Fun and Entertaining For What It Is!

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2014)

As a fun summer popcorn movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is good at what it's supposed to be doing: to entertain. Despite such an outlandish concept, the movie works because it's so fun to watch. I mean who never thought about the beloved President killing supernatural creatures. I think it's a crazy, but fun idea that works for the most part. Yes, it takes itself a little too seriously, but it has great CGI, a wonderfully-crafted script, plenty of action, and the film just tells a untold, different history of the United States.
Based of the entertaining book by Seth-Graeme Smith, Timur Bekmambetov's film tells us the untold story about our 16th President. After seeing his mother get killed by a vampire, Lincoln seeks the help of a Henry Sturgess to learn how to kill vampires. As President, he realizes the Confederacy has vampires and he has an agenda to defeat them.
The acting is actually pretty good for the type of film it is. I didn't think Benjamin Walker could pull this role off. I'm still a little iffy, but he did better than I thought. Dominic Cooper and Rufus Sewell were good in their respective roles. Mary Elizabeth Winstead makes a really good Mary Todd Lincoln.
Overall, this is a decent summer fare that is nothing but fun. Anything that has Lincoln killing vampires, I'd watch anyday. Of course, this film is not going to be historically accurate but should clarify that for people's sake. The CGI is effective and the vampires seemed rather realistic and pretty scary. There is lots of action and the final thirty minutes has some great scenes involving vampires and a train. I think the book is better but not a bad film adaptation. I rate this film 9/10.