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Van HelsingTheatrical release posterDirected byProduced byStephen SommersWritten byStephen SommersStarringMusic byCinematographyEditing byKelly MatsumotoDistributed byRelease date(s)May 7, 2004 ( 2004-05-07)Running time131 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$160 millionBox office$300,257,475Van Helsing is a 2004 American action directed. It stars as monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing,. The film is a homage and tribute to the films from the 1930s and '40s (also produced by ), of which director is a fan.The titular character was inspired by from Irish author 's novel. Distributed by, the film includes a number of monsters such as, the and in a way similar to the multi-monster movies that Universal produced in the 1940s, such as. Contents PlotIn 1887, Doctor brings to life his with the aid of his assistant , and. Dracula kills Frankenstein after revealing that he helped him only so he could use the Monster to bring his undead children to life. The Monster then escapes to a windmill, which is burned down by a pursuing mob.
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The mob flees as Dracula and his, Verona , Aleera and Marishka , mourn the loss of the Monster and their chance to bring their children to life.One year later, the Knights of the Holy Order, stationed at the, dispatch Gabriel, who has, to kill Dracula. He is also tasked with preventing the last of the Valerious family from falling into; the family swore to kill Dracula nine generations ago and is unable to enter until they succeed.
He is given a torn piece of paper with an insignia on it. He is joined by Carl , a who provides support and weapons.Arriving in Transylvania, the two meet Anna Valerious , who tells them her brother Velkan was recently killed by a. Van Helsing then saves her from Dracula's brides as they attack the village, ending with Van Helsing killing Marishka as the others escape. Anna then takes the pair back to her castle. Anna is determined to kill Dracula herself, but Van Helsing is unwilling for her to take the risk, knowing that she is the last of the Valerious family. When she resists, he her to and puts her in her bed. Later in the night, Anna awakens from her deep, dreamless sleep and encounters Velkan, now a werewolf himself.
After Velkan flees, Van Helsing and Anna track him to Frankenstein's castle, only to find Dracula attempting to give life to his children using Velkan as a substitute for the Monster. Anna frees Velkan but he becomes a werewolf again. Dracula confronts Van Helsing, who recognizes him from his past.While escaping, Van Helsing and Anna fall into a cave. There, they find Frankenstein's Monster alive. Van Helsing decides to take him to so he can be protected. They flee in a carriage, but while crossing the, the brides and Velkan, who have been pursuing the group, attack. The carriage plummets down a precipice and Verona tries to save the Monster, but on opening the door reveals that it is a decoy carriage containing only stakes bundled against explosives, which kill her when the carriage hits the bottom.
The genuine carriage is attacked and Velkan is killed by Van Helsing, but not before Van Helsing is bitten by him; when the next occurs, Van Helsing will become a werewolf. Anna is then captured by Aleera and taken to Budapest.In, Van Helsing agrees a trade and hides the Monster before he and Carl head off to save Anna, who is at a masked ball for vampires. They manage to rescue her, but the Monster is captured and taken away on a boat. Escaping from Dracula's Summer Palace, Van Helsing, Anna, and Carl return to Frankenstein's castle, where they find all the equipment has been removed.
At Anna's castle, Carl explains that Dracula was the son of Anna's ancestor. Dracula was murdered, but not before making a, which gave him new life as a vampire. Carl explains that although Anna's ancestor made the vow to kill Dracula, he couldn't kill his own son. Instead, he banished Dracula to an icy fortress from which he should not have been able to return, but the gave him wings and the power of flight, which allowed him to escape. Van Helsing then finds a portal to Dracula's castle disguised as a wall map, completed using the paper that Van Helsing brought from Rome.
They enter the portal, emerging on a cliff near Castle Dracula.As the trio sees the Monster being lifted to the laboratory, he tells them that Dracula has a werewolf cure. Carl realizes that only a werewolf can kill Dracula and that he uses werewolves to do his bidding, but needs a cure in case they have the willpower to turn against him. Making his way to the laboratory, Van Helsing frees the Monster, then becomes a werewolf and enters a final battle with Dracula (who turns into a giant -like creature).
Anna and Carl retrieve the cure but are attacked by Aleera and Igor. Igor falls to his death off a bridge, and Aleera gets impaled by Anna with a silver stake.Dracula reveals that Van Helsing is really Gabriel, the —as well as the one who originally murdered him. He offers to restore Van Helsing's memories, but Van Helsing refuses, deciding that 'some things are better left forgotten'. He then bites into Dracula's throat, killing him and his offspring. Anna arrives with the cure and injects Van Helsing with it, only to be killed by him at the same time, much to his grief. Van Helsing and Carl hold a quiet ceremony for Anna and cremate her as the Monster departs on a raft into the ocean, having been allowed a chance at life.
As Anna's body burns, Van Helsing sees her and her family in Heaven, at peace thanks to Dracula's death.Cast. as Gabriel Van Helsing/The Archangel Gabriel/The Left Hand of God. as. as. as Carl. as. as Aleera.
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as Cardinal Jinette. as Verona. as Marishka.
Tom Fisher as Top Hat. as Dr. Stephen Fisher as. as the voice ofReceptionThe film opened at #1 in the weekend of May 7-9, 2004. The film grossed US$300,257,475 worldwide of which US$120,177,084 was from the USA. Despite this, critical reception was mostly negative, and the film was classed by the website as 'Rotten,' with 23% of reviews counted as positive.of the gave the film 3 stars out of 4 stating that 'At the outset, we may fear Sommers is simply going for f/x overkill, but by the end, he has somehow succeeded in assembling all his monsters and plot threads into high-voltage climax. Van Helsing is silly, spectacular and fun.'
SoundtrackThe movie's was composed. It was met with critical acclaim by both reviewers and fans.Other mediapublished a for,. The game follows a similar plot to the movie, has gameplay similar to and the PS2 and Xbox versions feature the voice talent of many of the actors including. Produced a that followed the plot of the movie, However, it received average reviews.Sommers expanded the story of Van Helsing in two direct spin-offs. The animated prequel titled takes place before the main events of the film, focusing on Van Helsing's mission to try to stop, who turns out to actually be Mr. Hyde, from terrorizing London.
There was also a one-issue comic book titled, that follows Van Helsing on a self-contained adventure that occurs during the events of the film, just after the death of Jekyll/Hyde in Paris but before Van Helsing returned to Rome. In the adventure, Van Helsing deals with and his hybrid mutants.RebootPerhaps as a result of this film's poor reception and legacy, the story of Van Helsing will be getting a following several key announcements in 2012. The new version will feature Tom Cruise as the titular character, and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the writers/producers behind Transformers, Star Trek, The Legend of Zorro, Cowboys & Aliens, Mission Impossible: III, and more, are set to write the script. They have signed a two-year, first-look production deal with.References.
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