Mak dia kena gigit vampire yg bernama Jack Barts tu.
Sebelumnya, Abe cuba menyelamatkan kawan nya - seorang budak slave, William drpd ditangkap dan dijual oleh Jack Barts. Kemudian ibu dan ayah dia pertahankan tindakan Abe, Bart pun simpan dendam.
Tok Wan Abe Lincoln: makhluk supranatural Hunter—Real vs. Reel
Real Reel
While Honest Abe may not have battled the undead, as shown in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, some facts of his life sparked the filmmakers’ imaginations.
Novel oleh Seth Grahame-Smith yg menjadik sumber inspirasi ....
Grahame-Smith, Seth. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. North Kingstown, R.I.: BBC Audiobooks America, 2010. ISBN: 9781607883548.
(Image Credit: Cape May County Library)
Abraham Lincoln may be best known as the16th President who changed the course of America’s government with the onset of the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery, but what if one of the most recognizable American Presidents was also fighting a war against some of the world’s darkest forces, more specifically, vampires?
Grahame-Smith portrays Lincoln not only as one of the United States’ most eloquent speakers and visionaries, he illustrates a man that discovers that there are vampires at work behind the scenes of the American slave trade. Grahame-Smith begins Lincoln’s discovery of vampires within his childhood, where he embarks on a personal vendetta against the blood-thirsty creatures. As Lincoln develops into the man who will lead the country into one of the most bloody wars in American history, he inadvertently begins a battle against America’s vampires. Slaves are their primary food source. With the abolishment of slavery vampires will no longer be able to live the free-reign lifestyle they are so accustomed to. The Civil War was never truly about freeing slaves. Instead, it is a war against vampires who want to enslave all of America, creating a world where their species no longer has to hide on the outskirts of society. If they win the Civil War, vampires will have an abundance of Americans to feed on. The United States will not be the land of the free, it will be the land the enslaved.Grahame-Smith creates a tale intricately weaving Abraham Lincoln’s biographical information, as well as American history, into a macbre tale of vampire hunting. This is not a story for those with a weak stomach. He portrays two types of vampires: those who want to live a quiet existance in the shadows of man and those who want to enslave humans into a never-ending food source. It is interesting to see how Grahame-Smith turns one of America’s greatest Presidents into an ax-wealding vampire killer, along with creatively weaving historical facts into supporting the existence vampires in America’s past.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been reviewed in Library Journal. Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus.
John Grahame-Smith is also well-known for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
If you are interested in historical or classic fiction with a twist of horror and the macbre, you may also like:
Pride and prejudice and zombies : the graphic novel by Seth Grahame-Green
Sense, Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
Dracula in Love : The Private Diary of Mina Harker by Karen Essex
my FOV:
Benjamin Walker sbg. Abraham Lincoln,
Dominic Cooper sbg. Hendry Sturges, sifu Lincoln
Anthony Mackie sbg.William Johnson, bes fren Lincoln
Mary Elizabeth Winstead sbg. Mary Todd Lincoln, Awek dan bini Lincoln
Marton Csokas sbg. Jack Barts,"pontianak" yang bunuh mak Lincoln.
sinopsis:
untok menonton/melihat/mnghayati pelem aka reel ini, kamo seme di sarankan mngunna pakai elmu putar alam peringkatyg ke 8. bagi mereka-mereka yang kini sedang mendalami elmu ni bulehh la tengok pelem ni, hebak!! hikmat putaran alam tahap tertinggi...hahaha
tok wan Abe , sebelum dia jadi presiden, dia jugak adalah rakyat marhain, ada suka duka dan sosah senang
sedikit ceta pasal latar belakang pelem aka reel:-
kisah bermula menceitakan macam mana mak Lincoln kena bunuh masa kecik dan dia dengan marahnya nak balas dendam tapi tak berdaya sebab "kiok" kan mak dia adalah 'pontianak" dan dia pulak hanyalah insan marhain , masa dia hampir kena bunuh dengan "pontianak" yang bunuh mak dia, dia di selamatkan oleh sorang otai pemburu pontianak yang lepas tu jadi sifu dia.
bla bla bla... bila dia dah beso, dah cukup elmu di dada, dia pun mula bina kareer dia sebagai pemburu pontianak. masa ni jugak la latar belakang ceita menunjukkan pergolakan perang saudara yang akhirnya membawa kepada pembentukan negara unkle sam dan dia Lincoln sebagai 1st presiden
Travia:
Real Life: Lincoln’s farm-tested physique had super-hero potential. “At 6-foot-4, he was a strong giant,” says Seth Grahame-Smith, who adapted his novel for the screen.
Reel: To match Lincoln’s lean frame, actor Benjamin Walker shed 30 pounds; the 30-year-old wore prosthetics to age himself for Abe’s later years.
THE WEAPON
Real Life: “Rail-splitter,” a political nickname and the basis for Lincoln’s everyman appeal, was a nod to his humble roots and knack for splitting logs with an ax.
Reel: That ax gets some Bond-worthy updates for the film: The blade is coated with silver for vampire-slicing efficiency, and it can also turn into a gun.
