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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (15)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (15)

Action, Fantasy, Horror

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.


The critical consensus

“Come on dear,” tuts Mrs Lincoln towards the end. “We’ll be late for the theatre!” Arrive two hours late for Bekmambetov’s overcooked noise generator and you’ll have a fantastic night.

**(*)(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 20/06/2012

It’s probably the only depiction of Lincoln that has you praying for the arrival of John Wilkes Booth.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 21/06/2012

Anaemic supporting characters, self-serious patriotism and the sense that the director is repeating old tricks mean the novelty soon wears thin.

**(*)(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The Herald, 21/06/2012

It’s exciting, witty and very well-cast with some memorable set-pieces and a tight, suspenseful plot.

****(*)Henry Fitzherbert, Daily Express, 21/06/2012

Bekmambetov directs with gusto, and the forthright absurdity of the story, combined with its weirdly heartfelt self-belief is winning. Unfortunately, it loses ground when it comes to the war itself.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 21/06/2012

It’s not all bad, by any means. The storytelling has a certain Saturday-matinee verve, and there’s some mileage, without going all David Icke, in the notion of secret societies infecting America’s soul down the generations.

**(*)(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 21/06/2012

Silly, but sporadically funny.

**(*)(*)(*)Chris Tookey, Daily Mail, 22/06/2012

It's all surpassingly silly, adapted from his own novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, whose previous book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, suggests a compulsion to regard nothing as sacred.

**(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 22/06/2012

The grave tone makes it stiff and leaden, the digi-saturated look is a turn-off. Damnable and disordered.

**(*)(*)(*)Dan Jolin, Empire Online, 22/06/2012

I’ll say it again: this is a period action-horror. Nowhere in that sentence – or in the film – does comedy appear. If you go in determined to see otherwise you are likely to be disappointed. Go in with an open mind though and you could well enjoy yourself quite a bit.

Ryan McNeely, The Edinburgh Reporter, 22/06/2012

Dull and predictable, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter deserves to be buried and forgotten.

**(*)(*)(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 22/06/2012

Move over, Twilight. This is a vamp flick with teeth.

Martyn Conterio, Little White Lies, 20/06/2012

This soul-sucking movie wouldn’t recognise “playful” if it sat up and bit them on the neck.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 24/06/2012

Bekmambetov's disposable brouhaha at least achieves the minor victory of living neither up to hopes nor down to fears.

Mark Kermode, The Observer, 24/06/2012

It's one long, fevered montage which rushes from decade to decade, pausing only for its overblown, CGI action sequences.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent, 24/06/2012

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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