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Like a roller coaster ready to fly off its rails, Van Helsing rockets to maximum velocity and never slows down. Having earned blockbuster clout with The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, writer-director Stephen Sommers once again plunders Universal's monster vault and pulls out all the stops for this mammoth $148-million action-adventure-horror-comedy, which opens (sans credits) with a terrific black-and-white prologue that pays homage to the Universal horror classics that inspired it. The plot pits legendary vampire hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) against Dracula (the deliciously campy Richard Roxburgh), his deadly blood-sucking brides, and the Wolfman (Will Kemp) in a two-hour parade of outstanding special effects (980 in all) that turn Sommers' juvenile plot into a triple-overtime bonus for CGI animators. In alliance with a Transylvanian princess (Kate Beckinsale) and the Frankenstein monster (Shuler Hensley), Van Helsing must prevent Dracula from hatching his bat-winged progeny, and there's so much good-humored action that you're guaranteed to be thrilled and exhausted by the time the 10-minute end-credits roll. It's loud, obnoxious, filled with revisionist horror folklore, and aimed at addicted gamers and eight-year-olds, but this colossal monster mash (including Mr. Hyde, just for kicks) will never, ever bore you. A sequel is virtually guaranteed. --Jeff Shannon
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Most people who buy this blu-ray will do so as an upgrade to the dvd especially as it has been on the television recently and if you like the movie it's a worthwhile upgrade. Picture quality is excellent and is presented full screen and the DTS-HD Master audio soundtrack fills your room with sound and music. Extras are very much the same as the dvd release with the addition of a 20 minute feature on the masked ball scene which is well worth watching. Most of the story is set in the dark and this benefits from the blu-ray transfer as everything is so much clearer.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
The film's subject and plot whilst absurd, is great fun, and this film really delivers on Blu-Ray. The images and sound are first class, although being a relatively recent film (2004) they ought to be, but I think what makes it such a good watch is that the film's sound, color palette and imaginative imagery is ideally suited to deliver a fantastic Blu-Ray experience.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Great looking film with lots of technical prowess but characters are empty and flat. After two hours all the action scenes are merely copies of those that have gone before. How many times do you want to see the same rope swinging over a bottomless chasm scene? Endlessly the director must think as he stuffs it in every five minutes. The result is a pretty looking but shallow film that actually begins to bore at the 2 hours plus running time. Most of the acting is also pretty poor with dreadful dialogue. A GREAT let down.
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Great edition!
Great editing, incredible image quality, thunderous sound, and extra numbers that delve into the production of the movie. The film is very well as entertainment
Published 1 month ago by ckhas
Great film, great quality.
I don't realise why this film got so many negative reviews; it's not an awful movie. Story was okay, along with the acting, but it wasn't horrible. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Connor Haigh
Van Helsing on Blu-ray....Wow!
This is a great movie with excellent animation. On Blu-ray it looks stunning in detail and this is helped by the format being 16:9 so it fills all of your HD TV screen with no... Read more
Published 8 months ago by John in Dublin
I liked the cow
Take every ridiculous Dracula-vampire-Transylvania stereotype you can find, spice it with some special effects and...voila, out comes "Van Helsing". Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ashtar Command
Action packed fantasy adventure
This movie is one of the best i have ever seen. Forget what the negative reviewers say this is a blast from beginning to end. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sam
class act
This is a very classy dvd especially in blu-ray.Fast moving,with quirky characters,( Hugh Jackman shines as does Kate Beck.) yet gothically brooding, almost dark in places. Read more
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Spectacular Fantasia
This film seems to be panned a lot in Couchpotatolands for not being better than it is when it is still a lot of fabulous fun... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Ken Raus
Horrible dialogue, daft action.
Starts well with a nice black & white sequence and a great soundtrack my first thought was, 'wow, the angry villagers must have a titanium tipped battering ram as it's gone... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mark G.
Not very deep, but it has some fun moments.
I remember watching the trailers for "Van Helsing" and being very impressed. The film turned out to be a disappointment, with some poor casting choices and odd visual choices - the... Read more
Published 14 months ago by S. Carey
I can't get enough of this film!
The first time I saw this film was when I was 10 and I was amazed by how entertaining this film is! Now 5 years later, it is STILL my favourite film of all time! Read more
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