Director: Stuart Beattie
Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto
Summary
Dr. Victor Frankenstein dies frozen to death and the creature buries him at the cemetery of his family. However he is attacked by demons but he kills one of them and Gargoyles save him and take him to a Cathedral where the Gargoyles Order gathers. The Queen of the Gargoyles Leonore keeps Dr. Frankenstein's journal together with the treasures of the Order and gives the name of Adam to the creature. Then she explains to Adam that there is an ancient war between the Gargoyles that are angels and demons under the command of the Prince Naberius. She also invites Adam to join the Gargoyles in the war against demons, but Adam prefers to isolate in a remote place. Two hundred years later, Adam returns and finds a modern society. Soon he learns that Naberius has the intention of creating an army of soulless corpses to be possessed by demons. The scientist Terra is researching a process to create life and Naberius is seeking Dr. Frankenstein's journal to help Terra and raise his army.
What I liked
- total guilty pleasure type of movie
- special effects are decent for the small screen
- gargoyle warriors are awesome
What I didn’t like
- muddled plot. The movie cannot decide what story it wants to tell
- missed opportunities to make an interesting movie. The idea behind the plot, a lone monster against two warring factions, is awesome but the makers stuck to the basics.
- horrible name (Adam) given to Frankenstein’s monster
- no name / Adam’s backstory is highly unoriginal and boring
- use a digital countdown clock
- Aaron Eckhart is way too buff to be Frankenstein; also lazy make up, a few scars does make a monster
Last Word
I, Frankenstein has the glimmer of a decent story but quickly dissolves into a paint by the numbers plot.
My Rating
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