THE TRAGEDY
Real Life: He lost many loved ones during his life but was especially shattered by the death of his 11-year-old son, Willie, from a mysterious illness, which historians believe was typhoid.
Reel: Willie is the victim of a vampire assassination plot. The filmmakers used the boy’s death to put their hero “in the deepest hole possible,” says Grahame-Smith.
THE INSPIRATION
Real Life: Lincoln’s antislavery sentiments were likely stoked by watching a slave auction during a trip to New Orleans at age 19.
Reel: While visiting the Big Easy, Lincoln discovers that many slave owners are vampires looking for an easy source of blood
Auntie dah gie tengok movie ni. Sbg seorg yg tak berapa gemar cerita hantu & such, cerita ni takder menakutkan tahap maxima. Lebih byk adegan berlawan2.
Terlalu byk adegan yg tak masuk akal - mcm aksi berlawan atas bumbung keretapi.Dan adegan keretapi masih boleh bergerak, walaupun tiang landasan yg terbakar. Sbb dari mula, cerita ni mmg ngarut gitu, auntie layan jer.
Fyi, bila en suami booked ticket online, auntie ingat cerita ni mcm historical movie. Bila sampai panggung, baru tau cerita vampire... Oh auntie tertipu tipah....
Went to watch this movie during the weekend and absolutely in love with it! yeahh Timor Bekmambetov amazed me again, just like what he did with Wanted..... came in to watch this with zero expectations, even felt like declining coz the runtime was not enough by my personal standard of 2 hrs plus for a wholesome cinematic experience...... but still i went and being satisfied......
being a sucker for vampire movies and lots of other fantasy and mythical creatures and genres, i found that it's easy for me to enjoy this movie without being too critical about the history and all.... after all, it is a different supernatural outtake of the actual history.... just think of it as pure entertainment and u'll be fine .........
but the movie does has its flaws..... one being the inconsistent make-up on Abe and his wife Mary.... sometimes they appeared being too old, but sometimes not! but that's ok coz i still love the superb action scenes... which is now of course Bekmambetov's signature style....
on to the actors .... Benjamin Walker as Abe Lincoln really amazes me... first thing I noticed was how he looks so much like the young Liam Neeson! I've never seen him in anything else before so I can't resist to check him out on IMDB.... it turned out that he did play Neeson's younger self in 2004's Kinsey. Wish that one day they will play father and son in a movie.... apart from his good looks and great tall n lean stature, Walker is quite an actor too...... looking forward to see more of him in the future......
Anthony Mackie as his bestie, William is quite good too.... first noticed this guy in The Hurt Locker and he's great.. Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Abe's wife is commendable, so was Jimmi Simpson as Speed...... the bad guys, lead by Rufus Sewell, were okay... the vampires were quite scary, and the funny thing was they can actually walk in the sun without being sparkly like those in Twilight! haha.... plus, vamps in this movie can't kill each other....
Dominic Cooper as Abe's mentor, deserves a special mention coz he's basically the scene stealer! yeap, to those not familiar, he's Tony Stark's father Howard ..... I tell u, if ever was a recasting of this character Henry Sturgess, I will suggest Robert Downey Jr... coz they do have the same swag and personality... so appropriate for them to be father n son in Iron Man! I kept on picturing RDJ whenever Cooper comes on screen! Anyway, Cooper as I said before, just stole every scenes he was in complete with style and grace.....
so overall, highly recommended to those who loves popcorn action flick ....just don't think too much and you'll enjoy it.......
ok, baru je balik tengok dan cerita ini memang best 4/5!
cuma yang x best ada jantan gumuk dok sebelah aku dan agak smelly sikit la. Mungkin sebab kondisi badan dia yang sebegitu...so terpaksa la aku kaver idung dari mula saaaaampai abes citer
aku baru pas tengok movie nih..
kira best la bagi aku.. sapa yg suka tengok Blade, mesti enjoy movie ni gak.. banyak action..
tak sangka abraham ni real life memang tinggi besar orangnyer..
ending dia mana ada unexpected..
si henry tu vampire, immortal.. tu pasal bole hidup sampai skang..
btw, mesti ramai org malaya yg tak tau..
masa ending kan tunjuk mary ajak abraham tengok theater..
abraham mati kena bunuh masa tengok theater tu..
aku ingatkan ada la scene tu, ropanya takde..
bagi forumer sebelah yang argue pakaian abraham macam yahudi mabok tu..
korang pakai neck-tie pi keje.. or pakai seluar jeans time jalan2, tu pun dah macam yahudi..
or paling best, korang yang bangga sangat2 pakai jubah konvo masa amik degree tu..
itu pun dah serupa paderi Jesuits (geng Black Pope)..
boleh la di layan...ada adegan gaduh2...antara vampire dgn abraham...
pd mula nya abrahan cuma nk balas dendam dekat mamat tu je...(apa nma dia ntah)
trus terjebak ngan pembunuhan vampire slps di pertemukan dgn henry..
x sangka lak si henry tu vampire...
vampire x boleh bunuh vampire..jd terpkasa la ambil manusia jd anak didik..@ anak buah..