I, Frankenstein

I, Frankenstein

Starring Aaron Eckhart, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Bill Nighy

Directed by Stuart Beaitte

The creature Frankenstein (Aaron Eckhart) is created by Victor Frankenstein and abandoned by him, so he kills his wife and Victor goes in search of him, ending in his own life due to frostbite.  As Frankenstein buries him, he's accosted by demons, and is protected by gargoyles.

Taken to the gargoyle fortress, Frankenstein meets their leader, Leonore (Miranda Otto), who tells Adam (as she names him) that there's been a holy war between the righteous gargoyles and the evil demons, led by head demon Naberius (Bill Nighy).  The demons want Adam because he's a soulless creature created by man, and desires to bring their fellow demons back to life through dead bodies.

As the war wages between the two supernatural forces, Adam finds himself caught in the middle, hunted down by both factions and no one he can really trust, except for scientist Terra (Yvonne Strahovski), who holds the secret to Adam's purpose.

"I, Frankenstein" has obvious nuances to the "Underworld" series, both in style, tone, and Bill Nighy.  The storyline of the film - if you call it one - is scarce at best and doesn't offer a lot of interesting dialogue, but the action in the film makes up for the lack of story.  It's a lot of CGI fighting (hence the PG-13 rating), but the hand-to-hand fighting between Eckhart and several of the main characters in the film are stylistically well done.  Even the flashy huge CGI-style fighting was entertaining.

The story of Frankenstein in this film is the most true to the original classic novel in recent memory, and it gives respect to the creature and what he had to go through in his immortal life.  That being said, there still wasn't much depth in his history, just enough to make you root for the creature over either warring faction.

Very entertaining, if only for the action and not for the lack of storyline.

My Rating: B+