(insert Presidential quotes mashed with vampire-jokes)

The post title is quite literal isn't it? It's one of the two films coming out this week. It's Tim Burton-produced and Timur Bekmambetov-directed film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Cool premise makes it a must-watch. It stars newcomer Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper of Mamma Mia!, Anthony Mackie of The Hurt Locker and also Scott Pilgrim's Ramona, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Benjamin Walker as the young Abraham Lincoln

If you already learnt or read history about the real Abraham Lincoln, the story of the film is quite familiar. Although they inserted a 'deleted chapter' to Lincoln's life in Springfield, Ohio. Lincoln (played nicely by Walker, he reminds you of a young Liam Neeson) was driven by revenge after the mysterious death of his mother by a vampire.    He met with a hunter and got trained by him. He then revealed that many of the people living among him are vampires and also the vampires' plan to take on America.

My first reaction after watching this film is 'THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVERR!' I'm not lying. The film is jam-packed with intense action scenes, cool slow-motion that reminds you of Zack Snyder films. I'm also a sucker for those 'weapon-spinning' thing so yeah, figuratively just jizzed while I was watching this. I'm also a fan of history so it's kinda cool to see these kinds of films. Think of this as a hardcore version of The DaVinci Code. Also a refreshment from those soft, PG-13 vampire films (Twilight reference). You couldn't expect less from Bekmambetov, cos this film is bigger than Wanted. The film is also smart and did so much justice to the real, charismatic American president. My greatest fear was that this film would dumb down Abraham Lincoln, but hell no. This film just made him cooler. However, my complaint was that the 3D effect of this film is too cheesy, when you watched it in 2D it became silly (the first whipping scene, the worst of em all). Also some of the characters don't get developed much like Will Johnson-Lincoln's friend and assistant and Joshua Speed-Lincoln's fictional employer who also became his assistant. Put in mind that this film is rated R, but it just feels like a PG-13 film because there was no 'real' blood splattering everywhere. I'm brave enough to say that this film is one of the films that I enjoyed most this summer. This film just stimulates you to make a vampire hunter film featuring your country's president, doesn't it? Or is it just me? Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter rated 3 out of 4 stars