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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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18 of 20 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.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Connor Haigh
Format:Blu-ray
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. Picture and audio quality was superb for a 2003 film, and buying it on Blu-ray was worth it.
Would recommend!
Would recommend!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
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 wasted black bars on top and bottom. The extra bits on how they handled the animation etc. are fascinating to watch as well. Hugh Jackman acts really dramatically as Van Helsing and good part played by Kate Beckinsale too as the Transylvanian princess. My favourite animation scene was the aerial attack in the village by the flying brides of Dracula...truly powerful.
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Wrong running time
Caution: if you trust the info about the running-time, you'll be disapointed just like me; because it's just the ordinary 126min, not 132 as stated!! (singleEdition DVD)
Published 8 days ago by pascal t
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Jackman
A brilliant action packed vampire film and from the start to the finish an absolute great DVD to watch again and again, enjoy!
Published 11 days ago by Toni Adams
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Mindless action movie...in the right way
If you're are looking for a good old fashioned monster horror, you've come to the wrong place. If you watch this film, leave any nostalgia of the likes of Nosferatu and... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Patricia
3.0 out of 5 stars
Gothic Horror 101
Bought for children in school to study Gothic horror genre. Works great for that. Not my kind of film otherwise.
Published 15 days ago by Miss A L Knapik
1.0 out of 5 stars
faulty
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Unfortunately i tried watching this film recently and found that it did not play. The blu ray player rejected the disc and on closer inspection i found that it had a... Read more
Unfortunately i tried watching this film recently and found that it did not play. The blu ray player rejected the disc and on closer inspection i found that it had a... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Abdul waheed Shahid
5.0 out of 5 stars
Van Helsing
Another movie that I used to own on dvd but it looks even better in blu ray.
Many thanks for the service
Many thanks for the service
Published 1 month ago by Gareth Lankshear
4.0 out of 5 stars
Little More Than One Long Action Sequence
With the exception of very brief and perfunctory moments of exposition, this film is little more than one long action sequence. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Theo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Van Helsing
As it has Hugh Jackman in it, there isn't really any more to say! I would recommend this film to all my friends.
Published 1 month ago by Anne B
3.0 out of 5 stars
strange freezing
may not happen to every copy-mine freezes in the middle and have to skip a chapter to pass it... films still good tho
Published 1 month ago by CAL EL
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3 stars
van helsing is a good film I have seen it loads of times .. I received my order on time on 28th this month , the 2 discs are in good condition but the corners of the 2 cases are... Read more
Published 1 month ago by zeus
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