Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Timur Bekmambetov
Written By: Seth Grahame-Smith
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Marton Csokas, Jimmi Simpson, Dominic Cooper, John Rothman, Joseph Mawle, Teri Wyble, Robin McLeavy, Alex Lombard, Cameron M. Brown
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Country: USA
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Cinema_Asia | 60 30th |
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A historically accurate account of the life and times of president Abraham Lincoln.
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FrederikA | 35 12th |
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Like The Raven, this feels like a discarded Alan Moore idea, and as the title suggests it's quite bipolar, opting both for twisted biopic and vampire-cliches, which works around 15% of the time, leaving 85% poorly written fluff - Think Van Helsing starring a wax sculpture of Liam Neeson playing Lincoln (seriously - the resemblance between Walker and Neeson (both physically and in terms of wooden acting) is uncanny!)
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Pickpocket | 3 28th |
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Started out good but it just took itself too seriously to be considered anything other than meh. Should've been a cheesy, fun, b-movie esque action flick but instead it tried way too hard and didn't really accomplish much. Missed opportunity
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nobodyrobots | 20 0th |
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Oh boy, my eyes started hurting after the number of times I rolled them during this movie. The main actor was dull; reminded me of a Liam Neeson/Paul Dano hybrid that can't act. A few interesting ideas thrown in at the end (vampires fighting the battle of Gettysburg), but beyond that pretty boring.
Edit: Just IMDB'd the actor: He played a young Liam Neeson in 'Kinsey'.
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Ytadel | 4 43rd |
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The movie was willing to invest in its story without constantly winking at the audience, ergo, I found myself willing to go along for the ride. Marton Csokas, the king of all chameleon actors, appears playing yet another character totally unrecognizable as him.
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Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter) | 40 31st |
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There's a little bit of fun to be had from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but not enough to justify the time it takes to watch it. For the most part, it's a dreary and dull film that you will have trouble enjoying legitimately or ironically. With a premise as silly as this one, it shouldn't be played straight. It also needed more inventive action scenes and a break every now and then so that the relentlessly quick pacing could give us a breather.
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hellboy76 | 62 30th |
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Ol' Timor has an eye for setting up somewhat interesting shots, but really doesn't know how to implement them into a good movie. This isn't terrible it is just kind of there.
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joseywales | 57 29th |
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Entertaining enough despite being obviously cut to shreds in the editing room. At least now I can say I've seen a man (well, a vampire) hammer-throw a horse at Abraham Lincoln!
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Dean Franz | 8 8th |
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"A portly gentleman dressed in a moth-eaten gorilla costume sits on a day-glo hobby horse and masturbates furiously whilst humming. After two hours of this he ejaculates onto a photograph of Ruby Keeler and starts sobbing uncontrolably." - There! I just wrote a movie superior to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
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Calexico | 85 82nd |
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Pretty awesome movie. Ridiculous, over-the-top, and very entertaining. Great style. Excellent action scenes.
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SirStuckey | 70 56th |
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It's fun and about as good as one could expect. The action is cool, the plot moves at a crisp pace (except for a short bit in the middle), and it manages to deliver a completely ridiculous premise in as earnest a way as possible. I admired their attempt to try something new and offbeat and truly enjoyed myself.
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Halfang | 85 50th |
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Quite entertaining with a few moments of whoa and hilarity. Like the horses. Or the multi track drifting. Yeah, pretty decent.
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| 2 | RandallODim | 74 33rd |
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Horse throwing is my favorite vampire power.
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adouble | 40 17th |
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Aside from a couple of cool fights and some creative ideas, I just found this movie to be dull. Poor acting from the mostly unknown cast and a deathly serious tone that doesn't match the silliness of the idea in the slightest don't help.
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Tony Irwin | 22 20th |
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Unfortunately the intriguing concept was considered so good that they didn't bother paying for anything else. A ghastly and inadequate script - much of the movie is just a montage of violence, and a montage of history rather than actual *story*. Even the colour palette quickly becomes tiresome - instead of evoking Old America, it looks like a movie made in a factory to order. These guys thought they could have a blockbuster off the premise alone, without actually paying anyone to make one.
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Coolkow19 | 75 45th |
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I know its usually the case, but the book is much better.
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yoohoo | 30 2nd |
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This movie is bad. Simply terrible in every way. Acting was awful. Writing was awful. The way the story was told was awful. The movie was a collection of extended montages that served little purpose other than to attempt to show Abe Lincoln's life as a vampire hunter, over the course of 50 years, and it did not work well at all.
