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Van helsing: the london assignment.

Directed by Sharon Bridgeman

It tells of the events before the film, in which monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing travels to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in the form of his evil alter-ego, Mr. Hyde.

Hugh Jackman Robbie Coltrane David Wenham Grey DeLisle Dwight Schultz John DiMaggio Scott Mosenson Alun Armstrong Roger L. Jackson Julia Fletcher Tress MacNeille Tara Strong James Arnold Taylor

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Sharon Bridgeman

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Garfield Reeves-Stevens Judith Reeves-Stevens

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Ken Solomon

Composer Composer

John Van Tongeren

Universal Pictures Universal Cartoon Studios

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11 may 2004, 27 aug 2004, releases by country.

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Review by Luiz Rafael ★★

Um short film de animação que segue, basicamente, a história comentada por Van Helsing durante o encontro com Mr. Hyde na Catedral de Notre Dame no início do filme. Era um história necessária? Não, mas é um complemento a mais na história do filme, não é algo que me agrida.

ENG. An animated short film that basically follows the story commented by Van Helsing during the meeting with Mr. Hyde at Notre Dame Cathedral at the beginning of the film. Was a story necessary? No, but it's one more complement to the film's story, it's not something I dislike.

Review by Michelle (Guyver Spawn) ★★½ 1

You are better off watching both Vampire Hunter D movies instead

Review by jimmyoc ★★½

Alan Partridge: Right, OK. Van Helsing, Dracula Untold, The Mummy. What does that say to you about reboots based on Universal Horror that attempt to start a cinematic universe?

Tony Hayers: There's too many of them?

Alan Partridge: That's one way of looking at it, another way of looking at it is, people like them, let's make some more of them. A horror film based in Norwich called "Swallow". Swallow is a vampire who tackles vandalism. Bit of a maverick, not afraid to bite a few necks if he thinks it's necessary. He's not king of the vampires, you know, but he will, perhaps, turn into a bat, if, for example, he wants to get somewhere quickly... [Tony shakes his…

Review by Mazinkaiser ★★★

Watching a werewolf's head explode really made my day

Review by V H A N 👀 ★★★

Spend 2 hours last night looking for this 30 minute shortfilm and finally www.bilibili.tv/en/video/2001367373

Its basically Catholic Batman in the victorian era. Also still cant get over the fact that we lost multiple spin offs and series bcz of bad reviews on the movie. This short shows how passionate they were. wouldv loved to see more of Huge Jacked Man take on gothic literary monsters.

Review by Jak-Luke Sharp ★★★

Universal. DVD 1.78 :1 Color  Digital  12 A nice little prologue of the Van Helsing character with a decent amount of depth. Jackman's accent feels a little off but his voice work is great and dynamic with Wenham sounds and works well. The animation itself looks great and surprisingly violent throughout. It's twist on events in London was interesting but barely touched the surface.

Review by VirtuozCRO ★★★

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I would have preferred this short cartoon to have developed into a Van Helsing movie because even this little bit we got is much better than the movie.

This short cartoon is a the story of Jack the Ripper combined with the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

The cartoon starts mysteriously and provides a good basis for the further story, but due to its short duration, it quickly jumps to parts of the chase in order to make some kind of complete ending.

The animation is also well done, and I'm sorry that this cartoon isn't a bit longer, because it would have been much better and more popular.

Review by unclenugget

Remember that Hugh Jackman Van Helsing movie that was massive in 2004 and no ones really talked about it since? This was like a promo or cash in animated movie from around its release. It's not horrible, change the names of the characters and you're just watching an animated Batman movie.

Review by joecamel ★★★

Pretty cool, I actually this concept works better for animation than live action. I wish this were a series that got picked up.

Review by andymacacouwu ★★★★

Ni idea que había una precuela animada de Van Hellsing Es como el equivalente a ver un episodio de Batman y está bastante bueno

Review by Isaac Huckaby ★★★

Man, I really wish this would’ve developed into a proper franchise.

This, in particular, makes me wish for a Van Helsing animated series. He could’ve had a different Universal monster every week, with some recurring ones (Dracula, of course, but also maybe the Invisible Man or Imhotep).

At 30 mins this probably should’ve just been an extra on the Van Helsing DVD but I checked it out from the library so I don’t really care.

Review by RayOfLight ★★★½

Instead of a 30 minute prequel I would have loved this to be a full length animated movie or even a tv show.... we were robbed!

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The London Assignment is a short animated Supernatural Action Horror Mystery Fiction Prequel to Van Helsing , both released in 2004 with the prequel produced by Production I.G and animated by Sunwoo Entertainment . It stars Hugh Jackman who returns to provide the voice for Van Helsing.

A string of strange murders are going on in London, and the Vatican sends Van Helsing ( Hugh Jackman ) and Carl ( David Wenham ) to look in to the matter. They then discover a fiendish plot by one Dr. Jekyll/Mr Hyde ( Dwight Schultz / Robbie Coltrane ) which involves Queen Victoria ( Tara Strong ).

