Set in the late 19th century, "Van Helsing" finds Bram Stoker's legendary monster hunter summoned to a distant and dangerous Eastern European land on a quest to vanquish evil.
Set during the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) are caught up in the events that draw the United States into World War II. One of them enlists with the U.S. Army Air Corps and the other flies for the British Royal Air Force, but they both find themselves in love with the same woman (Kate Beckinsale).