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Rating: Null/10 (18 October 2015)

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" stars Benjamin Walker as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. Lincoln aspires to be a politician by day, whilst spending his nights battling vampires, who are "racist", "rely on the slave trade" and whom are able to "infect only those with impure hearts". Lincoln, tough and virtuous, defeats the vampires.
A dull, humourless, generic action film, "Hunter" pretends to be edgy, daring and exploitative but is in actuality every bit as hokey and sentimental as most Lincoln tales. As referential as John Ford's "Young Mr. Lincoln" and as prostrate to Lincoln mythology as Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln", Bekmambetov's film completely wastes its wacky premise.
2/10 – Needs more Clinton.