What a liberty!

Rating: 7/10 (24 June 2012)

In between fighting the Civil War and abolishing slavery, Honest Abe Lincoln somehow found the time to clear the US of vampires! What a daft idea for a book or a movie (both actually).
But it works! Well, sort of. You have to take a movie like this at face value. The film it has to be measured against is VAN HELSING, which had a special ingredient in the form of Hugh Jackman. Benjamin Walker displays none of Jackman's charisma, and even Rufus Sewell as the top vampire doesn't get to do much more than snarl and morph into a nightmare creature.
The CGI is top-notch and the fights are well-staged. The 3D jumps out at you, as it should, although I didn't like the muted colour palette - a lot of sepia and night-scenes. But, as I said, taken at face value, this is a very enjoyable piece of hokum.
But I'd rather have watched a sequel to VAN HELSING.