Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: blood-sucking, irony and not much else

OK, so the filmmakers turned the most revered statesman of the 19th Century into an action hero.  I am a Lincoln buff, and I chose not to be offended and to go with it, but…  Seth Grahame-Smith adapted the screenplay from his best-selling novel about Abe avenging his mother by running amok through the vampires with a silver-edged axe. 

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter  has two things going for it.  The first is vampire-killing action scenes and lots of ’em.  The second is the silly irony of putting Abraham Lincoln in a vampire movie.  The silliness is enhanced by the vampire-killing Lincoln being as stiff and humorless as the marble statue in the Lincoln Memorial.  (The real Lincoln was earthy, down-to-earth and very funny.)

Unfortunately, that’s just not enough.  I’ll save you some time and give you the abridged version.  Vampire pops up, gets killed by Abe.  Repeat.

3D or not 3D?  If you MUST see this movie, eschew the extra cost and see it in 2D.