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Cast: Bill Oberst, Jr., Jason Vail, Baby Norman, Don McGraw
While the Civil War rages on, President Abraham Lincoln must undertake an even more daunting task: Destroying the Confederate Undead.
I was really looking forward to seeing "Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies," maybe too much as my expectations were set high but I thought the film fell a little short. As the film opens we get to see a little Abe who witnesses his mother and father killed by the undead. The story then shoots ahead to the civil war, Abe is now the President and when there's talk of a soldier acting aggressively gets to Abe he immediately knows that the plague of the dead is back so he gets a band of men together and they head out to destroy the zombies before it spreads even further. The film is never really scary but I myself never considered zombies to be scary, relentless maybe but not scary.
The story is pretty simple so I don't need to go into great details here about what happens, I'm sure you already know that. One of the cool things I did like about the film was that it managed to fit several historical figures into the story. Again I am not going to give those away but I thought it was clever and very cool.
The acting in the film was pretty good all around but what really carries the film is the performance by Bill Oberst Jr. as Abe, Oberst play's him about as straight as anyone can while still having fun with the character...a terrific performance and if The Asylum ever decides to do a sequel I hope he returns to play the part. There's not a lot in the way of gore but there's plenty of decapitations and bullets to the head that should keep fans entertained.
So over-all this was an enjoyable little zombie flick that I thought could of been even better but for what it is I had a good time watching it so if you're a fan of the undead or The Asylum then I highly recommend checking it out.
Available of DVD and Blu-ray, both come with Special Features that include:
Widescreen Presentation
5.1 Surround Sound
Making of Featurette
You can order the them HERE.
Released by The Asylum Home Entertainment
*** Out Of *****