Poor Aaron Eckhart. An immensely capable actor who has proved his worth in a number of motion pictures, he seems incapable of landing himself in a good film. I, Frankenstein might have been the biggest mistake of his career yet, but what are you supposed to do when only movies coming your way are like this? All special effects and absolutely no substance, this is very nearly the worst movie of the year so far, but is saved ever so slightly by the fact that it's at least only 90 minutes long. The rest of the picture suffers from being disastrous, though. Taking place in a dystopian future, I, Frankenstein follows Eckhart's character Adam, a creation of Victor Frankenstein's, as he does battle with demons and gargoyles in a movie that will you give you headache for being both excessively loud and excessively stupid. The world is quite literally a worse place for the fact that I, Frankenstein now exists in it. You can actually look at the sad, underlying expression on Aaron Eckhart's face as he goes from one scene to the next, wondering what the hell happened to his career since The Dark Knight.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
