Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

2012 "Are you a patriot or a vampire?"
5.9| 1h45m| R| en
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President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

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Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Paul Kydd Available on Blu-ray Disc (Region B)USA 2012 English (Colour); Horror/Action/Fantasy/Thriller (Twentieth Century Fox/Dune); 105 minutes (15 certificate)Crew includes: Timur Bekmambetov (Director); Seth Grahame-Smith (Screenwriter, adapting his Novel ***½ [7/10]); Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Jim Lemley (Producers); Michele Wolkoff, John J. Kelly, Simon Kinberg, Seth Grahame-Smith (Executive Producers); Caleb Deschanel (Cinematographer); François Audouy (Production Designer); William Hoy (Editor); Henry Jackman (Composer)Cast includes: Benjamin Walker (Abraham Lincoln), Dominic Cooper (Henry Sturges), Anthony Mackie (Will Johnson), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Mary Todd Lincoln), Rufus Sewell (Adam), Marton Csokas (Jack Barts), Jimmi Simpson (Joshua Speed), Joseph Mawle (Thomas Lincoln), Robin McLeavy (Nancy Lincoln); Alan Tudyk (uncredited)"President by day. Hunter by night."Having discovered that vampires exist and that his mother was killed by one, the future 16th President of the United States (Walker) is recruited by a mysterious, shades-wearing figure (Cooper) and trained to lead a double life as a silver axe-wielding hunter, determined to rid his troubled nation of these ferocious demons, and of their invincible creator (Sewell).Crying out not to be taken seriously, what develops nonetheless from this pretty preposterous premise is a straight-faced blast of an offbeat monster movie (incorporating two massive set pieces), with excitement and style to spare, and lashings of gore.Its otherwise authentic biographical background makes for a grotesque history lesson (of sorts).Blu-ray Extras: Commentary, Documentary, Graphic Novel, Music Video, Trailer. ***½ (7/10)
OneEightNine Media This film is freaking awesome, fun and a great time! Why in the heck does it have below a 6/10 on here? Are people seriously stupid enough to think that this piece of entertainment and satire is honestly depicting historical events in full or semi-full accuracy? What's wrong with you people? No really. Someone message me and explain the massive hate around this because I can not see what is wrong. This is pure fiction. Is there something disrespectful here that I am missing? Anyway, this is a fun piece of fiction with mostly great action, good acting and a great script. The film moves along nicely and there is never a dull moment. It is a 7/10 kind of film but I'm going to give it a 10/10 to offset the madness.
Smoreni Zmaj Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter... who could be drawn to a theater by this title?! I thought it must be either parody or some low-budget crap and I had no intention to watch it at all. Yet, curiosity prevailed. I decided to take a look at every 15 minutes or so, just to get a basic idea of what it looks like. I could expect anything from this movie, but I could not possibly expect it to be any good. And not only it is good, it is great.The story is some kind of alternative history. It follows the life of Abraham Lincoln from early childhood to tragic death, but pervades his whole biography with vampires. It goes so far to claim vampires to be part of the cause of slavery in America and Civil War to be a war of human North against vampire-ruled South. It also gives a very interesting explanation of battle for Gettysburg. But I'll stop here to avoid serious spoilers. Interesting, but not complicated. It has elements of drama, horror, romance, western, supernatural, historical, biographical and action movie. Intelligent and well written and packed dialogues with some humor relief. Choice and performances of the actors are great, good directing and soundtrack, high-level production and special effects that are literally breathtaking in some scenes, especially those that combine western and Matrix style.Overall, I loved it.9/10
jlcdwmartin In the documentaries "Lincoln: Trial by Fire" and "Lincoln's Last Night", and the movie "Abraham Lincoln" starring Walter Huston (in the five documentary collection by Mill Creek Entertainment), there is plenty of "tightly corseted" historical accuracy.Too often in historical films, Lincoln has been portrayed as a stiff-backed academic.In "Vampire Hunter", it can be said that the historical personages are portrayed in a much more human (pardon the pun) vein.Enjoy the twist on history. Enjoy "Hunter" as a really "fun", somewhat historically accurate horror movie. Good night. Pleasant dreams! Or, to phrase it classically:"We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep." -- Shakespeare, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"