Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

‘Abraham Lincoln: vampire hunter ’is an action packed historical thriller. To be specific, it is a historical fictional thriller. The movie portrays Lincoln (played by Benjamin Walker), the 16^th president of US, in a different embodiment of the greatest hunter of blood-thirsty race:’Vampires’ before his presidency years. The movie is based on a novel by ‘Seth Grahame-Smith’ which explores 45 years of Lincoln’s life detailing every event right from his times as a poor, young man , to his rise to presidency and later, his assassination. Apart from all these historical facts, the book also puts forward a hypothetical fact imagining Lincoln as the axe-laden hero, skilled in killing vampires. While still a boy, Lincoln witnesses the death of his mother owing to a disease called ‘milk sickness’. Watch Abraham Lincoln: vampire hunter online .This leaves him devastated. Later, when he discovers that it was not the disease that killed his mother but a vampire’s bite, he pledges towards the extinction of these bloodsuckers. This vow influenced every important decision of Lincoln’s life and the portrayal of this fact in the proceeding events is very correctly justified by the director. Right from the abolition of slavery and saving the Union, the story meticulously uncovers the role of vampires in both the growth and downfall of the US, as a nation.The axe-wielding sequences and slow motion effects are flawless. The movie is quite blood-laden and overloaded with violence quotient, as expected. The beloved US president is portrayed no less than a superhero who swings axe and chops the bloodsuckers to remove evil. At times, Lincoln is shown penning his thoughts in a journal which later is discovered as his ‘secret diary’.Watch Free Movies online The action sequences, dialogues and the violent blood spilling scenes are nicely executed. Benjamin Walker, though a newcomer, does justice to the role and is quite promising. The director’s approach to the blood- thirsty vampires is fresh and appreciable. All in all, the action packed adventure flick can make for a good summer watch, especially for vampire-crazy teens.