Van Helsing
Dir: Stephen Sommers
2004
**
The idea behind Stephen Sommers' Van Helsing was great and a long time coming for fans of the genre but ultimately that great idea is completely wasted. The direction was shoddy, the editing atrocious, the script was pitiful and the general writing laughable. A huge missed opportunity. The actors were totally misused and I can't help but think Kate Beckinsale was cast purely for her breasts and that is why she seems to spend the whole film running, also, this film is too similar to Underworld and casting her I feel was a mistake. It's one big soulless CGI mess but I'm grateful for these horrid action films of the mid 00's, they were so bad that everyone seems to have upped their game since. Seriously though, Dracula vs. Werewolves vs. Van Helsing should have been awesome.