La Leggenda Del Cacciatore Di Vampiri

Ottimo film, pieno d’azione, trama un po’ esagerata; però tutto scorre bene. Nel complesso, buona proiezione!

Recensito in Italia il 16 ottobre 2023

L'idea è originale ma è stata sviluppata in modo un po' noioso. Un film medio.

Ivampiri che non ti aspetti

bebo storti

Recensito in Italia il 14 maggio 2023

Trasformare la storia. I personaggi. Distonia e orrore. Orrore di sapere come potrebbe essere la nostra vita

ANTO

Bello diverso dal solito

Recensito in Italia il 25 settembre 2022

Bello diverso dal solito

Bello... Non da farmi innamorare

paolo

Recensito in Italia il 23 agosto 2021

Storia ben strutturata che affianca aneddoti veri con la parte romanzata.

Un film fantascientifico che fa l'occhiolino all'orror. Da possedere (io per errore ne possiedo due)

film action/horror spettacolare !!! ottimo 3D, lo consiglio vivamente !!

Jox

Recensito in Italia il 15 aprile 2013

A me il film è piaciuto e pure parecchio !! è un action-Horror, con scene d' azione davvero ESAGERATE e SPETTACOLARI !! a me è piaciuto molto piu' di Wanted, mi ha ricordato il mitico Van Helsing anche se non è cosi' bello
Il video è ottimo, nitido dettagliato, neri profondi, le riprese molto belle, a volte i movimenti di macchina li ho trovati un po troppo veloci (parlo dei combattimenti), come in la Furia dei Titani, ci sono pero' molti ottimi rallenty che fanno capire meglio le scene, ottima la regia
Il 3D è fatto gran bene, fosse stato i 16/9 avrei gradito di piu' ma vabè, alcune scene sono piu' piatte di altre, ma dove c'è la C.G. il 3D è ottimo !!

Film : 9
video 3D : 8,5
Audio : 9
extra : 9

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FINALMENTE UNA STORIA "NUOVA" SUI VAMPIRI!

Tiziano75

Recensito in Italia il 3 gennaio 2013

Avevo visto "La leggenda del cacciatore di vampiri" al cinema pochi giorni dopo l'uscita e ne ero rimasto positivamente colpito perchè l'idea di base, ossia un Abramo Lincoln di giorno impegnato nella lotta politica e di notte in quella coi succhiasangue, mi era piaciuta molto. Ovviamente il film non è solo questo, ma è un lungo viaggio che ripercorre tutta la vita dell'amato presidente americano tra inseguimenti, combattimenti e vendetta. Il 3D non è favorito dall'ambientazione notturna, ma il dinamismo delle riprese e una regia che ricorda il primo Raimi rendono questo film davvero coinvolgente ed appassionante. Il passaggio dal Cinema al Blu-ray non ne risente da un punto di vista qualitativo, anzi le immagini in HD ed il 3D "casalingo" permettono di apprezzare dei dettagli che sul grande schermo erano andati persi. Un acquisto consigliato.

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Abraham Lincoln cacciatore di Vampiri

sir gee

Recensito in Italia il 29 ottobre 2013

Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter (il titolo originale è splendido, peccato che sulla copertina del Blu Ray italiano sia tra parentesi e quasi illegibile...) è un grandioso film, una ucronia con deriva horror che riscrive la storia americana senza sfociare nel B movie (come in Abramo Lincoln contro gli zombie...), mantenendo un'ottima regia e beneficiando di un cast azzeccato.
Vi è un'azione incalzante, una fotografia visionaria e ricercata e nessun calo di tensione dall'inizio alla fine. Un film da manuale nel suo genere, che potrebbe appassionare anche chi non apprezza il trito filone vampiresco e predilige pellicole più ortodosse.

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James P

Entertaining

Recensito in Australia il 30 luglio 2023

Enjoyed the surround effects

R. L. Matsui

A Modern Classic Fantasy/Horror Adventure.

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 7 agosto 2012

Hovering half-way between being serious and being funny--and enjoying every minute of its crazy balancing act--this is a great movie. A real movie.

Given the rarity of good films made in Hollywood these days, I had no reasonable expectations, statistically, for a good film here. So I went into the cinema and hoped for the best, but expected nothing.

Imagine my surprise when I found that "Abe Lincoln" is 1. a well-acted period film with great sets and costumes, 2. a wildly paced action special effects feast, 3. an effectively witty self-satirical historical rewrite and 4. a gruesomely graphic horror flick! I don't see this as a perfect film--it's got flaws. But the handful of flaws that bother me, I can ignore, because this is a film made with a joyous spirit, and the overall structure works well. I've seen this five times in the theatre at this point. I haven't seen a film that many times theatrically in over twenty years! I had read the book and enjoyed it, but had no idea what the film version might be like. As has been noted elsewhere, the book and the movie are two completely different things: The book delivers a more intellectual experience, and the film delivers a more emotional experience. Writer Seth Grahame-Smith has tailored his book into something simpler and less grim for the screen. I think the decision to make the film a fun action movie was a smart one. It's a wild ride.

History is transformed into mythic fantasy in this yarn detailing the never-before-told story of Lincoln's lifelong battles with supernatural evil. Indeed, the opening words of narration, "History prefers legends to men," express the awareness that events are altered in retrospection, to suit our thirst for myth, for purity of rights and wrongs. But the "rewrite" that ensues shows us the maddest symbolic extremes. Is this a commentary about America's changing self-image? An indictment of our entertainment culture's increasing obsession with simplistic heroes, loud noises and glorified bloodshed? A condemnation that is strangely exemplary of the problem? Without winking, this film makes many sly jabs at the "typical," common-denominator, American action film.

It's simultaneously silly and profoundly moving--a film so strange that many scratch their heads, but in time, I think, it will come to be regarded as a classic of genre cinema. In this searing mixture of the real and the unreal, we witness scenes of outlandish fantasy as well as scenes of a young nation being shaped through moral and political conflict. A wide spectrum of emotions is expressed. Sweeping vistas, vital romance, epic battles: It might reasonably be said that this is the "Gone with the Wind" of vampire films. There is an ecstasy of absurdity. It's fun because it's just plain crazy, but in an expensive, lavish, eloquent, opulent way.

Yes, like "Sleepy Hollow" before it, this one brings back memories of the Hammer classic horror films, which, though violent, were elegant and refined, with beautifully written dialogue. It's a really refreshing change from the crudity and brutal excesses seen in horror films of recent years. This one goes down smooth.

The humor here is pretty subtle, most of the time. This film suggests to the viewer that one of America's greatest Presidents was actually also a fearsome, axe-swinging, monster-slaughtering badass. The story of how all this came to be is lovingly presented as the most serious thing in the world, despite its patent ridiculousness. This "straight-faced" approach is really the key to the humor, and achieves a smart, sophisticated effect.

The Civil War-era story links the intended secession of the Southern states with the rise to power of vampires in those states; so vampirism becomes a metaphor for slavery and man's general inhumanity to himself. The typical horror film focuses on primal fears, and never on issues of morality; so while largely a horror film, this seeks to turn some basic principles of the horror film sideways. The meddling does not stop there. It is true that the story treats its history elements as "flexible material" to be modified as necessary for storytelling purposes (is this unexpected for a film with a title like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"?). But it is also true that the audience needs to be familiar with the American Civil War, Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, and various other historical personages, in order to comprehend the story and get the jokes. Perhaps it's a sad thing, but whimsical fantasies featuring historical figures (like this film, and the first "Bill and Ted" film) are most useful in this day and age for acquainting audiences with these figures in the first place. Inaccurate? Sure. But it's still comprehensible only to literate audiences.

