After this year's Dark Shadows..I was a bit skeptical about another Tim Burton-Seth Grahame Smith collaboration. In Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter..we get producer Burton teamed up with writer of both the screenplay and the novel on which it was based Grahame Smith. In Dark Shadows, Burton was director and Grahame Smith was the writer. Here..Timur Bekmambetov of Wanted fame is the director. Together..these three men make one of the most deadly dull films of the year.
The main problem with the film is that it takes itself way too seriously. Sure..the audience gets some good comic relief from Jimmi Simpson and some of the performances including Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper are good. However, all of it feels too grim for a film about our 16th president killing vampires. Also...Benjamin Walker as Lincoln is trying to give a solid performance as if he's not aware that he's yielding an ax to kill vampires.
Yes..I just complimented a few of the performances but those performances are allowed to be good because they're not the ludicrous characters. They are rather the supporting players who are essentially supposed to be the straight men. Also...the whole plot is actually an insult to the man himself including the last scene with Lincoln which is incredibly bad taste.
Furthermore..the 3D is awful here. The film was shot mostly at night and the rest was shot in a really dark manner so the 3D just makes the whole film blurry. There are also no tricks with the 3D. There are no axes, blood, limbs, ETC swinging in your face...just a way too dark screen.
Overall...Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is an incredibly dull film with some good in it. However, there is not enough good to give a recommendation.
(1 and 1/2 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated R for violence throughout and brief sexuality)
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