The movie doesn’t hide the fact that it’s a
low-budget movie. The actors are not known, the zombies sometimes looked like
dolls waiting to have their heads chopped off, and the cinematography is poor.
The dialogue is funny, but not in a humorous way, and the script was shallower
than you’d expect. I struggle with myself to come to the understanding of why I even ventured to see this movie at all.
The Asylum is known for making low-budget movies, which they give names that look a
little like the main box office release.
The movie being poached here is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Well,
Asylum released theirs, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, hoping to make
money off those who mistakenly think it’s the box office release.
The plot features Abe during the Civil War. As
the Confederates were losing the war, they noticed some walking-dead,
flesh-eating creatures plaguing the land. Abe jumps to the rescue of the United
States. He’s seen slashing away as he leads a group of soldiers who go after
every zombie in the area, with Abe somehow knowing too much about them based on
past experience, which are shared in the movie dialogue.
The writers tied the movie around what led to
the popular Abraham Lincoln speech, so for that I give them credit. The man who
played Abraham Lincoln in the Asylum rip-off did well, if I may add, and made
Abe look like a true badass. The fun part was seeing him look dull at first,
then he starts to kill and the movie turns him into a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Hey, it even portrayed Abe as someone who had a little fling with a prostitute
way back when. The acting from the lead for me is amazing.
Well, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies lacked
in reason, and the good guys were all written down a little too much to make
Abe look good. The movie’s advert line should have been: “Come see Abe jumping
to the rescue like Superman on heat.”
But it also showed Abe as being selfish. Hey, I
will kill you if I don’t have feelings for you and you’re infested by zombie
blood.
But I have to say the movie lacks so much, and
it was obvious it was rushed to meet a timeline. I’ve seen some Asylum movies,
and I have to say this one had too much talk.
Well, not much of a good watch.
LOL...at first i thought it was the long awaited Abraham lincoln vampire hunter..
ReplyDeletei guess this was one of those Mockbuster movies