Why did I watch it?Sounded like a fun mash-up.
What's it all about?
Young future president Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) witnesses his mother being killed. Years later Lincoln plots to exact revenge only to discover the killer is a vampire and learns that a legion of vampires control the South, feasting off the slave population. Schooled by Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper), Lincoln becomes a trained vampire hunter and eventually takes his fight against the vampires to the White House.
The Good:
- Although no Daniel Day Lewis, Benjamin Walker's portrays Lincoln pretty well in my opinion.
The Bad:
- Visually the film is trying too hard. Director Timur Bekmambetov creates some horrible looking action sequences, the horse chase and train roof right in particular, and the slo-mo is overdone.
- The tone of the film is all wrong. You may think going into this that it would be a fun mash-up but the film tries to combine the vampire gore and violence with the serious true Lincoln history on an equal level with Lincoln speeches and all. And Abe Lincoln is not known for having fun. Doesn't work.
- Really really unmemorable.
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| What would Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln think? |
'A guy only gets that drunk when he wants to kiss a girl or kill a man. So which is it?' - Henry Sturges
Stand-out moment:
Can't even think of one. Those action set pieces that should have been were let down by the over the top special effects.
Like the direction? Watch: Wanted, Nightwatch
What my wife would say: Rubbish.
What the world thinks:
Rotten Tomatoes - 35%
Metacritic - 42/100
LAMB Score - 2.65/5
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is easily the worst thing to happen to President Lincoln in a theatre.
— Bob Kostic (@causticbob) December 10, 2013
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