Van Helsing Reviews

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When I first saw the trailers for this film I thought Van Helsing looked brilliant. From the trailers it looked like there would be amazing special effects and action sequences. Unfortunately, Van Helsing is completely devoid of these two things, along with a plot that makes any sense.
Also, films like this, in my opinion, need a really unique looking main actor to make the film a success. Look at Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, Jason Statham in The Transporter, Daniel Craig in Bond, Bruce Willis in Die Hard, etc. I think this is a massive factor, and every time I saw Van Helsing (the character) I had to look twice to make sure it was him and not someone else, he is simply a bit bland looking and just doesn't stand out.
The plot didn't really make a lot of sense and it is clear that the director wanted to simply create a cinematic masterpiece with awesome fight scenes and views, but these things haven't happened. The special effects aren't very realistic (especially the werewolf), and the scenery is nothing special at all.
All in all, a very poor film which neither I, or anyone I know enjoyed.
One possible redeeming factor is that this film brings together loads of old myths, i.e., Dracula, werewolves, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and some more which I can't think of at the moment. All these mythical characters are woven into the plot. Unfortunately though, this just makes you more gutted that the film is rubbish because there was such massive potential to create an absolute classic. If you described the contents of this film to someone impartially, they would be extremely eager to watch Van Helsing, this film is therefore a waste of a really good story.

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Van Helsing - When I first saw previews for this movie, I just thought "Great, another unrealistic vampire movie". But after a while, I thought it might be interesting, and my sister and friend wanted to see it so we went. But, oh my god, the acting was horrible!! The Brides of Dracula were so terrible. So, all in all, I did not like the movie, basically because the acting was so unbelievable.

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Van Helsing - The vampire-hating Dutchman is back for a rollercoaster ride of a film. Hugh Jackman fills the shoes of Gabrielle Van Helsing and does so pretty well in my opinion.

The opening sequence sees Helsing battle Mr. Hyde, and the sequence alone looked very promising as it thoroughly entertained us. Helsing later travels to Transylvania, and meets the not-so-lovely Anna Valerious, played by the lovely Kate Beckinsale. From then on, the dialogue gets cheesy and Beckinsale's Transylvan ...

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I think Van Helsing is one of my favourite for this year, and that it has been highly underrated! The action is amazing and you cannot take your eyes off the screen at any point. However, this wasn't a wholly action and fantasy movie, as the romantic side story unfolding between Kate Beckinsale's Anna Valerious and Hugh Jackman's Van Helsing was interesting too. Carl was a very different character to anything we have so far seen David Wenham play, and he made the transition from action hero in L ...

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Van Helsing will strike fear into any sane movie-goer's heart. The movie is one incredible failure that should never have seen the inside of a cinema.

The premise is cheesey, but at least has potential for some light entertainment. The concept of bringing together a collection of famous, nay infamous, horror creatures for a piece of cheesey villainy could have been carried off so much better.

However, the complete lack of story-telling skill, the overwhelmingly tedious computer-generated e ...

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Van Helsing is one of the worst films I have seen in a long time. The trailers suggested it is a good movie but rarely have I wanted to leave the cinema. With bad acting from all parties and ludicrous scripts I would not recommend this to anyone. A waste of money and silly story lines.
Best actors were the one's who played the werewolves.

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Well, Van Helsing sure had a lot of hype, that is for sure. The stars in this film are Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Hugh is best known as the "Wolverine" character in the films X Men and X Men 2. Kate is best known for her character in "Pearl Harbor", and the leather form fitting body suit that she wore in "Underworld". Speaking of leather, the trailers are out now for "Catwoman" starring Halley Barry - WOW, she looks good in that catsuit!

There must be something about Kate and her ...

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It is difficult to put words on how bad Van Helsing was. Even the jalepeno belly burn seemed a welcome distraction from the pure awfulness of this movie. Every cliche is used, acting is dreadful, please don't go and watch such **** at the cinema.