![]() Sommers failed to achieve the same feat in Van Helsing, which doubled down on action and CGI instead of a gripping narrative or character development. The Mummy successfully honored the classic monster of 1932 while delivering an Indiana Jones-style adventure. Written and directed by Stephen Sommers, who successfully updated The Mummy in 1999, the movie failed to strike the correct balance between action spectacle and cheesy homage to old-fashioned monster mashups like 1943’s Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. Released in 2004, Universal’s action-horror movie was an early attempt to connect its roster of classic monsters. ![]() The Hugh Jackman-starring Van Helsing failed to make a lasting impact, but a forgotten anime prequel is considerably better than the movie.
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