Australian screenwriter Stuart Beattie is responsible for
such cinematic delicacies as 2003’s The
Curse of the Black Pearl not the best of the Pirates of the Caribbean
franchise, Collateral (2004) and GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
described as “an over-the-top action fest
propelled by silly writing”[1] For
his second attempt at directing a feature film he has turned to a graphic novel
by Kevin Grevioux, who also has a part in the movie.
Beattie’s fantasy action film is just another way of
portraying ‘good verses evil’ this time in the guise of Gargoyles (good) and
demons (evil). As you have probable gathered from the title the story centres on
the Frankenstein legend, first found in Mary Shelley’s novel of the same name
published in 1818 and plagiarised ever since, but rarely bettered.
This latest incarnation, I Frankenstein (2013),
stars Aaron Eckhart as the monster, Bill Nighy as Prince Naberius the prime
villain and leader of the Demons, Yvonne Stahovski a scientist and the films
saccharin love interest along side Miranda Otto as queen of the gargoyles. Good
effects can’t disguise a flimsy narrative that finds the monster involved in
the ancient battle between Gargoyle’s and Demons. Eckhart tries his best but
the rest of the cast aren’t quite up to the task. Unless you’re a glutton for
punishment give it a miss.
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