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Set in the late 19th century, Bram Stoker's fabled monster hunter, Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, is summoned to a mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces in the form of: Count Dracula, the W...( read more 
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MCT:August 7, 2008this movie is like the best movie !!!!!! i love it beacsue hugh jackman is one of my favorite actors and i love him !!!!!! so this movie is so funny hugh jackman can make anything funny even when it's supossed to be serouse thats what i love about him!
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MCT:August 4, 2008I knew it would be bad-- scratch that, horrible, but not this much. Nothing is ever worth the time spent watching it. Not the special effects, not the horrible performances (what deaf person thought those accents were good?), not the story (legends ruined!) and not the costumes, which probably disappointed me the most. Wrong in every single aspect. No, wait, I liked the end credits; that's half a star right there.
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MCT:August 2, 2008This comic book action movie with Hugh Jackman as a crossbow weidling guy doing a Buffy rip off was ridiculous but at times visually interesting.
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MCT:July 28, 2008"Van Helsing" is a retelling of the famed vampire hunter of the Bram Stoker novel "Dracula". However, it is more an action-adventure than a horror movie.
Hugh Jackman plays the title character, who works for the Catholic church in this story, and is very impressive in the role. In fact, the entire cast is impressive -- some more than others however. Kate Beckinsale does another impressive performance which stands out in the movie, and is a great confidant to Jackman's "Van Helsing." Other actors do a very good performance of their roles, however they are not well defined -- a weakness of this movie.
One strong point in this film is the CGI. If you know what to look for, you will be able to pick up what is computer-generated and what isn't. The CGI aids in the scenery, which probably worked better on the movie screen than it did on cable television.
Two points that weaken this movie is the pacing of some sceenes, and character development. Many of the sceenes lag and lag, which slows the pace down during the wrong parts of the movie. The movie also relies of the known histories of "Van Helsing," "Dracula," the "Frankenstein Monster" (which is mistaken as "Frankenstein" in this film, which is the most common mistake made on the character) and the "Wolfman."
Although not well defined characters in the movie, "Dracula's Brides" were really fun to watch. They were cocky and arrogant, yet sexy and seductive. The last "bride" to be killed in this movie has very expressive eyes that just jump off the screen and help enhanse her performance.
"The Monster" (Shuler Hensley) is too human in this movie, and not child-like like the way Boris Koloff portrayed the character decades ago, but is likeable. "Count Dracula" (Richard Roxburgh) is not the cold-blooded blood-sucker as seen in previous versions of Bram Stoker's most famous creation. The "Wolfmen" are obviously CGI, and are programmed performances.
Like I said earlier, the CGI is incredible. And the scenes where human actors perform against CGI characters are edited together quite nicely into the scenes in which they interact.
Early in the movie there is a scene in which appears to be right out of a "James Bond" movie. There are other parts of the movie that are just as enjoyable.
In my opinion, "Van Helsing" is not perfect -- but it's very close. If you like action-adventure, this would be a pretty good rental. Just do not expect a horror movie, because it seems those behind-the-scenes forgot that point considering who the characters are in the movie.
I would recommend you check this out at your local video rental store as a definite second choice if your first choice is not available. -
MCT:July 28, 2008
I found this lots of fun, all rubbish of course but then with werewolves, Dracula and Frankensteins monster were else is there to go?
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MCT:July 27, 2008You know the guys behind the movie are inefficient whenever they spent huge amounts of money that only amounts to little more than a small reaction from you. A raised eyebrow, a chuckle, or in some cases, a brief feeling of awe. Or a fart in some cases.
That's how I can sum up Van Helsing. It's inefficient filmmaking. It blows up wooden towers, sends fiery stagecoaches across a foggy, forest cliff, bloats the movie up with tons of CG, and has vampire cleavage in it. I mean besides the vampire cleavage, all I can get out of it are some brief feelings of joy and swashbuckling adventure. I mean brief feelings as in seconds of "hmm, that was pretty cool." The vampire cleavage kept me from falling asleep.
I mean, how can you spend all of that money yet accomplish so little in terms of tugging the viewers' attention? I know the movie is supposed to be over-the-top, but it even fell a bit short on that end. It had *some* kickass moments, but *some* doesn't equal an entire movie.
They should have focused more on the story. Van Helsing is obviously badass, and he has tons of steampunk weapons. Focus more on how that could make the story more cool, and flesh out his character more so we get to care about him. Instead, the story went everywhere and was bloated as hell, leading to nothing more than filmmaker masturbation. Seemed like they had way too much fun making the movie and forgot they were making it for an audience.
I kind of liked how they portrayed Dracula though. At least the part about him being this lonely, cursed soul whom everybody is afraid of, and is allowed to feed on a couple humans as a way to keep him from going batshit insane. Everything else about him delved into pure cheese.
The only thing efficient about this film was Kate Beckinsdale...and the vampire cleavage. -
MCT:July 26, 2008
I LOVE VAMPIRE MOVIES SO MUCH, SO WHEN THIS MOVIE CAME OUT, I WENT CRAZY. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN.
