This is a revisionist history tale, telling the life and times of Abraham Lincoln - specifically, the secret double life he led as a vampire hunter. When his mother is murdered by a vampire in his youth, he vows revenge and runs into a vampire hunter, who trains him how to fight against them. Then he learns that vampires are using slavery as a means to feed themselves and create their own nation for their kind, so he becomes involved in politics in order to inspire the people to fight the evil vampiric south (and free the slaves too).
Honestly, this move was awful. It had so much to say, the transitions in story were very clunky. Character development was replaced with brief scenes to explain their situation, and the plot blindly marched forward without building up to anything meaningful. It felt like a lot of short stories crammed together into one movie. I didn't really feel anything for the characters and I forgot almost all their names while the move was still going on.
In one scene, Abe meets a girl. In the next scene, he's somehow invited to a fancy party where he dances with her for a minute, then suddenly he's going on a date with her. He tries to keep her out of his dangerous life, yet a few scenes later, he's asking her to marry him. The story is all over the place without a coherent flow to it and no discernible emotional bond between the characters.
This movie has been sitting in my "unwatched" queue for quite a few years, and now I see why I never got around to it. It was more concerned with showcasing the concept (Abe Lincoln wielding a silver axe against vampires) than it was in telling a decent story. Some of the action scenes were kind of cool, but they also somehow screwed those up too. They had slow-mo in the weirdest places and filled a lot of fight scenes with so much dust and debris, you couldn't clearly see what was happening (probably to hide the poor CGI). I would not recommend anyone watch this film except for the novelty of seeing Abe Lincoln decapitate vampires.
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