Blade: Trinity
New Line Cinema | Release Date: December 8, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 30 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
16
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Chicago TribuneRobert K. Elder
Thankfully, Reynolds (bearded, looking a bit like Jason Lee) adds some scrappiness and humor to a series that might otherwise have collapsed under self-parody. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
I don't know if it was intentional, but Drake seems to come out of the same sandy hole in which our troops found the cowering Saddam Hussein. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Should reasonably please fans of the genre before assuming its place in the horror section of your local video store. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
Won't linger in the memory long, but gives pretty good action eye-candy while it's going. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Has the great sleek, dark look of its predecessors and, most important, it has Snipes. Read full review
60
Dallas ObserverGregory Weinkauf
This Trinity may be the least of the three--sound familiar, Matrix faithful?--but it's the closest in style and attitude to a pulpy comic book, an art form that doesn't need to be lofty, perfect or even sensible to tickle a dork's fancy. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Blunt-witted, visually pedestrian, and overly long, with too many scenes of Blade and his cohorts standing around in darkened corridors, waiting for their enemies to show up. The action, however, is as throat-grabbing as you want it to be. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
Director Goyer, who wrote all three Blade films, deserves credit for sticking with the character, but aside from the effectively staged action sequences Trinity is cheap-looking and laughably inept. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Swimming in computer-enhanced mayhem and a non-stop hip-hop-and-techno soundtrack, Blade: Trinity might as well come equipped with joysticks attached to the seats, so everyone can play along. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The only one who seems to be having much fun is Parker Posey, camping it up as one of the vampires. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
What redeems the film...is that for every nonstop explosion, there's a hilarious burst of Reynolds' nonstop patter. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
But there's just enough comforting familiarity mixed with refreshing new characters to hold the casserole of a plot together. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The story is a comic-book tale at its most basic level. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
One of the prime laws of the multiplex states that any action or horror movie series will devolve into ritualized violence, self-mocking camp, and egregious silliness by part three. Blade: Trinity is right on schedule. Read full review
50
PremiereAaron Hillis
Big and dumb and loud and entirely past its prime. Read full review
42
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
Has a surprising number of problems: dire scripting, sloppy plotting and coffee-jittery editing, for starters. But its biggest problem is that Blade himself takes a back seat to a host of new and mostly uninteresting characters. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A choppy, forgetful, suspense-free romp that substitutes campy humor for chills. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
By and large, the jokes fall flat, and the entire film often seems as fatigued as its star. Read full review
38
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Take away the film's attitude, and you're left with "Son of Van Helsing." Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Dull Blade just doesn't cut it. Read full review
38
USA TodayMike Clark
Kris Kristofferson, as a scaled-down old gray mentor to Blade, still looks like the visual equivalent of your five worst college hangovers. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
A mess. It lacks the sharp narrative line and crisp comic-book clarity of the earlier films, and descends too easily into shapeless fight scenes that are chopped into so many cuts that they lack all form or rhythm. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
There's nothing beneath the flashy editing and self-consciously cool production design but a soulless adrenaline machine that's never scary and rarely engrossing. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The movie is loud, dark, bumpy and not even a little fun. You emerge into daylight bruised and battered, suffering a case of movie abuse. Read full review
30
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Offers neither horror nor style. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Sucky vampire flick. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Dracula, who, as played by Dominic Purcell, has all the dark charisma and burning threat of a baked potato. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
No, it's the movie itself -- an unimaginative, generic affair memorable only for its incessant and flagrant plugging of Apple computers and iPods -- that should put a stake through the franchise for good. Read full review
20
Washington PostDesson Thomson
If ever there was a case for quitting while you're behind, this "Blade" is it -- ready to be buried in a vat of garlic. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Of all the missteps made and absurdities offered, the most glaring is the casting of what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp as no less than Dracula. Read full review
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