With a title like this one, it may come as little surprise that this film is not one which is likely to be having the Oscar contenders breaking out in a cold sweat in response to any threat to their potential awards.

The loud, effects laden trailer, which gives away most of the plot also backs this up. Admittedly this time of year is a good one for films which don’t trouble the brain too much, to balance the more cerebral award friendly fare.

However you wonder how long they are going to churn films like these out, before they run out of ideas of updating/rehashing/reimagining the story of classic horror characters. Probably until they can start remaking the originals.

Frankenstein’s monster (Aaron Eckart) has been alive for over 200 years. We know this because he spends a lot of the film growling information about his life and the plot, just in case we don’t follow the very uncomplicated story being told in the images and dialogue.

As well as dealing with this general issues that come with being a monster, who is also a bit human, he finds himself getting caught up in a war between Gargoyles and Demons.

It seems he is also the key to the Demons’ master plan to destroy the Gargoyles and take over the world.

After a lot of running around killing Demons and not being trusted by Gargoyles, and meeting an attractive girl who happens to also be a brilliant scientist studying the kind of technology that brought him to life, there is a big showdown.

I, Frankenstein is one of those dreadful but also very entertaining films which are mainly aimed at young teenage boys.

There is a bit of a plot shoehorned in between the big effects laden fights and Frankie looking mean and growling a lot.

Eckhart is an interesting choice as lead, his previous work being much more subtle and interesting - but one suspects his bank balance might have been a reason to this kind of film.

Bill Nighy pops up as the villain, and picks up another cheque for being Bill Nighy. Everyone else is mainly cannon fodder or there to crank the plot along a bit. It’s a terrible film but not completely unwatchable.

5/10

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