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''Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'' is a 2012 British-American dark fantasy action horror film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name. The novel's author, Seth Grahame-Smith, wrote the screenplay with Simon Kinberg. Benjamin Walker stars as the title character with supporting roles by Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, and Marton Csokas. The real-life figure Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States (1861–1865), is portrayed in the novel and the film as having a secret identity as a vampire hunter. The film was produced by Tim Burton, Bekmambetov and Jim Lemley. Filming began in Louisiana in March 2011 and the film was released in 3D on June 20, 2012 in the United Kingdom and June 22, 2012 in the United States. The movie received mixed reviews, praising the action sequences and originality, but criticized for its overly serious tone, overuse of CGI, and pacing. ==Plot== In 1818, Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) lives in Indiana with his parents, Nancy (Robin McLeavy) and Thomas (Joseph Mawle), who works at a plantation owned by Jack Barts (Marton Csokas). There, Lincoln intervenes when he sees his friend, a young African American boy, William Johnson (Anthony Mackie) being beaten by a slaver. Because of his son's actions, Thomas is fired. That night, Lincoln sees Barts break into his house and attack his mother. Nancy falls ill the following day, and dies shortly afterwards. Thomas tells Lincoln that Barts poisoned her, but asks that he promise not try to avenge her death. Nine years later, after his father's death, a vengeful Lincoln breaks his promise, and attacks Barts at the docks, but Barts, who is actually a vampire, overpowers him quickly. However, before Barts can kill him, Lincoln is rescued by Henry Sturges (Dominic Cooper). He wakes up in Henry's home, and Sturges explains that vampires have existed in the New World for centuries, and offers to teach Lincoln to be a vampire hunter. Lincoln accepts and, after a decade of training, travels to Springfield, Illinois, one of many vampire-infested cities across the United States, armed with a modified silver-bladed axe. Sturges explains that the vampires in America all descend from Adam (Rufus Sewell), an ancient vampire who now owns a plantation in New Orleans with his sister, Vadoma (Erin Wasson). Sturges also tells Lincoln of the vampires' sole weakness, silver, and presents him with a silver pocket watch as a gift and a reminder of his mission. In Springfield, Lincoln befriends shopkeeper Joshua Speed (Jimmi Simpson), getting work and lodging in his shop, while going out at night to hunt vampires, burying their bodies outside the city limits. Though Sturges warns him not to form any close relationships, Abraham meets Mary Todd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) for whom he develops romantic feelings, despite the fact that she is currently engaged to Stephen A. Douglas (Alan Tudyk). Lincoln finds and defeats Barts though not before learning that he knows about Mary. Before dying, Barts reveals that Sturges is also a vampire. Lincoln confronts Sturges, who reveals that, centuries ago, he and his wife were both attacked and bitten by Adam. Henry's wife's soul was pure, thus the bite killed her, but because Sturges' soul was impure, he became a vampire, and that prevented him from harming Adam or any other vampire ("only the living can kill the dead"). Henry spends his life finding and training vampire hunters, hoping to one day destroy Adam. Disillusioned, Lincoln abandons his mission. However, Adam learns of his activities and kidnaps Johnson to lure Lincoln into a trap at his plantation. He captures Lincoln and tries to recruit him, revealing he plans to turn the United States into a nation of the undead. He then prepares to force Lincoln to help him by threatening to kill Johnson. At the last minute, Speed rescues his friends, and they escape to Ohio. Months later, Lincoln marries Mary and begins his political career, campaigning to abolish slavery. However, Sturges warns Lincoln that the slave trade has kept the vampires under control, as they use slaves for food, and that if Lincoln interferes, the vampires will retaliate. Leaving the warning unheeded, after Lincoln's election as the 16th President of the United States of America, he moves into the White House with Mary, where they have a son, William Wallace Lincoln (Cameron M. Brown). But William's room is infiltrated by Vadoma, disguised as a maid, where she bites him off-screen. As Lincoln mourns his loss, Henry appears and offers to turn William, thus restoring him. Lincoln is unsure, when Mary enters and voices her approval, having found and read the journal that Lincoln had kept hidden. She blames Abraham for the misfortune brought upon them. With the onset of the American Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis (John Rothman) convinces Adam to deploy his vampires on the front lines, in exchange for the expansion of his clan into the North. The appearance of the vampires on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg terrorizes the Union Army as their weapons prove ineffective on them. In the White House, Lincoln contemplates leaving Washington, then laments that the North's forces are as ineffective against the vampires as a fork. Instantly reminded of silver's potency towards vampires, Lincoln orders all the silver in the North to be melted for ammunition. However, Speed, believing that Lincoln is tearing the nation apart, defects and informs Adam that Lincoln will transport the silver by train. As the train crosses the countryside, Lincoln, Johnson, and Speed stay to protect the silver. Adam and Vadoma, who have set fire to the upcoming trestle, send their men to attack Lincoln and Johnson. During the fight, Henry appears, attempting to fend off Adam, who has personally boarded the train. But, in the course of the fight, Adam learns that the train holds only rocks, not the silver. Speed then appears, and reveals that his betrayal was a ruse planned by him and Lincoln to lure Adam into a trap, though Adam kills Speed for this, in front of Lincoln. The bridge begins to collapse under the blaze, and Lincoln, with Johnson, make their escape, leaping over the collapsing train cars towards the locomotive. As they near the end, Adam pulls them down onto the support beams. Lincoln and Adam engage in a climactic fistfight on top of the train, ending with Lincoln punching his silver watch into Adam's chest, killing him, and Sturges helps the two escape the train before it explodes. Questioning Lincoln on the lack of silver, Johnson comments that there is more than one railroad in the nation. Meanwhile, Mary and the ex-slaves have transported the silver to Gettysburg through the Underground Railroad. There, Mary spots Vadoma, attempting to claim one more life from Lincoln, and kills her by shooting her in the head with a shotgun loaded with her son's toy sword, avenging William's death. The now leaderless Confederate vampires stage a final, massive assault and are met head on by the Union. Armed with their silver weapons and ammunition, the Union Infantry destroy the vampires and eventually win the battle for the North. Nearly two years later, on April 14, 1865, with the war coming to a close, Sturges tells Lincoln that the remaining vampires have fled the country, as far as the Orient. Sturges tries to convince Lincoln to allow him to turn Lincoln into a vampire, so that he can become immortal and continue to fight vampires, but Lincoln declines before departing to with his wife for their evening at Ford's Theatre. In modern times, Sturges approaches an unknown man at a bar in Washington, D.C., as he did Lincoln, hinting that the man may be the next vampire hunter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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