Blade

New Line Cinema | Release Date: August 21, 1998

8.1	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 747 Ratings

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SuperheroMoviesAug 21, 2013

Wesley Snipes puts on a charismatic performance as the lead, and the action is intense. However, this is overshadowed by a vaguely written script, and a supporting cast that's wooden at best.

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grandpajoe6191Sep 27, 2011

"Blade" has its right character with Wesley Snipes as the Vampire hunter Blade. But the movie is bathed in the wrong dialogues and childish scripts. Overall a film you want to watch when free of your time. No more, no less.

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FilipeNetoAug 9, 2020

We are facing a film that was planned and thought for the teen audience, thirsty for pure hard action with fights more choreographed than ballet and litres of blood everywhere. I could be exaggerating, but this film is just that. It's good,We are facing a film that was planned and thought for the teen audience, thirsty for pure hard action with fights more choreographed than ballet and litres of blood everywhere. I could be exaggerating, but this film is just that. It's good, if what we're looking for is something to entertain without thinking too much.

Its based on a coherent script, although its fantasized, superficial and sometimes illogical. Everything revolves around Blade, a vampire who walks during the day, hunting and killing other vampires, usually the naughtiest. Blade's real motivations are never fully explained, but we understand that they are related to his past and his late family. Here, however, he has to face a powerful vampire, who carries out a palace coup and takes power in vampire society, and who is determined to invoke an ancient blood divinity that will exterminate the entire human race (it seems unproductive to liquidate their food source, but things are what they are). The film has dialogues full of insults and heavy slang, scenes of bloody deaths and violence, but it was made for a young adult audience. The film also explains many things about the rules and the vampire society, as well as the way humans sometimes want to be turned into vampires, but that is all in the background when it comes to action.

Wesley Snipes is convincing in his role, which is basically a highly trained and apparently unstoppable tough assassin, "Terminator" style. He never laughs, never shows emotions, he imply hit, fight and kill. He is not a friendly guy. Kris Kristofferson gives life to his mentor and greatest ally, an elderly human who, in the past, was a vampire hunter. Basically, he sounds and behaves like a smug cowboy from those old western movies. Stephen Dorff gave life to the main villain and was very effective in his task, giving his character an air of sadistic cruelty that made him threatening and convincing. N'Bushe Wright appears simply for being pretty and as a draw for the male audience.

Technically, its a film that bets everything on action and on highly planned and choreographed fight scenes. Of course, some of them are shown in slow motion, a feature that "Matrix" helped to popularize the following year but which, for me, becomes tiring and even expendable. There are dozens of deaths, we can't even count them, and there are kills for all tastes. It looks impressive... and it is! You can see how much money was invested in these scenes. The sets and costumes are good, but I would particularly highlight Blade's costume, black with some quilts that seem to work as bulletproof armour, and a raincoat that looks like a black cape. Showy and stylish.… Expand

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movielover28Jul 13, 2020

I love the opening rave scene and the final fight, but there are definitely some problems with this movie. The weakest of the trilogy in my opinion.

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FilmGuyDudeNov 2, 2020

As cringeworthy as the CGI could be, along with a couple other moments. I was still entertained by it's choreograph & humorous acting. The cast was rather well done, but everything else could use some work.

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WinrikApr 22, 2022

Не плохой, мрачный, с ноткой юмора фильм. Всем гикам рекомендую к просмотру. С данным фильмом вы должны ознакомиться!)

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omotestGumpApr 2, 2023

I was looking for cool Wesley Snipes and an interesting story for Blade. To say the least, it's a disappointment.

The original story seems to be Marvel Comics. Of course, I have not read the original work. Without considering the original,I was looking for cool Wesley Snipes and an interesting story for Blade. To say the least, it's a disappointment.

The original story seems to be Marvel Comics. Of course, I have not read the original work. Without considering the original, Wesley Snipes is cool, but the movie is all action and not much else. To be honest, I thought the blood raining down from the ceiling in the first scene was amazing. However, the many interesting scenes at the beginning were also great, and I guess my expectations were raised. From the middle of the film, it became all Wesley Snipes action.

The problem with all the action is that it's boring. As I said earlier, I had high expectations for the story from the beginning. However, the quality of the story gets worse and worse as time goes on, so it's no fun to watch and the only thing to see is the action. It's not just the action that I'm looking for in this movie. The flashy (and somewhat unreasonable) use of CGI does not cover up the problems with the story.

Also, foreshadowing in a film should ideally be carefully collected, and there should be surprises and discoveries. In this film, the careful storyline in the first part of the film is disturbed by the messy action later in the film. The story is predictable and not that well thought out.

No matter how cool the action is, the story leaves something to be desired. It was interesting until the middle of the film.… Expand

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