Abraham Lincoln : Chasseur de vampires

Original title: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

2012
12
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

165K

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Dark Fantasy Vampire Horror 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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

165K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,824

748

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Featured review

6/10

The Title says it all

The title says it all. You get not just the plot, but the style and the tone. Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) is not only a vampire hunter, but his life has been defined by vampires for a long time. His mother was killed by a vampire. As a young man, he tries to seek revenge but fails. But in the process, he meets Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper) who teaches him how to kill a vampire. During the Civil War 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.

Benjamin Walker is not big enough to anchor this movie. For the lead, they really should have gotten a bigger name and a more compelling actor. There was some really slow moments in the middle, but a vampire threw a horse.... A HORSE. That's worth the money to see for the right audience. This is a ridiculous concept. It could have more fun moments like the horse.

SnoopyStyle
Aug 31, 2013
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Trivia
In real life, Abraham Lincoln was considered the best Greco Roman wrestler of his day, winning over 300 matches. Only one loss is known: on April 22, 1832, Lincoln was thrown in two straight falls by Lorenzo Dow "Hank" Thompson during a wrestling match in Beardstown, Illinois. Otherwise, he was undefeated.

Goofs
Several times during the movie, the second floor balcony of the White House is shown. The balcony however was not added to the house until the Harry S. Truman renovation circa 1950.

Quotes
[from trailer]
Abraham Lincoln: 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 of me, if it remembers me at all, it shall only remember a fraction of the truth. For whatever else I am - a husband, a lawyer, a president - I shall always think of myself first and foremost as a hunter.

Crazy credits
Part of the closing titles are a sequence of blood trails forming a map of America.

Connections
Featured in The Big Review: Summer Trailer Park Series (2012)

Soundtracks
Quartet for Strings in B Flat Major 'La Chasse' Op. 1/1 - Minuet
Written by Joseph Haydn
Arranged by Jim Long
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation and Point Classics