I, FRANKENSTEIN (2014)
Tagline: In the battle between good and evil, an immortal holds the key.
(Action, Fantasy, Gargoyles) [PG-13]
We all didn't ask for the lives we were given. But each of us has the right to defend that life. I have fought to defend mine. And when the forces of darkness return, you shall know that I am out there, fighting to defend yours. I, descender of the demon hordes. I, my father's son. I, Frankenstein.
Based on a popular comic
I, FRANKENSTEIN takes all we know about Dr. Frankenstein’s monster and
completely blows it away. 200 years after the snowy death of his creator Frankenstein’s
monster is rescued from a demon attack by an angelic gargoyle order charged
with saving mankind. He is given the name Adam and welcomed by the gargoyles, but instead decides to go it on his own for a couple hundred years and take his
anger issues out on any demon he can find.
This one does have a plot issue
that really didn’t quite blend with the rest of the movie. When the gargoyles
first approach Adam he is embraced basically right away, but there is one huge
reason he should not have been and it wasn’t really addressed properly. The
problem wasn’t that he was created from the parts of a dozen dead men either. Without this issue, however, we lose
some of the deeper messages in this story so I will leave that to you to figure
out.
Ultimately a message about how our actions ultimately make up who we are and not our beginnings. Above the layers of human drama (Frankenstein’s coming to grip with his creation and betraying it), suffering (over 200 years of Adam coming to the realization that he was more than a monster, more than his first actions, when he came to life,), rage (the almost impossible challenge of trusting when all that you have faced has labeled you something for your mistakes), loss (never knowing what it was like to be loved) and redemption this movie actually has some amazing action sequences that make it worth its weight in gold if you just came to see what was in the previews.
Ultimately a message about how our actions ultimately make up who we are and not our beginnings. Above the layers of human drama (Frankenstein’s coming to grip with his creation and betraying it), suffering (over 200 years of Adam coming to the realization that he was more than a monster, more than his first actions, when he came to life,), rage (the almost impossible challenge of trusting when all that you have faced has labeled you something for your mistakes), loss (never knowing what it was like to be loved) and redemption this movie actually has some amazing action sequences that make it worth its weight in gold if you just came to see what was in the previews.
Of all the movies in
this genre some of which are better in my eyes, this one had by far the best
most satisfying wrap-up of them all. In spite of its namesake, this movie is
far more unique than a lot of what we are seeing these days. In fact, it’s the
movie fans of this genre have been screaming for. Also for anyone that had an issue with the
name of the movie, this flick actually takes time to appease your criticism
concerning that.
I give this movie a 6
out of 7.
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