Steineded How sad is this?

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

George Taylor Incredibly bad movie has the creation of Frankenstein involved in a war between heaven and hell. Just bad all around, what happened to Aaron Eckhart? Why do a lame movie for this, just for money, I'd imagine. Waste of time.

The Movie Diorama How many times does Hollywood want to rinse Mary Shelley's novel dry? 'Frankenstein', 'Bride of Frankenstein', 'Young Frankenstein', 'Van Helsing' and even 'Frankenweenie'. All the same story but with slight different interpretations. In this fantasy action flick, Frankenstein's monster is in the midst of a war between gargoyles and demons where his master's re-animation methods are sought after by a "powerful demon". Do you see that quote on the front cover? "From the producers of Underworld", yeah...it's the exact same story. Exactly the same! A supernatural war hidden from humans where the protagonist is on neither side. Let's just call this 'Underworld: Religious Borefest'. Are there any positives? Eckhart, Otto and Nighy give their best with what was given to them I guess. The effects for the ascension and descension of souls kept my eyes occupied for a while. Also the infrequent action scenes weren't filmed badly at all! It's just weighted down by a horrifically uninspired story that takes itself far too seriously which consequently sucks all the fun out of the film. Completely focussed on building lore and backstory that it becomes a detriment to the narrative flow. Immediately it describes this eternal war and how Frankenstein's monster (named Adam by the way...) is soulless...yet I literally couldn't care less. Exposition after exposition after exposition. You cannot make a compelling story without incorporating fulfilling characters. None of them were even partially developed, just tools in assisting the over reliant visual effects driven fight scenes. Speaking of, the gargoyle and demon designs were blander than Eckhart's half dead face. The final showdown that was built up finishes a minute after it commences. Frankenstein's Monster (I refuse to call him Adam) just mopes around bathing in his own cocoon of self depression where Eckhart does his best Batman impression. Worst of all, the final words of the film were "I...Frankenstein". Yup, I'm not even joking. Perhaps I, Frankenstein should've stayed dead...

rodrig58 Some awkward creatures fight with other creatures, even more awkward. Among them, the creature created from corpses by Victor Frankenstain, Frankenstein, now baptized Adam, much nicer than Boris Karloff. The beautiful monster is Aaron Eckhart. He will interact with the beautiful Yvonne Strahovski (Terra). Everything with the help of Queen Leonore (Miranda Otto), now a woman, in the next second monster. Bill Nighy is a very convincing, very compelling super-villain, very good actor. Successful decorations and costumes, special effects non-stop. But, since the story is just a bad joke, everything is a failure.

Scott LeBrun Aaron Eckhart is cast as Frankensteins' Monster in this elaborate but so-so screen adaptation of the graphic novel created by Kevin Grevioux. (Grevioux also co-stars, as an imposing henchman named Dekar.) After the deaths of both Elizabeth and Victor F., The Monster is soon attacked by Demons. He learns that there's been a war waging for centuries, between Gargoyles (the good guys) and these aforementioned Demons (the baddies). The Monster also learns that there's a head Demon named Naberius (Bill Nighy) who wants to learn Victors' big secrets of creating life. He / it tries to live a solitary existence, but realizes that he WILL have to get involved in this war.I'll join the chorus of people who attempt to defend this movie, at least to some degree. Yeah, it's cut from the same cloth as a lot of other modern horror / fantasy / action hybrids such as the "Underworld" series. It doesn't tell a particularly innovative or interesting story, but it is at least an entertaining one. Enough so that this viewer wasn't constantly checking his watch, anyway. It features a truly over the top Gothic look, and some passable makeup, but some viewers will surely be turned off by the plethora of digital effects.Eckhart leads the way, and does a creditable job, delivering a performance of both intensity and physicality. Filmed in Australia, much of its cast are native Aussies, and they do bring a certain gravitas to the material. Nighy has had better material, to be sure, but he's a perfectly suitable lead villain here. Yvonne Strahovski (as Terra Wade, a scientist in Naberius' employ), Miranda Otto (as the Gargoyle Queen), and Caitlin Stasey (as Keziah the warrior) are all extremely easy on the eyes, which doesn't hurt any. It's nice, as it always is, to see Bruce Spence of "The Road Warrior" fame, on screen; that face of his is instantly recognizable."I, Frankenstein" is slick, and forgettable, but not an entirely empty experience, as it does have some humanity and sense of purpose.Six out of 10.