‘I, Frankenstein’ is dead on arrival.
The film, which is based off of a graphic novel of the same name written by Kevin Grevioux, follows Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s monster, who is given the name Adam, as he gets entangled in a century old war between gargoyles and demons. Sound a little like ‘Underworld’? That is because its from the same producers, same production company and same author. It looks like Dr. Frankenstein wasn’t the only one trying to reanimate something out of old parts.
It tries to reinvent an age old tale with little success. Within five minutes, ‘I, Frankenstein’ gives a synopsis of Mary Shelley’s novel, a rather unusual fight scene, and is already knee deep in a complex war between creatures. Damn.
The film is full of lackluster and repetitive action that cannot save the incoherent script. I mean you can only watch a demon burst into a fireball so many times before you want to take a shot of Fireball yourself. Throw in horrendous CGI and ridiculous makeup and it turns this film into a complete joke.
The actors don’t even try to spruce up the awful dialogue which is void of any humor or urgency. Instead they give stiff performances like they have already hit rigor mortis. I guess its not hard to do when all your dialogue is either explaining something that has happened or is currently happening.
Do yourself a favor and skip this clusterfrank of a movie.
