Review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) by Mitchell B — 23 Apr 2013

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is one big missed opportunity. The premise of President Lincoln fighting vampires, while absurd, is an awesome idea. In my opinion the film did not live up to its potential. I'm not to familiar with the book. However, I've heard that the novel spanned Lincoln's whole life, and him fighting different vampires throughout his life. In the movie you have the one villain, who is bland and not at all interesting.

The person who played Lincoln, did a good job. In fact between him and the one who played Lincoln in Lincoln, while both good, I think that the one who played Lincoln hear was better. Though the character of Lincoln I thought was very bland here. Mary Elizabeth Winstead did a good job as Lincoln's wife, Mary. I think Winstead did a better job, than the person who played Mary in Lincoln. Dominic Cooper plays the typical mentor character, but I liked him. The rest of the cast is forgettable.

The production values and effects are good, but not great. The production values in Lincoln are better. The fights are okay, but get hammered by constant slow motion. The slow motion gets very tedious and annoying in no time.

Overall this movie had potential to be a fun and entertaining film, but does not live up to it's potential. I heard that the original script was written by the author of the novel, but was later changed to what we got. If they kept the original script, this might have been much better.