in a movie like this and then some.
A movie that features Count Dracula, The Brides of Dracula, The Wolf-Man and Frankenstein's Monster all together now if that is not enough to see this movie than I don't know what is.
I also like the cast with Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh and others.
The main plot of the movie is centered around Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) along with his helper Carl (David Wenham) are send to Transylvania to help Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale) to defeat Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh) along with his brides Aleera (Elena Anaya), Verona (Silvia Colloca), Marishka (Josie Maran) as he seeks the Frankenstein's Monster (Shuler Hensley) with the help of Wolf- Man (Will Kemp).
Having all that in one film is not something you find all the time so that's part of the reason I enjoy this movie and I also saw it in theaters opening night I set in the front row no less but I did see it in theaters.
The opening pay tribute to the classic films as it was shown in Black and white like they did for movies in those days and it is a clever way to start off a wild run as the film begins to put you on edge.
What makes this take of Van Helsing so cool is his weapons Hand-held Buzz Saws, Crossbow, Grappling Hook Gun, Two Revolvers, Short barreled pump action shotgun and each of his weapons are awesome in their own right and bring a lot to the character for combat against these monsters also Mr.Hyde (Voiced by Robbie Coltrane) makes a appearance as well as the first monster Van Helsing takes on in the film.
The special effects for this film are well done and the transformation scenes of The Brides who can turn into vampire bats are very impressive as they used both the Actresses and C.G.I. to create the effects and it just well balance also the Wolf-Man transformation is very original instead of the old way of just growing hair to look like a wolf they took it to a new level.
The action and stunt scenes are awesome as well as there is no limit but imagination from the cast and crew of this film who created stunt scenes that have never been try before in a film and they deserve a medal for the action scenes in the film and they are reason enough to watch this film if you haven't already.
Hugh does a superb job as Van Helsing as you can tell he took the time to get into character, Kate is very good as Anna and you can sense the emotion from the character Richard take as the legendary vampire Dracula is both evil and chill factor as he brings a whole new level of darkness into Dracula plus when he transform into a bat you can tell this Dracula is dark and evil beyond belief, The three brides that were played by Elena, Silvia, and Josie each bring something different to the characters and let me tell you it's better if you watch the film to understand the character traits
Also the film feature creative one liners like Van Helsing "Now that I have your attention" so yeah the film does feature some clever writing
The plot of the film is what helps drives the film so if you watch this film with a open mind then you might enjoy it because the film is that good it just needs some more credit than it got because I enjoy this film ever seen I saw it in theaters so watch this movie you might be surprise how fun it because it's a wild thrill ride from the start
I give Van Helsing an 10 out of 10