I, Frankenstein
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I, Frankenstein |
| Original title | I, Frankenstein |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Stuart Beattie |
| script | Stuart Beattie Kevin Grevioux |
| production |
Tom Rosenberg Gary Lucchesi Richard Wright Sidney Kimmel Andrew Mason |
| music |
Johnny Klimek Reinhold Heil |
| camera | Ross Emery |
| cut | Marcus D'Arcy |
| occupation | |
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I, Frankenstein ( German I, Frankenstein ) is an American fantasy - action movie with Aaron Eckhart in the lead role. It was directed by Stuart Beattie , who was previously best known for writing the Pirates of the Caribbean film series . The film is based on the comic of the same name by Kevin Grevioux and very freely on ideas from the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley .
action
In 1795, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, to bring a person patched together from body parts to life. However, Frankenstein is disgusted with his creation and tells the creature to leave his home. The creature falls into a fit of rage, accidentally kills Frankenstein's wife Elizabeth and flees. Victor pursues the undead as far as the Arctic, where he dies from the extreme weather, while the undead body of the creature is not susceptible to it.
The undead brings Victor's body home and buried it in the Frankenstein family crypt, but is then attacked by demons in human form. He receives help from the gargoyles Ophir and Keziah, who also appear , who apparently destroy the demons and then guide the undead to their monastery in a large church. There he is introduced to the Gargoyle Queen Leonore and her Supreme Commander Gideon, and Leonore explains to him the reason why the Order exists: The Gargoyles were created by the Archangel Michael to defend the people on earth from the demons.
Leonore gives the undead the name "Adam", based on the first human , and offers him cooperation with the order, but Adam refuses. To say goodbye, however, he is allowed to use the gargoyles' armory so that he can protect himself from the demons. He opts for two large, club-like batons, and Ophir and Keziah explain that he can "descend" a demon with any object - destroy the body and banish the soul back to Hell - by marking the object with the symbol of the Order - a cross with three slashes - provided.
Over the centuries Adam wandered the world and defends himself against the demons that lie in wait for him. In the modern world, another confrontation occurs in a nightclub where a police officer gets caught in the crossfire and dies. Adam is appointed to the monastery by the gargoyles to answer for the incident.
Meanwhile, the demon Helek reports to his leader, the demon prince Naberius, and his right-hand man Dekar that Adam is still alive. Naberius leads a human life as billionaire businessman Charles Wessex, and his employees include scientist Terra Wade and her colleague Carl Avery. They conduct experiments for him by trying to bring corpses back to life. Naberius sends a group of demons under the leadership of his best warrior Zuriel to attack the monastery of the Gargoyles and kidnap Adam so that he can find out the secret of resuscitation.
Before Leonore can hold Adam accountable for the death of the police officer, the monastery is attacked and Adam can persuade Ophir to free him. In the ensuing battle, some gargoyles, including Ophir and Keziah, are "forced to ascend" - their souls are banished back to heaven. Leonore is captured and taken to an abandoned theater.
Gideon is asked to exchange Leonore for Adam; Meanwhile, Adam interrogates a demon and learns about it too. However, since he has fled and Gideon cannot find him, the latter goes to the treasury of the order and takes Frankenstein's diary, which was taken from him on the night of his first meeting with Adam. He goes to the meeting point and exchanges the diary for Leonore, as it contains the secret of Frankenstein's successful attempt at resuscitation. When Gideon wants to go with Leonore, Adam tries to get the diary, but is stopped by the attack of several demons. He lets her dismount and follows Zuriel to the Wessex Institute, where he finds out that Naberius wants to imitate Frankenstein's experiment and awaken thousands of soulless undead so that his demons, who need hostless hosts, can take possession of them.
Adam takes the diary and later meets Terra, whom he confronts with the facts before they are attacked by Zuriel. In the following fight, Adam manages to let Zuriel descend.
In the monastery, Adam warns the remaining gargoyles of Naberius' plan and offers them the diary for his and Terra's escort to safety. Leonore accepts the offer, but when Adam leaves the monastery, she orders Gideon to kill Adam and bring the diary back. Gideon then follows Adam and has a brutal fight with him, but Adam's carelessness forces him to ascend because Adam has no soul.
In his hiding place, Adam decides to burn the diary to destroy its secrets before the gargoyles find him. He lures them to the Wessex Institute, where another fight breaks out between them and the demons, with Dekar being the first to dismount. Meanwhile, Adam sets out inside the institute to save Terra after Naberius has captured her and killed Avery. Naberius assumes his demon form and activates the massive resuscitation machine to which the countless corpses are connected. In the showdown, Naberius overpowers Adam and tries to make him host one of his demons. This fails because Adam has evidently grown a soul of his own. While the gargoyles fight the awakened undead who are connected to the machine, Adam manages to scratch the symbol of the order in Naberius 'chest, thereby blessing and destroying his body - Naberius' soul descends, tearing all his demons and brings the entire building together with the underground construction to collapse.
Leonore recognizes Adam's courage, saves him and Terra, and forgives him for Gideon's rise. In the monastery, Adam takes his batons back and says goodbye to Terra. He sets out to protect people and hunt demons for selfless reasons, as this attitude has given him his soul. Thereby he recognizes his real name "Frankenstein".
criticism
The Rotten Tomatoes review collection lists 80 reviews, of which only 4% have a positive tenor. Nevertheless, 45% of viewers rated I, Frankenstein positively.
" I, Frankenstein is modern fantasy cinema in front of a remarkably authentic backdrop, which is shown off perfectly thanks to excellent camera work by Ross Emery (" Wolverine: Weg des Kriegers "). The actors obviously have fun with their game and Aaron Eckhart once again likes the role of the grim-looking villain. The ambiguous starting point of the horror classic has to give way to heavily arranged action, which makes the film appealing for the respective target group, but will inevitably offend lovers of the original artwork. "
"The dark action fantasy I, Frankenstein impresses with its eerie-romantic atmosphere, strong visual effects and a monster that no longer seems to be handicapped."
"Entertaining horror film that scratches the Mary Shelley Frankenstein theme and tries to give the classic a modern zeitgeist with the help of demons and gargoyles."
background
The film production companies Hopscotch Features and Lakeshore Entertainment were involved in the realization of the film .
I, Frankenstein was shot in Australia.
The budget of the film was 68 million US dollars . I, Frankenstein was released in Germany on January 23, 2014, starting one day before the USA. Originally, it was not supposed to come to US cinemas until February 22, 2014, but the launch was then postponed several times. In the United States, the film flopped at $ 8.3 million on the opening weekend.
Web links
- Official website for the film
- I, Frankenstein in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- I, Frankenstein bei Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of release for I, Frankenstein . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2013 (PDF; test number: 142 593 K).
- ↑ Age rating for I, Frankenstein . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Tomatometer and audience rating at rottentomatoes.com
- ^ The cinema critics: "I, Frankenstein" , by Antje Wessels
- ^ I, Frankenstein , by Bianka Piringer
- ↑ movie review I, Frankenstein , Sandy Kolbuch
- ^ IMDb Company Credits I, Frankenstein. Retrieved January 6, 2014 .
- ^ IMDb Filming Locations I, Frankenstein. Retrieved January 6, 2014 .
- ^ IMDb Release Info I, Frankenstein. Retrieved January 6, 2014 .
- ↑ Ray Suber: Weekend Report: 'Ride Along' Runs Over 'I, Frankenstein' . In: BoxOfficeMojo.com . January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.