Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest
president, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary
filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (Director of Wanted) bring a
fresh and visceral voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire,
imagining Lincoln as history's greatest hunter of the undead.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Many modern genre movies have developed a worrisome postmodern tic,
often rushing to point out their own ridiculousness before the audience
even gets a chance to get swept up and taken in. The historical monster
mash Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is profoundly silly--even
sillier, possibly, than the title suggests--but it conducts itself with
an admirably straight face. Seth Grahame-Smith's script (based on his
own novel) finds the Young Mr. Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) set on a path
of righteous vengeance after watching his mother get fatally fanged. As
he studies the law and woos the ravishing Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth
Winstead) by day, the nights find him throwing down with an unending
army of the undead. When he discovers the plot of a master vampire (the
excellently dry Rufus Sewell) to conquer the United States, he makes the
fateful decision to throw his hat (and silver-bladed ax) into the ring
of national politics. Director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, the Night Watch
series) brings a wide-eyed fervor to the material, offering tantalizing
hints of a larger mythology while also glorying in the wonky kineticism
of the plentiful action sequences. (He's aided in his mission by
legendary cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, who gives the images an
old-timey View-Master texture.) Scholars of the historical record may
well develop the vapors, but for susceptible viewers, the film's
wink-free approach and exceedingly game performers make it frightfully
easy to sit back, switch off, and bask in its poker-faced
outrageousness. Many movies have had somebody thrown by a horse; this
movie has a bad guy pick up a horse and throw it at the hero. Brothers
and Sisters, there is a difference. --Andrew Wright
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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