Director : Timur Bekmambetov
Running Time : 106 mins
When a young Abraham Lincoln (Walker) witnesses the death of his mother at the hands of a vampire named Jack Barts (Sewell), he makes it his life’s work to track down the murderer and kill him for his crimes. As a direct result of embarking on this mission he makes the acquaintance of a man named Henry Sturges (Cooper) who teaches him the methods for disposing of a vampire in return for the promise that he will only kill those vampires Sturges tells him to.
Just the title of this movie made me cringe, and I braced myself for a Stan Helsing type of movie, but this at no time slips into parody. Instead we are given an Underworld style of movie with Lincoln as the vampire killing protagonist. By not making this a comedy, it is in fact more enjoyable to watch, and if it wasn’t for the stove pipe hat you wouldn’t even remember that this is supposed to be about Lincoln. Fans of generic monster movies will like this for its simple vampire lore.
You’ll like this if you liked : The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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