Reviews: I, Frankenstein (2014) Movie Review
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Subgenres: Creatures, Supernatural, Mad Scientist, Sci-Fi, Monsters, Frankenstein
Where does I, Frankenstein (2014) stand among horror films? Our review examines the scares, pacing, and what makes it unique in the genre.
Director Stuart Beattie (Tomorrow, When the War Began) is known as a writer, and he did an okay job with I, Frankenstein considering it is his second movie to direct. The film is based on the graphic novel - I, Frankenstein by author Kevin Grevioux.
Frankenstein’s monster (Aaron Eckhart - Incarnate, Olympus Has Fallen, Erased) is a superhuman created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Aden Young - Final Recipe, Killer Elite, Beneath Hill 60) using parts from the dead and lots of electricity. In an ancient city, he is involved in a war between two clans, the gargoyles clan and the demons clan. The Gargoyles are led by Queen Lenore (Miranda Otto - The Homesman, The Turning, Reaching for the Moon), and the Demons are led by Naberius (Bill Nighy - Pride, The World’s End, The Hungry Corpse), have been fighting a long-aged battle with each other. The Demons want the Adam Frankenstein monster so that they can get a blueprint of him can create an army of reanimated corpses. A way for demon hordes to walk the earth with long lifespans.
The story then fasts to two centuries later when Adam returns to the unnamed city where the Gargoyles and Demons remained. The Gargoyles still linger unseen on the rooftops while the humans go about their everyday activities. Naberius disguises himself as a businessman while he quietly is still trying to figure out regeneration/reanimation. The story then leads to several choppy battles that were unsightly and poorly edited. One of the things you might get tired of seeing is the demon death scenes, where they turn into a geyser of spinning fireballs when they die. The Gargoyles, on the other hand, are seen as a beam of blue light going upwards toward heaven when they die.
There was way too much talking in this movie. I like Frankenstein a little. I recommend it to viewers who appreciate a sci-fi horror movie with fantasy action and do not mind the gargoyle’s useless talking. The creatures were fantastic, and the detailed work was just excellent. I must admit I was a bit scared of the creatures. I like some of the action scenes. The plot of the story does not flow well. There are a lot of loose ends. I saw it from the trailer and knew what to expect. The trailer left me thinking, what, what just happened, huh? I had so many mixed feelings when I saw the scary movie trailer the first trailer. If you are into a story flowing well and being on point with its story and characters, this is not the movie for you.
It was seen from the very beginning that this movie had some issues. The release date and format for the film changed a few times. This film was released on February 22, 2013, then on September 17, 2013, and the third and final date it did release was January 24, 2014. I Frankenstein was supposed to be in 3D in February but then the powers that be changed their minds and was digitally redone into an IMAX film.
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- I, Frankenstein Rating Scores
- Our Score: 4/10
- Overall Score: 3.26/10
- IMDB: 5.1/10
- MetaCritic: 3.0/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 0.5/10
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