Blade (1998)

Average rating

(71%)

Starring:	Wesley Snipes \| Stephen Dorff \| Kris Kristofferson \| N'Bushe Wright \| Donal Logue \| Udo Kier \| Traci Lords
Director:	Stephen Norrington
Studio:	WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time:	115 mins
Genres:	Action/Adventure \| Horror
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Released:	July 26, 1999

Based on the comic book of the same name, BLADE (Snipes) is a half-mortal, half-immortal bent on avenging his mother's death and destined to rid the earth of a race of vampires. Meanwhile, the modern-day technologically advanced vamps he's targeted are in pursuit of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race. A dark action thriller from the director of DEATH MACHINE and the writer of THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS and DARK CITY with plenty of blood and guts.

Radio Times

Wesley Snipes plays the half-mortal, half-vampire who hunts down creatures of the night in this flashy and very violent action adventure based on the popular Marvel Comics character. Aided by gruff-and-tough Kris Kristofferson, he sets out to thwart the evil schemes of fellow vampire Stephen Dorff, whose plans include running a nightclub that will supply humans for his fiendish pals to feed on. This is daft stuff indeed, but Snipes looks great in leather, it's snappily paced and the performances are perfectly tongue in cheek.

Rating of 1 stars out of 5
Halliwell's Film Guide

Comic-book hokum done with some style and a great deal of noisy action; its nonsense is taken more seriously than it deserves.

Highest rated reviews

15 out of 19 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Suprisingly Superb

imran from , 12th August, 2004

This film simply kicks ass in a way most other action films don't. Blade is super-cool as is his arch-enemy played by Stephen Dorff. There's a level of harsh violence you rarely see in today's money-maximising rating lowering movies (see Terminator 3), and the effects are of a really high quality throughout; there's a great attention to detail and you can see they really did put a lot of effort into this movie. With loads of style and action this has to be one of the premier horror thrillers of all time

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