Van Helsing

[Featherbop]

A movie that is 99% CGI special effects. Tons of action. Ridiculous at times.

Don't expect a great plot, but its lots of fun.

 

[cubedbee]

Yeah, I agree. You definitely need to suspend your disbelief, and you won't find great character development or anything like that, but it's non-stop over-the-top action that is a lot of fun to watch. This is a great movie if you just need a couple hours of mindless enjoyment.

 

[xsearnold]

I saw this with my three oldest kids (21, 18 and 15), but would not let my 10- and 8-year old kids see it. The vampires are a bit too intense for that age group, I think (a well-deserved PG-13 rating). I was pleasantly surprised by the lack of sexual images, relatively, particularly with the Beckinsale character. Dracula's wives were a bit much, however.

It's too bad that producers are jumping on the Spiderman-like special effects rather than Matrix-like human action (with wires/harnesses). The effects are too cheesy, remiscent of the days of Harryhausen and stop-action. I think American Werewolf in London did a better job of werewolf transformation.

The plot was interesting to start with, but got real hokey at the end, kind of like Abbott and Costello meet Dracula/Frankenstein/Wolfman/Alien/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.