Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

Release date: 2012-06-21
Country: USA|Russia
Language: English
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Production Co: Abraham Productions, Bazelevs Production, Location Gourmet
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Western
Rating: 5.9/10
Length: 1h 45min

Storyline

At the age of 9, Abraham Lincoln witnesses his mother being killed by a vampire, Jack Barts. Some 10 years later, he unsuccessfully tries to eliminate Barts but in the process makes the acquaintance of Henry Sturgess who teaches him how to fight and what is required to kill a vampire. The quid pro quo is that Abe will kill only those vampires that Henry directs him to. Abe relocates to Springfield where he gets a job as a store clerk while he studies the law and kills vampires by night. He also meets and eventually marries the pretty Mary Todd. Many years later as President of the United States, he comes to realize that vampires are fighting with the Confederate forces. As a result he mounts his own campaign to defeat them.

Plot Keywords

vampire hunter, undead, hanging upside down, shopkeeper, nightmare, full moon, martial arts training, straight razor, injury, courtship, shot in the eye, flintlock pistol, no opening credits, no title at beginning, narrated by character, bible quote, revisionist history, hatchet, reunited friends, facial scar

Short Review

The violence quickly becomes numbing, and Benjamin Walker plays Lincoln without the sense of irony needed to keep the historical and supernatural sides of the story consistently entertaining.