An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since Nick, my step-son, is a huge fan of vampire movies, I thought we should check it out. Eventually, it is basically one of those movies with a really far out concept which sounded great paper but unfortunately crashed and burned at the box-office. Actually, while watching this, it did remind me of ‘Le Pacte des Loups’, a French movie released 10 years earlier, which also did mix some modern fighting techniques with an older time frame. The main difference is that, here, they went even further and added a historical setting and one of the most famous American presidents to kick some vampire’s asses. Personally, I thought it was not bad. I mean, Bekmambetov has a nice visual style and there were some spectacular set-pieces. Still, even though I shouldn’t analyze too much the story since it was all very preposterous, I didn’t see the link between slavery and the vampires or maybe I missed the point. All in all, it wasn’t really impressive and this movie seemed to be a step down for Bekmambetov after ‘Wanted’ which was maybe flawed but more intriguing story-wise and definitely more satisfying regarding the tone. To conclude, if you want to watch Abraham Lincoln fighting some vampires, you won’t be disappointed, but don’t expect much more enthralling than this.

6/10