Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - "Kiss My Axe"

Another from my LoveFilm subscription, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) reflects on his secret life in the midst of a bloody civil war.


Yeah, I enjoyed it. Yes, it's silly, but the acting is more than reasonable, with Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper adding a touch of class as Lincoln's nemesis and mentor respectively, and it makes a good "what-if" along the lines of Kim Newman's Anno Dracula books. The action scenes are well done, as are the martial arts, and it's not a bad pizza movie. If you want serious, go and watch Daniel Day-Lewis overact: it's not half as much fun!

Oh, the Slaine reference? Yeah, Slaine McRoth's 30 this year and Pat Mills has written "Book of Scars" as a kind of anniversary:


There's an interview with him here. It's a big axe!

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