Looks like I saw this film after all. I had some spare tie, and my dad said "hey, wanna see that Abraham Lincoln vampire movie?" I said "Sure." The plot is simple, and ludicrous: Abe Lincoln's mother is killed by a vampire, and he is trained years later by an expert hunter to take vengeance and stop a deadly plot (involving the slave trade) to take over the country. The cast is pretty good: Benjamin Walker is great as the tormented but humorous, honest yet also secretive Abe Lincoln. Dominic Cooper is great as Lincoln's friend and mentor Henry Sturgess, a vampire himself, who wants to vanquish evil vampires from the Earth. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is good as love interest Mary Todd Lincoln. Anthony Mackie plays a born-free black man, William Johnson, a childhood friend of Lincoln's, who assists Lincoln in politics and hunting. Jimmi Simpson plays Joshua Speed, a store owner and employeer of a young Lincoln, who later becomes his political assistant. Rufus Sewell is Adam, a bland, but still threatening villain, the leader of a vampire clan set on the domination of America, and soon, the world. Stereotypical villain plan, but he's still a scary and bad-ass villain. Marton Csokas plays Jack Barts, a shipment company owner, a psychotic vampire, and former employer of Lincoln's parents, who killed Lincoln's mother after Lincoln's father defied him. Erin Wasson plays the creepy, yet lackluster vampiric assassin Vadoma, sister of Adam. The action and special effects are well-done. The makeup on Lincoln is great, and there's some good, but short action sequences and fights. The vampires are terrifying, with huge, sharp, Baraka-like teeth and talons, black eyes, black-green blood, and grey and blue flesh. The violence is somewhat bloody, but not too bad. The movie takes itself a little too seriously, but if you can get past some boring bits, it's a fun, bad-ass action-horror movie, and a fun popcorn movie. If you expect more, think to yourself "It's a movie about Abe Lincoln hunting vampires." If you want to see a bad-ass version of one of our best presidents hacking and shooting the shit out of some scary demonic bad-guys, go to a theater where it's playing and see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I can't wait to see the prequel, George Washington: Zombie Slayer, or the sequel: John F. Kennedy, Ghost Hunter. 3.5/5 stars.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Abraham Lincoln hunted vampires?
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter:
Looks like I saw this film after all. I had some spare tie, and my dad said "hey, wanna see that Abraham Lincoln vampire movie?" I said "Sure." The plot is simple, and ludicrous: Abe Lincoln's mother is killed by a vampire, and he is trained years later by an expert hunter to take vengeance and stop a deadly plot (involving the slave trade) to take over the country. The cast is pretty good: Benjamin Walker is great as the tormented but humorous, honest yet also secretive Abe Lincoln. Dominic Cooper is great as Lincoln's friend and mentor Henry Sturgess, a vampire himself, who wants to vanquish evil vampires from the Earth. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is good as love interest Mary Todd Lincoln. Anthony Mackie plays a born-free black man, William Johnson, a childhood friend of Lincoln's, who assists Lincoln in politics and hunting. Jimmi Simpson plays Joshua Speed, a store owner and employeer of a young Lincoln, who later becomes his political assistant. Rufus Sewell is Adam, a bland, but still threatening villain, the leader of a vampire clan set on the domination of America, and soon, the world. Stereotypical villain plan, but he's still a scary and bad-ass villain. Marton Csokas plays Jack Barts, a shipment company owner, a psychotic vampire, and former employer of Lincoln's parents, who killed Lincoln's mother after Lincoln's father defied him. Erin Wasson plays the creepy, yet lackluster vampiric assassin Vadoma, sister of Adam. The action and special effects are well-done. The makeup on Lincoln is great, and there's some good, but short action sequences and fights. The vampires are terrifying, with huge, sharp, Baraka-like teeth and talons, black eyes, black-green blood, and grey and blue flesh. The violence is somewhat bloody, but not too bad. The movie takes itself a little too seriously, but if you can get past some boring bits, it's a fun, bad-ass action-horror movie, and a fun popcorn movie. If you expect more, think to yourself "It's a movie about Abe Lincoln hunting vampires." If you want to see a bad-ass version of one of our best presidents hacking and shooting the shit out of some scary demonic bad-guys, go to a theater where it's playing and see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I can't wait to see the prequel, George Washington: Zombie Slayer, or the sequel: John F. Kennedy, Ghost Hunter. 3.5/5 stars.
Looks like I saw this film after all. I had some spare tie, and my dad said "hey, wanna see that Abraham Lincoln vampire movie?" I said "Sure." The plot is simple, and ludicrous: Abe Lincoln's mother is killed by a vampire, and he is trained years later by an expert hunter to take vengeance and stop a deadly plot (involving the slave trade) to take over the country. The cast is pretty good: Benjamin Walker is great as the tormented but humorous, honest yet also secretive Abe Lincoln. Dominic Cooper is great as Lincoln's friend and mentor Henry Sturgess, a vampire himself, who wants to vanquish evil vampires from the Earth. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is good as love interest Mary Todd Lincoln. Anthony Mackie plays a born-free black man, William Johnson, a childhood friend of Lincoln's, who assists Lincoln in politics and hunting. Jimmi Simpson plays Joshua Speed, a store owner and employeer of a young Lincoln, who later becomes his political assistant. Rufus Sewell is Adam, a bland, but still threatening villain, the leader of a vampire clan set on the domination of America, and soon, the world. Stereotypical villain plan, but he's still a scary and bad-ass villain. Marton Csokas plays Jack Barts, a shipment company owner, a psychotic vampire, and former employer of Lincoln's parents, who killed Lincoln's mother after Lincoln's father defied him. Erin Wasson plays the creepy, yet lackluster vampiric assassin Vadoma, sister of Adam. The action and special effects are well-done. The makeup on Lincoln is great, and there's some good, but short action sequences and fights. The vampires are terrifying, with huge, sharp, Baraka-like teeth and talons, black eyes, black-green blood, and grey and blue flesh. The violence is somewhat bloody, but not too bad. The movie takes itself a little too seriously, but if you can get past some boring bits, it's a fun, bad-ass action-horror movie, and a fun popcorn movie. If you expect more, think to yourself "It's a movie about Abe Lincoln hunting vampires." If you want to see a bad-ass version of one of our best presidents hacking and shooting the shit out of some scary demonic bad-guys, go to a theater where it's playing and see Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I can't wait to see the prequel, George Washington: Zombie Slayer, or the sequel: John F. Kennedy, Ghost Hunter. 3.5/5 stars.
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