Review of I, Frankenstein (2014) by Christian D — 14 Jun 2014

This fantasy action film written and directed by Stuart Beattie and based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux was something I simply could not be interested in. The film stars Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney and Kevin Grevioux. Acting was below the average, and the story was so overwhelmingly confusing that after 15 minutes of watching I had to remind myself who is who!

The story starts in 1795, when Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Aden Young) creates a monster (Aaron Eckhart), a soulless creature patched together from corpses, and then rejects it. This creature, in a moment of rage kills Victor's wife Elizabeth (Virginie Le Brun) and Victor chases it to the Arctic to get revenge, but succumbs to the weather. All this is happening really quickly... the creature buries his creator and suddenly is attacked by demons before being rescued by the gargoyles Ophir (Mahesh Jadu) and Keziah (Caitlin Stasey), who bring it before the gargoyle queen Lenore (Miranda Otto) and their commander Gideon (Jai Courtney). Cn you follow it up to now? Lenore explains that they were created by the Archangel Michael to battle demons on Earth and protect humanity. They name the creature "Adam" and invite him to join them, but he declines and departs after being given weapons that allow him to "descend" demons (destroying their bodies and trapping their souls in Hell) as they have the symbol of the Gargoyle Order carved on them... enough for the first few minutes!

Kevin Grevioux, creator of the graphic novel and the Underworld film series, had earlier expressed interest in making more I, Frankenstein films along with an Underworld crossover film... I hope that he is now reconsidering that!

I did not found this film appealing on any level!