Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

[tamakun]

Okay, I have to say this and get it out of the way: I was surprised when I first saw the trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter; because I saw it on Youtube, I figured it was a parody trailer, like the ones for Monopoly or Battleship. What a bizarre concept for a film, but oh, what a laughably-bad-yet-incredible film this is. XD

Christine and I went in with very low expectations, what with the concept of one of the presidents of the United States slaying vampires while still trying to make his way in politics and free the slaves. At first, with Abraham only being a young boy, I thought I was watching a Heritage Moment. It was only after the owner of the company make his appearance, wearing those oh-yeah-those-are-vampire-glasses-and-the-top-hat that the movie started to pick up.

I'll admit, there are some points in the film where the movie would drag on, and most of it was the historically-accurate points, when they started talking about freeing the slaves - and yes, they actually wove both stories together, in a Pride and Prejudice and Zombies kinda way. (And now I have discovered that this, too, will be a movie...)

I don't want to spoil anything from this film, because I feel you have to see it for yourself to laugh at it. I get this feeling it's going to be one of those hidden gem kinda films in a few years, when people pull it from their shelves and pop it in their BluRay player, telling their friend "oh, you gotta see this..."

Once the film ended, I was surprised - yet somehow not - that the movie was directed by Timur Bekmametov. He's been directing quite a few action movies as of late, including Wanted and 9, and I was always amazed at his incredible action sequences. Let's just say that I had no idea Abraham had such moves in him despite his old age. XD

So yeah, I would recommend that people go see this. It's absurd and absurdly funny at the same time, and if you like over-the-top action sequences, I think you'll like how well they're handled here. The script is a little dusty and dry at times, but hey, it's Abraham Lincoln killing vampires. Doesn't that just make it awesome?

(On a somewhat related note, why is Laura Secord associated with chocolate? I can't figure out the connection at all. Or is there no connection?)

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Be sure to try and see it in 3D while you still can.