Review – Van Helsing

I used to deride movies by comparing them to comic books. But as it turns out, a lot of the newer comics on the market have better plots and character development than movies like this. Our title character here is the James Bond of some kind of international religious brotherhood of monster hunters, pitted against a trio of classic Universal creatures. I suppose the thinking must have been if Stephen Sommers can turn the Mummy into a successful franchise then he ought to be able to do wonders with the big three: Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Wolf Man. No such luck. Maybe the studio could give him another shot with the Creature from the Black Lagoon. Mildly amusing