Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (15)

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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<strong>Rating: </strong>2/5

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<strong>Rating: </strong>3/5
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Time Out says

Wed Jun 20 2012

Based on the American president’s secret journals, as imagined by scriptwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (adapting his own novel), this cod-historical horror movie from ‘Nightwatch’ director Timur Bekmambetov is long on speculation, emancipation and decapitation, but in the end is essentially a lot of balls. A skilled rail-splitter, axe-wielding ‘Honest Abe’ moonlights as a slayer of bloodsuckers, one of whom, at the behest of loathsome slave-trader Jack Barts (Marton Csokas), killed his beloved mother. He still finds time to court Mary Todd, campaign against slavery and carve out a political career, but faces disaster during the Civil War, when the vampires are drafted into service by the Confederate South. The storyline is faithful to neither fiction nor reality. Two new characters have been introduced, bored leader of the undead Adam (Rufus Sewell) and Abe’s (ahem) black best friend from boyhood, Will (Anthony Mackie). And two CGI-tastic action scenes have been added, a chase through a stampede of horses and a runaway train headed for a burning bridge. Worst of all, the inspiring biopic and the bloody 3D spectacle seem to occupy parallel historical time zones.
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15

UK release:

Wed Jun 20 2012

Duration:

105 mins

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Rated as: 3/5 (7 ratings)
  • Great, loved this film best film i seen in ages .

    ringo Tue Jul 10 2012
    Rated as: 4/5
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  • My advice would be to cancel altogether, get your money back, then make a new application but this time pay only on a monthly basis rather than a year in one go. I've never had a problem with the monthly method. They're clearly useless on anything else.

    Simon Mon Jul 2 2012
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  • Phoned almighty head office Sat, "fancy a few films Sun, don't want further hassle, being a fully paid up member and all".............reply "THERE WON'T BE" There was, turned away AGAIN "phone head office"! ODEON, do a unlimited card again PLEASE!

    scrumpyjack Mon Jul 2 2012
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  • ANOTHER failure today as my brand new, through my letterbox card wasn't accepted "call da phone line" nonsense again (but with a BIT more sympathetic panache than Tuesday) did so and finally let in. When will Cineworld learn that £180 in their pockets (now back in my bank) is better than £15 poxy quid a month? I can cancel that with 28 days notice, they are so rabidly adherent to! WHAT COMPANY wants that type of deal? Film, enjoyable tat, just as you would expect 6/10

    scrumpyjack Sat Jun 30 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • Well, after a review THAT bad I just had to go to see this and I am completely with Simon - it was, as he so accurately states, a 'corker'.. he should be given young Floyd's job immediately.

    Barry G Fri Jun 29 2012
    Rated as: 5/5
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  • There's literally no way anyone could watch this with any expectations other than it's going to be completely daft. So, on that count, it lived up to expectations. However, some of the CG effects were quite bad - crowd scenes in particular, and the killing of the vampires was extremely bloody and horrible. Also, some of the make-up was rubbish - Mary Elizabeth Winstead stands out - which is a shame because the lincoln make-up I thought was really good! (apart from the stuck-on beard) Good points - Rufus Sewel, who just keeps getting handsomer and handsomer all the time; Dominic Cooper - cute and OTT, but in a good way, I thought, and the guy playing Lincoln was good too.

    mostly as expected Thu Jun 28 2012
    Rated as: 3/5
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  • The attitude was "you are pulling a fast one" but I have been going there for over 3 years AND the guy that first said "no entry" actually helped (and remembered helping me) use their crappy 80's keyboard in house machine! The duty manager, a "bullied at school" 25ish year old was obviously out for revenge on big lads (im 6'4) as there was no hint of "sorry" or an attempt to read the letter and situation, just an Arnie style "HEAD OFFICE, CALL DEM"! Reeling at the fact my £180 up front was on their system but "don't know" (why current deal canceled) came the answer....surely, despite unwittingly breaking their precious terms there could have been a bit of "OH! I SEE what you have done, yeah, no probs" from SOME MOTHER!!! But NO! Now, new card will come through, I'll give them back my £180 (but on Aug 20th) and sense will prevail........until the next lot of bollocks. Like the new "10% off popcorn and such shit" "deal"...........must keep track of the twats!

    scrumpyjack Tue Jun 26 2012
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  • ScrumpMaster: I fully sympathise with you on the problem you encountered as described in your last posting. Furthermore I think I can guess which particular cinema you are referring to. I had the same problem two years ago. The staff there (and the one very nearby) are unfeeling awful people. I will not say anymore apart from saying I hope they sort out your problems soon.

    ARCHGATE Tue Jun 26 2012
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  • awful probs with cineworld tonight. Cancelled dd and paid £180 on fri, went in twice. Letter re dd cancellation sent, so took it to the BO hoping sense would prevail, no. Manager called, robotic "call head office" answer. left, politly, but unimpressed. Called and was told "no 28 day notice" so I said "do you have my £180, and WHY WAS I LET IN fri/sat with your text pass?" "don't know" Result, DD again and new card sent that will be cancelled with 28 days, no discression (!) notice and the refunded £180 paid.......COMPUTER SAYS NO!!! fucking hell!!!!

    scrumpyjack Tue Jun 26 2012
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  • I've been sitting front row center for decades now due to punters anti cine-ocial behaviour and this was well before wide spread mobiles. Do, on occasion, turn mine on to check the time in a film I'm considering bailing on but hold it well below chair level, not wave it about like a poxy light sabre. I do wonder why these knobs go to the cinema.....it seems to me to be primarily to fuck others off.

    scrumpyjack Mon Jun 25 2012
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