Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Why so much hype?

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

I wanted to like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. After all, I like Lincoln, I like vampire stories and I like the writings of Seth Grahame-Smith - but this movie is oddly boring. It takes itself too seriously when it should have been campy, dumb fun. Plus, the action sequences are cartoony and, for the most part, tiresome. Benjamin Walker is good as Lincoln, though.

As a young boy, Abraham Lincoln loses his mother to an unknown disease which later proves to be the work of a vampire. Trained by a new close friend Henry, with a story of his own regarding vampires, Abe becomes a legend in eliminating the undead but he eventually marries and retires from this gruesome hobby. Time passes but Abraham, who's become president, is not allowed to rest as the leader of vampires prepares a devastating war in order to take over America. Together with his friends and helped by his experience, Abe must once again save the situation which is in need of a savior.It's an interesting action-horror movie which "creates" a different version of the history of Abraham Lincoln, posing him as a vampire hunter with a silver axe as his weapon. It features impressive slow- motion undead kills with great moves through eye-taking computer generated imagery. Its story unfortunately isn't on par with its good parts as it is linear and predictable most of the time. Its characters aren't very complex either but they are well played by their actors. It looks good and it is pretty enjoyable, if you're able to withstand the horror part. I certainly did so I ended up seeing a good film.

For some reason I was between two options, whether to see this movie or not, and I went with the first. Overall, this is something that not everyone must watch but those who are prepared to watch an irregular mixture of reality and imaginary. Good but not excellent, Would give it 7/10 but that one powerful quote made this movie unforgettable for me and rose its rating to 8/10.

I definitely enjoyed it. To fuse fiction and History is ingenuity... the creators and their artistry is great, they put hard work into this. It is all worth it.It keeps viewers thinking...and at the edge of their seats! The civil war as a backdrop is educating. A bit heart wrenching as well. A great piece.