Epitome of cliché (plot points but not spoilers inside)

Rating: 3/10 (13 March 2005)

I would have loved giving this a 1, but that wouldn't be appropriate unless every facet of this film was horrible.
There are a few saving graces. Namely, the fairly good CG work and obvious high production value. But the plot is atrocious! It steals exact, specific lines from other movies, it steals entire scenes from other movies, and I'm not sure, but it looks like whatever else was original was already present in an earlier Japanese animation series called Helsing, and was probably stolen from that as well.
There were a few moments that were so stupid that they were funny. About ten minutes in, Van Helsing is fighting Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, tosses him out of a window, and the monster turns back to a human on the way down to his demise, letting loose a hilarious, "huh?" before he smacks pavement. Later, in the middle of a calm conversation between Helsing and Dracula, Helsing whips out a cross and shoves it in Dracula's face. Dracula proceeds to grab it, catch it on fire, and scream at the top of his lungs for an extended amount of time. Helsing (I believe) drops the cross. Dracula continues talking as if nothing happened, the previous ridiculous grimace faded from his face.
The only thing that made this watchable was Kate Beckinsale, she was beautiful in this role.