![]() I thought he was very believable playing the good soul as well as the action hero. Walker actually does a very good job at playing Lincoln. With that said, I really hope no one goes into this movie expecting historical accuracies (they'd be crazy right?). The final thirty-minutes actually take place during the Civil War and the way the writers used slavery and the vampires was pretty interesting. Not only do we get the vampire stuff but it's pretty well blended in with various historical truths like Lincoln becoming a lawyer, marrying Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and we go all the way up to the Civil War. There's no doubt that the "cheap thrill" aspect is on full display here but the film actually goes a bit further by tying all of these events into common knowledge surrounding Lincoln's life. ![]() Going by the trailer you'd think that this film was just going to try and do a BUBBA HO TEP and takes a historical figure and make some cheap thrills out of him killing vampires. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER might have a silly title but it's actually a fairly ambitious little movie that really took me by surprise. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) *** (out of 4) This horror/action film sets up to tell the true story of Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) who witnessed his mother getting killed by a vampire so he dedicates his life to stopping the bloodsucking creatures.
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