Cert: 18 cert
Story: Abraham Lincoln, the 16Th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them & set on a path of revenge for he's parents death at the hand of one of these vampires.
Likes : This film concept is clever the way they've taken the famous president in American history Abraham Lincoln from his history from a young age to the point he become the president & thrown a vampire war in the mix.This film take you on a journey of horror & war full of blood & carnage. Benjamin Walker plays Abraham Lincoln very well, i found his characterization of this character believable as he set on a journey of revenege for his familys death at the hands of a vampire called Jack Barts whos played by Marton Csokas who plays this vampires character witha cocky agront attiude that thinks he's a god they come head to head in battle together. Dominic Cooper plays Henry Sturges a mystery man that come out of no-where & saves Abraham life & teachs him to fight vampires by using the pain of he lost parents, now you can see why later in the film why henry is helping him & what h'es agender is in helping him. Anthony Mackie play this former slave who become a free man & child hood friend of abraham who joins abraham side all the way in the fight against the dead.The beautiful Mary Elizabeth Winstead play the love intrest & future wife of abraham Mary Todd Lincoln who i found her character very strong willed & beautiful, you can see why abraham fell in love with her, i think Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a brilliant actress is real throws her self in to the role she playing which makes the character more believable. Rufus Sewell (star of dark city) plays the lend boss vampire Adam who has been around for century's, his role in this film was like a upper-class man that was completely evil & will trun anyone in the course of getting what he wants.Erin Wasson plays the female right hand of adam Vadoma, i found her character very ruthless & evil, would do any thing to please adam. Jimmi Simpson play the a shop keep Joshua Speed that hire abraham for a while then join him in the fight against the dead. Along with the special effect & horror in this film it was a journey in to darkness & war, i found this film really good to watch ,it like a mixer of real history,vampires bloody & horror mixed in one.
Dislike: Some special effect were a little unreal that the only kind of fault in this film really
Overall : Bloody action, vampire horror, real history of a president mixed with fantasy this is a well made film.
Rating: 4 out of 5 for entertainment/ 9 out of 10 for fantasy horror & history
Thanks for the review! I've been pretty curious about this film ever since it was in theaters, so it's great to hear that you and a lot of other reviewers enjoyed it. I didn't know what to expect because some of my coworkers at DISH had some horrible things to say about it! Based on the trailer though, I think it looks like a film I would enjoy, so I'm going to check it out. Hearing about some of the special effects lacking doesn't surprise me either, so that doesn't bother me at all. I'm going to add this movie to the top of my Blockbuster @Home package and see how I feel about it. I really do tend to enjoy any movies with vampires, so I think it'll be a real treat watching this one! :)
ReplyDeleteya it a well balanced film, kind of strange with the mixed vampire with real history together in one film,but ya i can see why lot of people wouldnt enjoy this film,but its like what everyuone would say it depend on your movie taste because some people like curtains film where other will just not like,reviews are good to view because you get a good point of view of the film from different reviewer's, see i have a gift to see what works & what really dosent work in films,its why i started this film review site up because i love watching films.Ya visit this page anytime you like im alway update with new film or old. :)
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