Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

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.

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Writers:

Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay), Seth Grahame-Smith (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Benjamin Walker	...	Abraham Lincoln
Dominic Cooper	...	Henry Sturges
Anthony Mackie	...	Will Johnson
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Mary Todd Lincoln
Rufus Sewell	...	Adam
Marton Csokas	...	Jack Barts
Jimmi Simpson	...	Joshua Speed
Joseph Mawle	...	Thomas Lincoln
Robin McLeavy	...	Nancy Lincoln
Erin Wasson	...	Vadoma
John Rothman	...	Jefferson Davis
Cameron M. Brown	...	Willie Lincoln
Frank Brennan	...	Senator Jeb Nolan
Lux Haney-Jardine	...	Young Abraham Lincoln
Curtis Harris	...	Young Will

Storyline

At the age of 9, Abraham Lincoln witnesses his mother being killed by a vampire, Jack Barts. Some 10 years later, he unsuccessfully tries to eliminate Barts but in the process makes the acquaintance of Henry Sturgess who teaches him how to fight and what is required to kill a vampire. The quid pro quo is that Abe will kill only those vampires that Henry directs him to. Abe relocates to Springfield where he gets a job as a store clerk while he studies the law and kills vampires by night. He also meets and eventually marries the pretty Mary Todd. Many years later as President of the United States, he comes to realize that vampires are fighting with the Confederate forces. As a result he mounts his own campaign to defeat them.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | president | lawyer | vampire hunter | revenge | 

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Taglines:

Are you a patriot or a vampire?

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout and brief sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [es]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Abraham Lincoln: Cazador de vampiros

Filming Locations:

Oak Alley Plantation - 3645 Highway 18, Vacherie, Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$69,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,306,974 (USA) (22 June 2012)

Gross:

$37,516,013 (USA) (14 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abraham Productions, Bazelevs Production, Tim Burton Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the end of the film, when Lincoln says goodbye to Henry, his wife Mary called him saying that they will be late for the theater. That going to the theater was the last of Lincoln, as he was assassinated in Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.

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Goofs

When Abe expresses to Henry an interest in becoming a vampire hunter, the year should have been, based on chronological clues (the year of Abe's mother's death, 1818, etc) sometime in the late 1820s. Henry, however, shows Abe a magic lantern slide show including several photographic portraits. As of the late 1820s, only the most primitive, experimental, still photographs requiring extremely long exposure times were possible. The Daguerreotype wasn't introduced until 1838 or so, with the first known photographic portraits being taken around that time.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Abraham Lincoln: [voice-over] History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood. Whatever history remembers me, if it remembers me at all, it shall only remember a fraction of the truth. For what ever else I am, a husband, a lawyer... a President... I shall always think of myself as a man who struggled against the darkness.

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening titles

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.168 (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Amazing Grace"
Traditional

User Reviews

Funny Silliness

In the Nineteenth Century, the nine-year-old boy Abraham Lincoln witness the vampire Jack Barts (Marton Csokas) sucking the blood and killing his mother. Years later, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) seeks revenges against Jack Barts but he fails in his intent of killing the vampire. He is saved by Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper), who becomes his mentor and teaches how to hunt and kill vampires. Henry sends Abraham to Springfield to kill vampires. He gets a job and lodging in the store of Joshua Speed (Jimmi Simpson) where he meets his black friend Will Johnson (Anthony Mackie). Abraham also dates Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) but keeps his vampire hunter business in secret. After killing Jack Bart, he calls the attention of the powerful and ancient vampire Adam (Rufus Sewell). Abraham becomes a politician and the President of the United States, and sooner the leader of the Secession War against the vampires.

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is a funny silliness with the President of US Abraham Lincoln. I do not understand the reason why the writer uses one prominent personality to write this non-sense story but the adventure is entertaining. I would never go to the movie theater to see this movie, but if the viewer has minimum expectations or curiosity like me, it can be watched on DVD. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Abraham Lincoln: Caçador de Vampiros" ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter")