Saturday, 1 June 2013

No stakes?

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov this film based on the novel of the same name stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The 16th President of the United States is secretly also a vampire hunter and this is his story.

Using history and vampires mashed together as a bases for the plot of this film leaves us with a fairly fun story if not especially deep. There are a few changes between the book and the film but these appear to be mostly minor, the script was written by the novelist which probably helps. Most of the action sequences are well directed, although they do rely heavily on bullet time style effects.


3/5

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