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Space Pope | 65 40th |
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I feel like I want to call this movie "silly spectacle at its most unabashed and innocent" but I've seen The Good, The Bad, The Weird so my view on that is slightly biased. Still, this movie strikes the right balance of knowing it's silly without winking about its silliness, and it also contains maybe my favourite drifting scene in any movie to date.
Inaccuracies: Lincoln did not work for Speed in Illinois; Mary Todd wasn't that gorgeous; trains weren't CGI in the 1860s.
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MJVmovieMan | 48 17th |
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If you read the title of the film, you know everything you need to know---especially whether or not you should see it. I found the idea to be amusingly silly, but of course the movie offers little profound experiment or surprise beyond the obvious pratfalls of an axe-wielding Matrix-y Abe fighting off vampires inexplicably involved in the Civil War. Visually the film isn't particularly great, the storytelling is no good, and the performances aren't even memorable.
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emtilt | 41 15th |
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This could have been more interesting than it was. The plot development is quite awkward; I suspect that this is because they tried to cut it down too far in editing. Unfortunately, it really destroys the cohesion and tension. I also wouldn't have minded a bit more of political bent to the film - they set themselves up for satire, but never use it.
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recklessmess | 58 34th |
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When will vampire persecution end?
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whatismyname | 70 77th |
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Found it entertaining. Glad it's historically accurate, else the film wouldn't have worked. Who knew Abe was such a badass.
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iceblox | 10 2nd |
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I am patiently waiting for the brilliant sequel - "Barack Obama: Superman".
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NathanDarko | 88 70th |
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This was a descent fantasy flick with some very good ideas. Great fun to watch.
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Kusanagi | 70 29th |
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At least this flick chooses to embrace and run with its ridiculousness, and I enjoyed the tiny bit of animation 3/4ths of the way through. Overall fun vampire action, but they took too long to bring the beard out.
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| 1 | Evan Waters | 91 70th |
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A surprisingly straightforward take on an absurd premise, which is to its credit. The action sequences are great, Walker is a superb lead and a dead ringer for Abe, and the story draws some neat parallels between its demonic adversaries and the plague of slavery.
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lupister | 20 20th |
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I was expecting some campy fun, but the movie takes itself to serious. Almost no laughs at all.
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gsb | 20 5th |
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I actually enjoy bad movies some times, but the fight scenes are needlessly always slowed down and worse, it takes itself way too seriously!
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dwyer | 66 24th |
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Although the plot is interesting enough, there seems to be a disconnect between the Lincoln who kicks undead butt and the Lincoln who loves a woman, has a small number of dear friends, and aspires to serve his nation. A little extra effort in the character-development department could have made this a truly affecting movie, something with the ingredients to become a cult favorite. Instead, it's merely a visually impressive, somewhat entertaining action thriller.
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overrated | 38 30th |
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Entertaining enough if you're the kind of person who would voluntarily watch a film with this title, but could have done so much more with the concept.
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SlantMag | 25 61st |
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"Timor Bekmambetov doesn't need to make his material overtly wink at the audience because his conceit is itself enough of an obvious dim-bulb joke." - Nick Schager
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| 1 | untrustable | 85 78th |
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Surprisingly enjoyable and sleek enough to get you to forget that you're watching the great emancipator killing vampires.
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| 1 | damil | 50 25th |
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It was alright for what it was, I suppose. Some decent action. I do like the idea of alternate histories. I think the main problem with this was that it was taken very seriously. It's an inherently silly idea, and I think a little more humour might've helped. I thought the actor playing Lincoln was very forgettable. I actually forgot what he looked like a couple of times, and wondered who this new character was. I think you'll know whether or not you'll like it just from the title.
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Ag0stoMesmer | 2 46th |
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Only watched because I missed the start of another movie. Started surprisingly fun though, a couple of enjoyable fights and a well-pitched self-knowing. Unfortunately as the action got bigger -and cgi-er- it's slaver/vampire thing got increasingly unsubtle and the plot developed more holes. By the end it was near taking itself seriously, y'know, because Lincoln ended racism in the USA.
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magdabag | 68 20th |
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An incredibly ridiculous movie that I had a ton of fun watching. I give 6 tall hats out of 10.
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actlikealady | 90 91st |
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Fantastic action and awesome script.
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| Average Percentile 27.98% from 1626 Ratings |  |