A decent historical hack-fest.

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2012)

Man, what were they smoking? Based on the best-selling novel, this little film was brought to life by the dark vision of Tim Burton of all people and what we got was the story of the supposed secret life of our sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln. Personally, I still find the concept of old honest Abe hacking his way through some creepy-looking vampires rather ridiculous. Sure, I can take cowboys fighting dinosaurs or aliens, but at least those make a lot more sense than this film and are therefore more interesting.
Anyway, is this movie bad? Well, not really because I've seen worse. Much worse. The story, as silly as it is, is pretty interesting and it ties in pretty well with significant historical moments in Lincoln's life. The vampires themselves are actually pretty scary at times and the action scenes are entertaining. The cast was surprising like Mary-Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Cooper, Benjamin Walker, etc., performing quite well and doing a decent job conveying emotions. The rest is pretty much downhill as most of the characters are not that special, the villains are not very interesting, the plot again is pretty silly, a few things left me confused, and there are some inconsistencies and plot holes throughout the film.
Overall, I wasn't genuinely impressed, then again I didn't expect much from a film like this, but at least I got some good out of this movie. Not really recommended, but if you want to throw reality out the window and have a good time, then check this out. Otherwise, skip this one before it drains the fun out of you like the blood-sucking monsters in this movie.