If only the previews had been 2 hrs. and the movie 10 min.!

Rating: Null/10 (8 May 2004)

Oh what a let down!! The last time I was this let down by a movie after all the hype was League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen!! Van Helsing was the evil side of League. I went into this movie expecting a great movie, and instead was more impressed with the previews shown before hand!! This was one of the cheesiest, most poorly put together movies I have seen in a very long time. There was way too much stuff crammed into one movie, and like League, it had so much potential if it had been done right. They really dropped the ball on this one. The action sequences were beyond the typical expected unrealistic boundaries that we are used to in today's movies. While some of the one-liners were pretty good, especially those made by Carl, it wasn't enough to keep this movie from totally sucking! I love action as much as the next person, but there is a point when too much is too much, and Van Helsing hit that point about 15 minutes into the movie. In all, this movie was a huge disappointment, and in hindsight, barely worth the DVD rental price, much less the 8 bucks at the theater!!