The film is a creative entity--and, like some of my favorite satire-comedies, seeks to go vigorously against the grain of convention, so audience members expecting the normal "action film product" are likely to be confused (and when I watched it in theatres, a good many viewers were certainly confused!). "Abe Lincoln" thinks outside the box and then axe-murders the box. If you happen to be inside the box, well, you are in trouble. But sharp viewers who get the joke are rewarded with a stimulating experience.

While serving up gaggles of vicious monsters, it unfolds an old-school "birth of the hero" story that recalls the tone of earlier Technicolor Hollywood epics and historical biopics. "Abe Lincoln" delivers much, much more than the basic requirements. This is a popcorn film of a higher order.

Many laughs, scares, and thrilling moments. Yeah. I loved it.

--Rodd Matsui

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Paul Tapner

Ol' Abe Lincoln had an axe

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 7 ottobre 2013

A film adaptation of the book Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter , which retold Abraham Lincoln's life story but added in a secret life for him as a Vampire Hunter.

The book was written in biographical style, but the film is straightforward movie narrative, using as an opening narrative device Lincoln writing in his journal in 1865, and thus pretty much all that follows is flashback.

Discovering from an early age that Vampires exist and that they prey on humans, his desire for revenge is helped when he meets and is trained by Vampire Hunter Henry [Dominic Cooper]. Henry instructs that his life can be nothing but vampire hunting. But after meeting Mary Todd [Mary Elizabeth Winstead] and discovering politics and the campaigns against slavery, he begins to follow his own course.

The Vampires, though, under their ruthless leader Adam [Rufus Sewell] have plans of their own..

Suspend your disbelief with this film and you will get along fine. It has excellent period detail and great costume and set design, and does try to work it's narrative around real history as much as it possibly can. Benjamin Walker [Lincoln] and Mary Elizabeth Winstead have a very good chemistry together, thus the central romance is quite touching. And Henry is quite an intense and compelling figure.

Thus by trying to fit in with the real life story it does make the film specifically about Lincoln, rather than just use him in a narrative where it could have been anyone of the time hunting vampires. The latter are presented as having been around for a very long time and seeing humanity as a weaker species on whom they prey, which works well. It does also throw in one new idea for vampires which I haven't come across before.

Trying to be an action movie as well means it has to stop every so often to throw in a big set piece - all of which are shot to make them look good in 3D - and these are quite decent if you're looking for that kind of thing. It is a fifteen certificate thanks to violence, a couple of bits of strong language, and some gore. Thus those who look for that in this kind of movie won't be disappointed.

You will know how it's going to end [unless you don't know your history] but that ending does manage to be quietly moving as a result.

A decent bit of escapism, and, if you're in the right frame of mind for it, a pretty entertaining film.

The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:

Languages: English.

Subtitles: English.

It's also English audio captioned.

The only extras are:

A commentary from the writer of the book, who also wrote the screenplay.

And a fourteen minute long making of feature. As with all featurettes on dvd these days, it's short length means it's no substitute for a good old fashioned making of documentary, but it's okay for what it is.

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sixthreezy

Abe Lincoln Vampire HUNTER - A Bloody Good Time!

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 2 dicembre 2018

I had seen this movie when it first came out on video and was kind of surprised honestly at how good it was. During the craze of vampires (Twilight, etc.) and Abraham Lincoln biographies, Seth Grahame-Smith created a story blending these two things together after his success with Pride & Prejudice & Zombies (which took a lot longer to get a movie and is nowhere near as good). For $5, this was absolutely worth another watch and adding to the collection as a fan of horror flicks.

I've read parts of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and it's definitely much drier than the film is. During the special features and movie commentary, you hear the author explain how the idea of this book basically spawned the film. He wrote most of the book while getting the film started up at Fox and is why there's more action & the like in the movie. They also added a lot of the action scenes and even a few of the characters to give the movie more of a story that a viewing audience can follow. They do this well without damaging what already existed for the movie, especially because the book was being written during this process.

