This week sees the UK release of I, Frankenstein, a new take on Mary Shelley's classic creation based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux. Taking place largely after the events of Shelley's novel, it entails the monster Adam (Aaron Eckhart) being recruited by the queen of the gargoyles (Miranda Otto) to fight off ancient demons let by Naberius (Bill Nighy). Throw in a bunch of stuff about fallen angels and an evil plan involving zombies, and you have either a camp classic in the making or another Van Helsing. In truth, it's rather fitting that Eckhart should be playing the Monster in this film. His career up to this point has somewhat resembled Shelley's Monster, being cobbled together from lots of different, often misshaped bits that can fascinate and repel in equal measure. Like many of the actors we've covered in these articles, Eckhart is capable of delivering a good performance, but all too often he's given terrible material to work with, and sometimes he makes the very least out of a given role. Today we're taking a look back at the highs and lows of Eckhart's career thus far, singling out give performances which made him a force to be reckoned with and five turns of which he should really be ashamed. Let's start on a positive note, however, with a touch of deja vu...
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