Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, doesn’t that name get you
excited, one of the most influential men in history and one of horrors most
iconic villains all in one movie? Aren’t you just drawn in? Don’t you want to
see this film? Well you’d be disappointed if like me the mere title excited you
and had you thinking of the possibilities. I mean the idea of the film sounds
simple enough take one historical figure, sprinkle in fictitious elements and boom
success, right?
Well for this film sadly the answer is no. But I don’t know
where the film fails, that is to say I can’t see why it doesn’t entertain but
it just doesn’t. Maybe it the alternate history, maybe it’s the way the
characters are written, but something about this film just doesn’t have that
greatness too it that certain films do. The actors though are phenomenal are
put in some truly great performances, Benjamin Walker is believable as Abraham
Lincoln especially in the 20-40 age bracket, he’s also very likable and should
go far as an actor, Dominic Cooper is great as Henry Sturges, Lincoln's mentor
in vampire hunting and a vampire who lost his wife and humanity to vampires and
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is amazing as Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln's wife.
But maybe semi historical films just aren’t meant to be
paired but with action horror movies. I am genuinely struggling for words to
say about this film, but by no means am I saying that this is a bad film, its
slightly worse than that it’s a plain film. It is worth checking out would
probably make a great film to have on in the background as it doesn’t require
much attention to understand.
With the new rating system this film is a 4/10, not a bad
film, but sadly not a good one either. It's the kind of film that if it was on TV some night it would be worth a watch of if your drinking with friends and want something on in the background other than that though I really cant recommend this film, which is a pity as it has so much potential.
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