BLADE (Theatrical Release USA 1998)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.9|5.0 Starsììì

Blade has enough audience appeal to create two sequel films—Blade II and Blade Trinity. Westley Snipes creates a strong onscreen presence in this role and is fortunate to have an interesting concept and script to base that presence on.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

A man makes his purpose in life—to rid the world of evil caused by vampires.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Stephen Norrington for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Avi Arad, Joseph Calamari, Lynn Harris, Stan Lee, and Michael De Luca for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Blade (Wesley Snipes), Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), Karen (N’Bushe Wright), Quinn (Donal Logue), Dragonetti (Udo Kier), Mercury (Arly Jover), Racquel (Traci Lords), Krieger (Kevin Patrick Walls), Curtis Webb (Tim Guinee), Vanessa (Sanaa Lathan), Pearl (Eric Edwards), Nurse (Donna Wong), Senior Resident (Carmen Thomas), and Resident (Shannon Lee).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. It may not be the best vampire movie, but it manages to place itself into the more highly rated vampire movies and serves as a good study for the directing skills of Stephen Norrington.

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