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I, Frankenstein (12A)

Action, Fantasy

Frankenstein's creature finds himself caught in an all-out, centuries old war between two immortal clans.

More information on this production is available at www.ifrankensteinfilm.com.

The critical consensus

Back to the drawing board for the mad scientists who cobbled this together. Five parts bad to one part camp nonsense.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Kim Newman, Empire Online, 29/01/2014

Eckhart goes for broke as the tortured soul, but only Bill Nighy, as a demonic tycoon, has any real fun.

**(*)(*)(*)James Mottram, Total Film, 31/01/2014

I, Frankenstein is very much of the Resident Evil/Underworld school of filmmaking, which assumes that if you throw enough action at the screen the audience will forget you didn't actually include a plot.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Henry Northmore, The List, 31/01/2014

Passable effects, but the storytelling's botched from the title onwards: shouldn't it be I, Frankenstein's Monster?

**(*)(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 30/01/2014

This version of the classic tale – adapted from a graphic novel – resembles a bad video game.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 02/02/2014

Despite Eckhart’s buffness, the creature remains a compendium of corpse parts. The same goes for Stuart Beattie’s derivative flick.

**(*)(*)(*)Siobhan Synnot, The Scotsman, 03/02/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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