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MCT:July 25, 2008
From What I saw of it it is AMAZING!!!!!! Kate Beckinsale looks WAYYY better with long hair! And Hugh Jackman...*sigh, heart flutters*
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MCT:July 23, 2008
awesome, pity that kate beckinsale had to die. david wenham is really funny in this movie.richard roxburgh made me shiver
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MCT:July 18, 2008
Definately a favourite with all those classic fantasy creatures incorporated throughout the movie, it's definately an awesome viewing.
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MCT:July 13, 2008
it is very bad!! good show movie wow i love it and very funny comedy some make me laughing little funny and werid vampires face odd creatures!! has big mouth open with vampire and two ladies are nuts want bites every human plus they want make more babies gayoles to kill people but the man hugh jackson is very strong man become wolf beat on gaugolye is weak and loser lol dead!! but accident very sad that he were crying cuz accident that woman died and he was loved her competely but she were on grave fire..
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MCT:July 12, 2008
Very entertaining!
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MCT:July 12, 2008
The main problem with this movie was the plot. It was horribly see through and predictable. The actors did what they could with what they were given. David Wenham's character has some good lines which got me to laugh, but it wasn't enough to rescue the movie. The Dracula could have been better cast. He did not have the right persona and screen presence for Dracula. Overall, the movie was mildly entertaining, but not one that I would recommend seeing.
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MCT:July 11, 2008
Take Universal Studios classic monsters (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman) and bring them into a modern action-adventure movie and you get "Van Helsing". Hugh Jackman is Van Helsing, a man that kills various monsters and creatures for a living and he just got a assignment to travel to Transylvania to kill the evil count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh). While the movie has some great special effects, a good soundtrack and is very entertaining, the overall storyline is pretty weak and silly and could have been better. Still this is worth seeing if you like action adventure movies like the new "The Mummy" movies.
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MCT:July 10, 2008
one of the best vampire movies i've ever seen! hugh jackman is soo hott in this movie! i love kate beckensale's outfit! this movie was the shit!
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MCT:July 9, 2008
I love Hugh Jackman, and I like the story. It shows another side to Van Helsing than just reading and watching Dracula.
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MCT:July 8, 2008
-*. Worst of the worst. Deserves minus than a star.
Boring and stupid. One of the worst movies with super heroes or comic books ever made. -
MCT:July 8, 2008
brillient flim love it compleatly would completly recomande for people who like mild horror/thriller
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MCT:July 8, 2008An action film with a little bit of darkness. Brilliant.
Anything to with vampires I love.
Van Helsing is a great character and Hugh Jackman played him well. -
MCT:July 7, 2008
Van F.ing Helsing, what a suck A$$ movie!!!
It's just stupid, and all the cool FX in the world can't bring this movie back from the grave (HOPEFULLY)! -
MCT:July 4, 2008
Sexy cool again. I love the idea of this superhero of days gone by.
As the story progresses we find out more of the hero's past and why he's so good at what he does.
Exciting stuff. -
MCT:July 3, 2008
I really think Richard Roxburgh captures the essence of Dracula :) I'm a big vampire fan and thought the effects were cool.
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MCT:July 2, 2008The most likable character, Dr. Frankenstein, is killed off two minutes in. After that we are left with an overacting troupe of vampires, the well acted but uninteresting title character, his obnoxious comic-relief-friar, a hot but poorly written baroness, her non-character werewolf brother, the interesting but rarely seen Frankenstein's Monster, and one hideous undertaker with a big goofy hat who crops up far too often.
Add silly, cartoon-ish action sequences and bad dialog (especially from Dracula--who at one point, in response to one of his wives pleading "have you no heart?" replies "No! I don't!") and I stop caring. -
MCT:June 27, 2008
A fantastic film with a good story. THe caraters in themovie plays there role very good.
The angels of the camera is new and exating, the camera comes from abouv and from everywhere..all that the wathsers are going to follow the film feel the movement or the twist when something is moving.
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dorothyelizabeth6789posted 53 days ago -
Not boring but too violent to watch. and the ending ruined the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
posted 69 days ago -
HOW DO YOU FUCK UP THIS PREMISE?!? Young Van Helsing has to take on the Wolfman, the Frankenstein monster AND Dracula- sounds frickin' AWESOME to me! Except instead of Van Helsing, we get a 19th century James Bond wannabe who finds himself in an Indiana Jones rip-off that never even TRIES for horror, or even atmosphere (save in the first, glorious scene). Way to make a brightly lit monster movie, Stephen Sommers- you are dead to me now.
posted 103 days ago -
Glorious movie!!!
one of my favorites!!
Besides... you have Kate Beckinsale AND Hugh Jackman!!!posted 106 days ago -
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Do not enjoy as much as I thought much publicity in the t.v. And everything but the movie was bad in the end. The effects were almost like some video games and other bad effects where they noticed the assembly lines, the effects of tear franknstein is outdated. Poor saw only once and I do not want to see it fall again.
posted 291 days ago -
A subpar action/horror film. The subplot of Van Helsing's & Dracula's deep/long lost connection made me wonder if I wasted my time... I probably did! If you catch it on cable it might be worth it, but if you see it in the theater, unless you sneak in and see it completely for free, it isn't worth it!
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