History Film / IFrankenstein

'''''I, Frankenstein''''' is a 2014 film written and directed by Stuart Beattie; distributed by Creator/LionsGate; based on a graphic novel series by Creator/KevinGrevioux.

* {{Badass}}: Adam Frankenstein himself is abnormally strong, fast, durable, and has centuries of experience battling demons and evading capture from man. It's also suggested that he may in fact be unkillable due to his anatomy being [[PerpetualMotionMonster supported by a self-sustaining electricity supply]].
** [[AnAxeToGrind Gideon]], [[BigBad Naberius]], and [[TheDragon Zuriel]] are the best examples among secondary characters.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Demons can only be killed by a weapon with the symbol of the gargoyles engraved on it. Pretty much anything will do. Gargoyles can only be killed by a soulless being, like demons, and it appears just clawing at a gargoyle is sufficient to ascend it.

'''''I, Frankenstein''''' is a 2014 film written and directed by Stuart Beattie; distributed by Creator/LionsGate; based on a graphic novel series by Kevin Grevioux.

** When the Gargoyle Queen sends her guards away to fight the demons during the attack on the cathedral.

* LoadBearingBoss: Naberius's demise conveniently destroys his facility, along with all the resurrected bodies now possessed by demons. This helps the gargoyle queen immensely, as she and her two guards weren't destroying them fast enough to stop him.

* IdiotBall: Given to the Gargoyle leader to send her guards away in the middle of being infiltrated, Adam’s girlfriend to try and arrange a meeting with her colleague after being chased by corporate goons, Adam to let her go to the said meeting, Adam again to not take any new demon-killing weapons after revisiting the gargoyles (he had lost his sticks by that point).

"I, Frankenstein" is a 2014 film written and directed by Stuart Beattie; distributed by Creator/LionsGate; based on a graphic novel series by Kevin Grevioux.

!!"I, Frankenstein" contains examples of the following tropes:

* LightIsGood: The first thing that clues you in to the true nature of Wessex's two scientists is that they wear white lab coats, in contrast to the black suits worn by Wessex and his security team; they work for him oblivious to his true nature and truly believe they're working to save the human race.

* LoopholeAbuse: The demon that beats up Adam and recovers the journal says that since they have those notes now, they don't necessarily need him alive, and is about to beat him to death for all the trouble he's caused the demons. Fortunately Terra provides [[WeNeedADistraction a distraction]] and claims he's much more useful alive for experimentation purposes.

* QuantityVsQuality: The demons (quantity) vs. the gargoyles (quality). The demons started out with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] legions when TheDevil first released them. It's unclear how many gargoyles were created by ArchangelMichael, but it can be assumed that the number is significantly lower. The number of gargoyles shown in the film is a few dozen, although there many more gargoyles in other parts of the world. Whenever both sides clash, each gargoyle can kill several dozen demons before being overwhelmed. The gargoyles also have the undisputed advantage of flight.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Naberius kills Carl deliberately after Terra refuses to use Frankenstein's methods to resurrect the dead bodies he's acquired over the centuries. She is then forced to use said methods to save him, and Naberius immediately uses it to raise his army of demons. He then tries to kill her too, but Adam manages to save her before she hits the exposed electric tube she used in experiments earlier.

* ForeverWar: The SecretWar fought between the demons and gargoyles. it's hinted that this battle has been raging for quite some time, and the gargoyles are slowly losing simply due to sheer attrition rates.

* LeaveHimToMe: The big demon guy when Adam “infiltrates” their hive for the second time. [[spoiler:Subverted when he's picked up and killed off by a gargoyle.]]

* LightningCanDoAnything: It's a movie involving Frankenstein. What do you expect? Though this does edge farther into HollywoodScience territory than normal when the scientists working on their own modern reanimation experiments comment that the amount of electricity Adam has flowing through him would make him the next best thing to immortal and invincible.
** However, it's pointed out that Frankenstein did not use lightning to animate Adam. Instead, he used electric eels.

* HangingByTheFingers: The “killer” gargoyle leaves him like this only to step back and allow him to recover.

* IdiotBall: Given to the Gargoyle leader to send her guards away in the middle of being infiltrated, Adam’s girlfriend to try and arrange a meeting with her colleague after being chased by corporate goons, Adam to let her go to the said meeting, Adam again to not take any new demon-killing weapons after revisiting the gargoyles (he had lost his sticks by that point).

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:One of the demons working on the reanimation project successfully flees with a USB stick and all the research they did, meaning they can potentially recreate the process in any of the secret bases mentioned by Niberius]]

* SigilSpam: Gargoyles have a weakness for this. Their demon-killing symbol is used on their weapons, their clothes, on carpets and various furniture, as a jewellery, as a lightning conductor and so on. [[spoiler:This is also how Adam defeats Naberius, who didn't seem to be affected by the weapons. However, the cuts remained on his body, and Adam was able to make the holy mark on his body, which then kills him.]]

* SwissCheeseSecurity: Both bases suffer from this. The demons’ base gets infiltrated twice by Adam and once by a trio of Gargoyles; Gargoyle’s castle complex gets quickly infiltrated by demons that can’t even fly (well, maybe ''fall with style'', but still). However, in the case of the Gargoyles, they are ridiculously outnumbered, so they could only fend off so many at once before getting overtaken by the sheer numbers of demons.

* TheSoulless: What Adam is considered. [[spoiler: Confirmed when he kills Gideon; but he "grows" a soul by the end.]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: Demons can only be killed by a weapon with the symbol of the gargoyles engraved on it; gargoyles can only be killed by a soulless being; like demons.

* WeHaveReserves: Naberius orders his demons to storm the gargoyle's cathedral. At first one of the gargoyles mentions seeing at least fifty demons. But a short moment later, several dozen more appear, indicating at least a few hundred attacking against the two or three dozen gargoyles.
** Interestingly, Naberius seems to actually care that so many demons are going to be "descended" back down to Hell. He has to remind his lieutenant, who's leading the attack and doesn't seem to care about the losses, of the suffering awaiting the casualties.

* ArchangelMichael: The creator of the Gargoyles; [[TheGhost only refered to, never seen.]]

* MrFanservice: A shirtless and buff AaronEckhart is certainly easy on the eyes.

* QuantityVsQuality: The demons (quantity) vs. the gargoyles (quality). The demons started out with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] legions when TheDevil first released them. It's unclear how many gargoyles were created by ArchangelMichael, but it can be assumed that the number is significantly lower. The number of gargoyles shown in the film is a few dozen, although there many more gargoyles in other parts of the world. Whenever both sides clash, each gargoyle can kill several dozen demons before being overwhelmed.

* YouHaveFailedMe: Averted. Despite one of the demons running away instead of trying to capture Adam, Naberius merely strikes the underling and tells him to do better next time. Justified, since there have only been [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] demons on earth from the beginning, and they have sustained too many losses over the centuries to kill underlings so frivolously.

** To Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein uses electric eels instead of a thunderbolt in this movie too. To the original 1931 film {{Frankenstein}}. When the gargoyles first find the monster, the female gargoyle who went to check on him shouts, "It's alive! It's alive!" much like the doctor in the film.

* ShoutOut: To Film/MaryShelleysFrankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein uses electric eels instead of a thunderbolt in this movie too. To the original 1931 film {{Frankenstein}}. When the gargoyles first find the monster, the female gargoyle who went to check on him shouts, "It's alive! It's alive!" much like the doctor in the film.