History prefers legends.....

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2012)

Abraham Lincoln as a child saw his mother killed by a man she stood up to.
Abe would find the man and try to kill him, but for some reason he doesn't die. He tries to kill Abe but a man saves him and nurses Him.
When Abe awakens, the man, Henry Sturges, tells him that the man he was trying to kill is a vampire. Abe wants to learn how to kill them and Henry teaches him and makes him an axe lined with silver, which is the weapon Abe prefers.
Eventually Abe slays the vampire who killed his mother but before dying he tells Abe that Henry has not been honest with him. He confronts Henry, who doesn't deny it....
It's another case of great title, average film as we follow Abe, trying to do a night watch on some Gettysburg undead.
It's a case of deja vu when watching this. At least two of the characters are trying to look like Downeys Sherlock Holmes, and every time we see Abe, I just think of Liam Neeson.
Action scenes are okay, but we've all seen it before, and Sewell steals the show as Adam, the atypical English villain.
Sewell is the cut price Alan Rickman, and it's probable he will continue to do these sort of non challenging roles.
It's not a bad film, it just happens, and finishes.
I'll wait for Tony Blair: Zombie Slayer....