Progenitor of North America's vampires-who lives on a New Orleans plantation with his sister, Vadoma (Erin Wasson), and who has pledged hisĪllegiance to the president of the Confederacy, offering his immortal minions as foot soldiers for the South.
Barts is merely an underling, and the real threat is revealed to be Adam (Rufus Sewell)-the ancient Political rise to power, the death of his son, the start of the Civil War-with the expected addendum that machinating vampires play an influentialīehind-the-scenes part in all of these events. The rest of the relentless and overlong film gives us an abbreviated version of Lincoln's life-his wooing of Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), his Working for shopkeeper Joshua Speed (Jimmi Simpson), and-when he isn't studying law-moonlights as a killer of bloodsuckers, taking outīlacksmiths and pastors and pharmacists, hoping to one day track down his lifelong nemesis.
Lincoln heads off to Springfield, Illinois with Sturges' blessing, gets a job Lanky hero learns ax-based martial arts and fells a tall oak in a single chop. Cue the obligatory training montage, in which our He fights off Barts-whoĮscapes into the night-and takes Lincoln in, offering to teach him the ways of vampire hunting.
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Thankfully, professional vampire tracker Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper, The Duchess) happens to be lurking nearby. He gets his chance years later, shooting Barts down by the docks, but the ghoul isn't phased by bullets and overpowers the terrified Mr. Isn't sure exactly what he saw that night, he's committed to getting revenge by killing Barts. Intervention, firing Abe's dad and breaking into the family shack later that night to suck Abe's mom's blood. Plantation owner and secret vampire Jack Barts (Martin Csokas) doesn't take kindly to the We open in 1818, when a boyhood Abraham-later to be played by young Liam Neeson-lookalike Benjamin Walker-tries to stop his blackīest friend, William, from being sold into slavery.
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Grahame-Smith and director Timur Bekmambetov approach the film like a comic book superhero movie of sorts, complete with a vengeance-inspired It mistakenly tries to retain some semblance of seriousness, when it If I had to boil it down to one issue, it's that the movie-which was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of the novel it's based on-doesn't goįar enough into history-overturning, vamp-slaying ridiculousness. There are plenty of other criticisms that can be leveledĪt the film, criticisms that stem from the disconnect between what the over-the-top title promises and what the final finished product actually delivers.
I'm no Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter apologist. No one's going to confuseĪbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter with the upcoming Steven Spielberg Lincoln drama, and complaining that the film isn't "historicallyĪccurate enough" totally misses the point, akin to dismissing 300 because it grossly distorts the real Battle of Thermopylae. Honest Abe, the POTUS who's come closest to approaching mythic, tall-tale status in our national consciousness. Title suggests something entirely different-gory, ax-swinging violence, campy horror-meets-history revisionism, and a wink-wink take on good ol' 6'4" Lesson? A solemn Glory-style war epic? A gravely faithful biopic of America's bearded, slave-freeing 16th president? Yeah, I didn't think so. Now, what do you expect? A cinematic civics Read that again: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Reviewed by Casey Broadwater, October 25, 2012Ībraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Honest Abe slays in so-so horror-meets-history mashup. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D Blu-rayĪbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D Blu-ray Review
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