Sunday, October 21, 2012

Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

Abe, who knows a thing or two about zombies since his home town was infested with them when he was a kid, selects twelve men from the newly formed Secret Service to cross enemy lines and go undercover.  It's probably not a good idea to accompany them since he's the president.  It's also not the best idea to use Mr. Brown, since he's an African American and it's the middle of the Civil War.

For reasons unknown, Abe does not tell the men about their mission.  So they are hopelessly ill prepared when the zombies attack.  Some of the men refuse to believe it's anything other than a sickness and are promptly eaten.

Abe and pals hole up in the fort which is under the Command of Stonewall Jackson, who refuses to cooperate with them.  After all, Southerners hate Abe, what with the war and that pesky slavery issue.  But since Jackson only has two men left, he's not much of a threat and eventually realizes it's best to put differences aside.

Mix in a young Teddy Roosevelt, John Wilkes Booth, and a swaggering, sickle-wielding Abe and you've got something that could have been insane, but manages to be a typical release by the Asylum.

Asylum could be doing something really great.  They have great titles, potentially interesting plots, but dull scripts full of lots of exposition blah blah blah.  They should either go totally insane with nonsensical stuff like something out of crazy Japanese films, or do it so poorly that it's funny - although they couldn't do that second option on purpose.

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