Appalling concept, but strangely appealing

Rating: 5/10 (29 June 2017)

First, let me say that we shouldn't be wasting our time with this sort of thing. Things are bad enough without having a generation whose first thought of Abraham Lincoln will be as a kung fu fighting vampire killer. This is all bought to you by the same type of people who run Ancient Aliens night and day on what's supposed to be the History Channel. It's bad for us.
That being said, if you take away the CGI super-action, they do create a pretty good representation of the pre-war and Civil War era. Benjamin Walker is actually pretty convincing as Lincoln, especially considering all the silly stuff he has to do. The rest of the top line cast is good as well. So, despite all the problems with this whole thing, I was able to find things I liked in this movie.
The ongoing discussion of slavery throughout the movie is taken on decently, almost making me wish that they could inject some more real history into this subject matter.
See this movie if you're interested, but don't expect more than the usual big time CGI action adventure that will most likely leave you cold when it's over.