Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Rating 5 out of 10

Okay, no one see's the title of this movie and expects (or even hopes) this will be a great movie.  At best you hope it's not too cheesy and the action scenes are good.  I admit I was intrigued at the thought of one of our great presidents wielding a silver coated ax killing vampires and delivering karate kicks like Jackie Chan.  I went in with low expectations and it still fell slightly below the bar.

The story starts when Abe was a small child.  He was a good kid who loves his mother.  When he see's a vampire kill Mom he swears he will make all vampires pay.  When he gets older he hooks up with a man who promises to make him the best vampire killer ever.  He also learns vampires are everywhere in every major US city.  For some reason they are worse in Springfield, Illinois.

Abe mostly gets into politics so he can keep tabs on the bloodsuckers.  The vampires are big into slavery.  They can use the slaves to work a year or two then have them for lunch, literally.  So when the Civil War breaks out the vampires on the side of the South.  In fact in some of the final big battles it was all vampires voting for the South.  Luckily the good guys have Abe and his ax on their side!

The effects are good at times, cheesy most of the time.  The acting is ok for mostly unknown actors.  In fact one of my neighbors has a part in the move of one of the Senators helping Abe get his political start.  It was interesting seeing him pop in there.

This would be an interesting tongue in cheek rental in a few months when it hits the shelves (are there any video shelves left?).  Don't pay full price for the movie.