Is Van Helsing hit or flop?

Is Van Helsing hit or flop?

The film debuted at No 4 on the box-office chart, but that was no consolation because it made just about $6.2 million. Both Van Helsing and New York Minute got mixed to negative reviews, but the former received a few more it-is-also-fun kind of reviews than the Warner Bros movie.

Is Van Helsing movie worth watching?

Despite the inconsistent CG, some weak performances and some dumb decisions Van Helsing is still a fun and enjoyable fantasy adventure. Hugh Jackman gives a great lead performance and Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh and David Wenham are all really good.

Why is Van Helsing special?

She is portrayed by Kelly Overton. She is humanity's last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost in a post-Rising world, as her unique blood composition gives her the ability to turn vampires human.

How old is Van Helsing in Dracula?

75-year-old In the 2009 Dacre Stoker novel Dracula the Un-dead, Van Helsing is now a 75-year-old man with heart problems, having apparently been disgraced in the medical profession for deaths caused by improper blood transfusions (although he defends his reputation by arguing that nobody knew about blood types until much later); ...

Is the movie Van Helsing a bad movie?

• And the acting is beyond bad, but not as atrocious as the special effects. Van Helsing is an abomination upon film that defiles everything in it. Van Helsing is such a mess of a film that I don't even know where to start. Stephen Sommers has created a film that almost entirely focuses on the visual instead of anything else.

How is Van Helsing like a greatest hits compilation?

• The movie is like a Greatest Hits compilation; it's assembled like Frankenstein's Monster, from spare parts stitched together and brought to life with electricity, plus lots of computer-generated images.

What kind of movie is Van Helsing with CGI?

• Van Helsing is a fast-paced, computer graphics-laden horror/adventure/fantasy film wherein Universal re-imagines its core stable of classic horror characters. I actually like cgi, I'm not a purist, I love the genres--I'm not looking for realism, and I love fast-paced action-oriented thrill rides as much if not more than I love character studies.

Is the movie Van Helsing an escapist movie?

• Van Helsing is the epitome of an escapist movie - the kind that used to be shown on Saturday afternoon. But now, thanks to massive budgets and big-name stars, Saturday comes seven days a week.