Worst film I have seen.

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2005)

I thought Richard Gere's "Dr.T and the Women" was bad, but Van Helsing was unbearable. I am a big fan of Hugh Jackman but he was wrong to star in this movie. I am so glad I only wasted a couple of dollars renting it instead of buying the DVD or having seen it in the theater. One critic (that I read "after" watching) said "This isn't a film, it's a cinematic headache...", I wish I had taken the time to search out reviews before renting. The movie started with Dr Jeckyl, changed into his alter ego Mr. Hyde but inexplicably 3 times as large as a normal human and so obviously digitized it was laughable. The whole movie is supposed to be set in the 1800s yet they've got weapons right out from Bond movies and an underground, high tech lab made to look old in Rome run by the church. It's like they threw in every monster and grim looking Transylvanian they could find into this movie and still failed. As with all poor movies only the trailer scenes were engaging. I am so surprised to find any positive comments on this dreadful movie. Last two words of advice for those thinking to rent or buy: "Don't bother."