This prequel has examples of:

• Absurdly Spacious Sewer : After the underground train crashes, Van Helsing and Friar Carl chase after Mr. Hyde through rather spacious sewer lines.
• Badass Boast : Mr. Hyde: Who are you? Van Helsing: What you fear most. ( Dramatic Thunder )
• Big Bad : Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.
• Blunt "Yes" : A humourous example- Victoria : Are you giving me an order?! Van Helsing : Pretty much.
• Deadpan Snarker : Van Helsing, Carl and Hyde all have their moments. Hyde : You're no policeman! Van Helsing : You don't miss much.
• Dem Bones : While making their way to Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde's lair through a patch of underground fire, Van Helsing and Friar Carl are attacked by a horde of undead beefeaters.
• Disguised in Drag : Van Helsing makes Friar Carl dress as a woman and hang around London at the night to lure out Mr. Hyde. Van Helsing : Stop squirming! Carl : If you'd brought me the proper size corset , I wouldn't have to squirm! Van Helsing : There! A vision of loveliness! Carl : I told the Cardinal when he got your cable, I am not a field man! Van Helsing : There's not much danger of you being mistaken for any kind of man, Carl. Carl : Ugh, you put on too much powder, and this lip rouge with this scarf?! No real lady would be caught dead (Beat) ... Perhaps not the best choice of words . Van Helsing : Carl, for a friar, you know an awful lot about lip rouge. Carl : Anything worth doing is worth doing well ...even being demon bait.
• Evil Plan : Dr. Jekyll plans to use the souls stolen by him to turn Queen Victoria young again, and then marry her.
• Foregone Conclusion : If you have seen the original film, you know that it would end with Mr. Hyde escaping and Van Helsing following him to Paris.
• Groin Attack : While disguised as a woman, Friar Carl has to fend off advances from a man by kicking him in the groin.
• The Jekyll Is a Jerk : The original Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde feature as the main villains of the story, with both being monstrous in their own way. While Hyde is still the murderous brute he was in the live-action film, Jekyll is a self-deluding stalker who's been more than willing to profit from Hyde's murders in order to advance his own scheme.
• Monumental Battle : The hot air balloon that Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde tries to escape with crashes on the London Bridge, where the final battle takes place.
• My God, You Are Serious! : Van Helsing's reaction to Victoria's true identity (since he's more used to seeing her as the old woman she should be at the time of the story, rather than the young woman in front of him). Victoria : Sir, since it is obvious that you do not recognise me, I am Alexandrina Victoria Wettin by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Van Helsing : Queen Victoria?! [He bursts out laughing, only to then catch sight of Victoria's Death Glare ) Seriously?
• Prequel : The animated film takes place before the events of the original film.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning : Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde's lackeys have red glowing eyes.
• Slashed Throat : The story opens with Mr. Hyde cornering his latest victim and slicing her throat open.
• Royal Brat : The young Victoria has shades of this, she improves after Van Helsing saves her… until she returns to her older form .
• Stalker with a Crush : Dr. Jekyll has been obsessed with Queen Victoria (and convinced that she returns his feelings) since he first saw her on her coronation day.
• Traintop Battle : Soon after discovering Mr. Hyde in the underground train, Van Helsing has to battle him on top of it.
• Two Aliases, One Character : It turns out that Jack the Ripper was actually Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde.
• Wham Line : Victoria : Why would I need someone to give me youth?! I'm only twenty years old! Van Helsing : Your Majesty...you're seventy .
• Would Hit a Girl : Dr. Jekyll is Jack the Ripper , killing prostitutes in Whitechapel to use their souls in his plans to de-age Queen Victoria.
• Your Soul Is Mine! : After killing his victims, Mr. Hyde uses a special vial to collect their souls, which are then used to de-age Queen Victoria .
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Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 action horror animated film by Universal Studios Home Video . It features the voices of Hugh Jackman , Kate Beckinsale , Tress MacNeille , Robbie Coltrane and David Wenham . The London Assignment is an animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture Van Helsing (released the same year). It tells of the events before the film.

Monster hunter Gabriel Van Helsing and friar Carl travel to London to investigate a series of horrific, and decidedly supernatural murders, being committed by the mad scientist Dr. Jekyll, in the form of his evil alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. When tracing Hyde to his underground fortress, Van Helsing and Carl find a young woman who claims to be Queen Victoria, and they discover that Dr. Jekyll is in love with the Queen. In order to keep her young and thus immortal, she has been given a potion by Dr. Jekyll that turns her into a young woman for one night. But, in order to create the potion which causes the transformations, Dr. Jekyll needs the drained souls of his freshly killed victims and thus the killings will never stop.

Dr. Jekyll then kidnaps Victoria, using the Golden Jubilee Balloon to escape. Van Helsing uses his grappling gun to follow the balloon, then proceeds to board it. In the balloon, Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde to kill Van Helsing and crashes the balloon in the process. While fighting on the in-construction Tower Bridge, Mr. Hyde is shot through the arm but manages to escape. Upon returning Victoria to Buckingham Palace , Van Helsing says that daybreak will break the enchantment, returning her to her real age.

To reward him, Victoria kisses him, at the precise moment of daybreak, causing her old self to slap him and call for guards. Van Helsing sends word back to Vatican City about what has happened while he tracks Jekyll to Paris .

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Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 animated film by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. It features the voices of Hugh Jackman, Robbie Coltrane and David Wenham. The London Assignment is an animated prequel to the 2004 motion picture Van Helsing (released the same year). It tells of the events before the film.

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Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a 2004 film about Gabriel Van Helsing tracking Mr. Hyde.

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