Sammich
22-Jun-2012, 06:40 AM
I started watching this movie with very low expectations, but was damn surprised!
The usual course that these types of movies take are into absurdity. The Lincoln character could have been turned into a ridiculous caricature with an exaggerated southern accent and comical mannerisms. Fortunately, this isn't the case. The actor that protrays Lincoln didn't just show up for a paycheck, but was believable and appeared to be very into the role and holds the entire movie together.
The zombie rules are essentially the usual standard. Get bit, zombie blood in open wounds, eyes or mouth and you turn in 24 hours. The zombies are all shamblers with the main exception that they are all blind and attracted by noise.
The movie does have lots of gore and some funny zombie killing scenes, but doesn't stray into the over the top b.s. like in Dead Alive.
Zombie make-up was decent. There are of course CGI effects due to the low budget.
The filming locations appear to be actual civil war sites and helps to add to the atmosphere.
There are a couple other historical figures that appear, both playing significant roles in history following the movie.
Firearms realism in film is one of my obsessions. The civil war era revolvers used held 6 rounds (yeah!), but the muzzleloaders were being fired in a semi-auto rate (boo!). IIRC a capable soldier back then could get off 3-4 rounds per minute. Unfortunately, we don't get to see anyone reloading the guns.
It is amazing the production values that were accomplished with the meager $150,000 budget- directing, acting, cinematography- everything was done very well. I have seen movies costing 10x that amount that were utter shite.
I give the Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies 3 out of 5 stars.
The usual course that these types of movies take are into absurdity. The Lincoln character could have been turned into a ridiculous caricature with an exaggerated southern accent and comical mannerisms. Fortunately, this isn't the case. The actor that protrays Lincoln didn't just show up for a paycheck, but was believable and appeared to be very into the role and holds the entire movie together.
The zombie rules are essentially the usual standard. Get bit, zombie blood in open wounds, eyes or mouth and you turn in 24 hours. The zombies are all shamblers with the main exception that they are all blind and attracted by noise.
The movie does have lots of gore and some funny zombie killing scenes, but doesn't stray into the over the top b.s. like in Dead Alive.
Zombie make-up was decent. There are of course CGI effects due to the low budget.
The filming locations appear to be actual civil war sites and helps to add to the atmosphere.
There are a couple other historical figures that appear, both playing significant roles in history following the movie.
Firearms realism in film is one of my obsessions. The civil war era revolvers used held 6 rounds (yeah!), but the muzzleloaders were being fired in a semi-auto rate (boo!). IIRC a capable soldier back then could get off 3-4 rounds per minute. Unfortunately, we don't get to see anyone reloading the guns.
It is amazing the production values that were accomplished with the meager $150,000 budget- directing, acting, cinematography- everything was done very well. I have seen movies costing 10x that amount that were utter shite.
I give the Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies 3 out of 5 stars.