This film is what happens when you take a good, corny idea seriously and play the balancing act perfectly. The director does a fantastic job of making this a non-stop action/horror thrill-ride, but also not straying too far away from the legend of Lincoln. I particularly love the way they tie in race issues and slavery to the overall vampire story, it's quite inventive and doesn't really pull away from either subject. There's a very fine line here with this either being too silly or too serious and everyone involved seemed to have a good grasp on what this film was. I think Ben Walker does a fantastic job of making Abraham Lincoln believable in this context, and really capturing what makes this movie tick.

Something like this easily ends up sitting in the bargain bins, but it's entirely worth the purchase if you're even somewhat interested. There's a lot of great talent in the movie, including a few familiar faces. Great character actors including Anthony Mackie (who in the commentary they say isn't "quite a star yet" and boy didn't they find out), Rufus Sewell, & Dominic Cooper. Also, Axe Fu is quite the treat to watch on screen. There's a lot of CGI in the film but it's done really well and some 5+ years later doesn't feel completely outdated. Even the director's signature speed ramps do not come off as annoying or out of place.

A good helping of special features here, though most of them use the same clips when talking about different aspects of the film which is kind of boring. The feature commentary on disc is always good, though it's from the writer of the screenplay and author of the novel, not the director. Benjamin Walker was interesting to listen to about his perspective on the role, and the director Timur Bekmambetov definitely has an eye for stories like this one. Case was in good condition, came with both Blu-ray disc and DVD disc (which doubles as a digital copy). I believe this came with a digital code too as the movie is in my MoviesAnywhere, but I cannot remember.

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Critic's Corner

Civil War Horror -- Lincoln Swings a Mean Axe!

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 29 aprile 2014

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Great story, but I would think that the viewer must have some understanding of Civil War history to understand the goings-on with the film.

If you don’t know who Harriet Tubman is and the Underground Railroad, or Jefferson Davis, or Stephen Douglas, you might struggle through this story.

We meet young Mr. Lincoln as a boy, whose mother is killed by a vampire. At his mother’s grave, he resolves to kill the guy, not knowing that he is part of the undead.

Lincoln meets a man who claims to know how to get revenge, teaches him in the ways of whipping around an axe until it goes faster than the eye can follow. Lincoln also learns martial arts moves and runs up walls so he can jump down and swing faster.

Obviously one rolls one’s eyes, since martial arts was basically unknown in American society in the mid-19th century.

Still, it’s fun seeing the vampires get together to create a nation of their own, complete with a 5000 year old vampire who supports the South, so the slaves can be a constant source of blood for them. Yikes!

An ocean of horses, as a vampire runs and jumps from horse to horse, and breaks a few of the animals’ necks as he is chased by Honest Abe. No animals were hurt, since the CGI horses cannot be killed. But wow, so realistic!

The story is even better when we get to Abe stumping for president. When we see the guy before a mighty (CGI) crowd, giving his Emancipation Proclamation (look it up!) it is an amazing thing.

Tim Burton helped produce this one and it shows with the crazy imagery and the horrific attacks by the vampires.

Historic Perspective:

Yes, little Willie Lincoln did die at 11 years, though I’m doubtful it was by a vengeful vampire back from Abe’s youth to wreak havoc on his family.

Yes, the Union had a hard time at Gettysburg, though I doubt it was because of vampires being indestructible to lead bullets, nor that getting silver bullets and silver cannonballs turned the tide of war.

If there was a 5,000 year old vampire who witnessed the Jews being slaves to Egypt, why did it take Adam so dang long to get a following and a nation? You’d think after the first 2000 years he might get bored or something. Oh well.

Bottom Line:

The film is gory, horrific and a lot of fun. If you’re a Civil War enthusiast, you’ll have a lot more fun pointing out inaccuracies and such or even understanding the puns and humor of the tale.

I enjoyed the special features too, though the meeting of Lincoln and Poe and such were stretching it a bit.

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