Come on people!

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2005)

RATING KEY: ****=Brilliant ***1/2=Terrific ***=Great **1/2=Good **=Fair *1/2=Bad *=Godawful
Now come on people. If you're a monster movie fan, or if you like action films Van Helsing is the movie for you. It's a monster lovers dream come true as it contains Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, his monster, Igor, and even Mr. Hyde as a bonus and Stephen Sommers gets very creative in combining these classic characters. Take the production design of Allan Cameron who designed films like Stariship Troopers and The Mummy. Then you have the cinematography of Allan Daviau who received Oscar nominations for his cinematography on Avalon, Bugsy, E.T., The Color Purple, and Empire of the Sun. Take those two combined with the imagination of Stephen Sommers, and you get a spectacular visual fest. The film isn't perfect. There is quite a bit of dumb dislodge, with dull performances from the actresses that play Draculas brides. However, I think this is one of the best action movies of all time, and one of the five best action films of the new millennium.
*** (7 out of 10)