Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Lynn Venhaus (Belleville News-Democrat)
What It’s About: Who knew Springfield, Ill., was a hotbed for vicious undead in the 19th century? That the Confederate Army was full of bloodsuckers? Our vampire problem in the U.S. apparently had roots long before Anne Rice novels and “Twilight” movie adaptations. Obviously, with a movie titled “Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter,” one must suspend any notions of reality. This action-fantasy film should be a sneer-free zone if you approach it as a lark. As bizarre as it is fantastical, this movie is as entertaining as your mind allows it to be. Sure it’s preposterous and at times silly, but it’s...
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Reelworld (Kent Tentschert/Carol Hemphill)
The Plot:
Fueled by vengeance, the young Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) seeks to kill the man who murdered his father, but the fire of retribution almost costs him his life, for the man he attempts to kill is Jack Barts (Marton Csokas), a vampire.
Saved by Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), Lincoln vows to hunt the vampires of Sturgess’ choosing in return for training to become a vampire hunter.
As Lincoln’s life of law and politics progresses, he leaves a trail of dead vampires in his wake. But a conflagration is on the horizon, a war between the living and the dead – a civil war – and human dominance lies in the balance.
Kent’s...
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