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Blade (1998)

1998 | Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

121 mins

Blade, along with his life-long friend Whistler battle vampires. Blade was born of a mother bitten by a vampire, he possesses all their strengths and none of their weaknesses. He is known as the day walker because sunlight does not affect him. With the addition of a new ally, Dr. Karen Jenson, Blade endeavors to prevent the evil Frost from unleashing the blood god upon the world.

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Produced by New Line Cinema
Director Stephen Norrington
Writer David S. Goyer
Cast Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Arly Jover and Traci Lords
Vampire action

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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated

Jan 15, 2020  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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Blade is undeniably a product of it's time. It's the late 90s, everyone loves leather and shades, everyone loves Wesley Snipes, everyone loves dumb one liners, so the character of Blade is ripe for adaption.
But the importance of this gory action flick should absolutely not be understated. Not only was it the first proper big (ish) budget Marvel film, but it's pre dates Black Panther as the first superhero film with a black lead, and it pre dates The Punisher as the first R-rated Marvel blockbuster.
But in a pre X-Men world, comic book movies weren't a big deal at this point. I actually remember me and my friends sneakily renting and watching it (we were 10 at the time...) and none of them even knowing that Blade was even a comic book!

Here we are all these years later and the Blade trilogy is now remembered fondly (well, at least the first two are!)
Wesley Snipes is of course the star of this particular vehicle, and here, he is the most Wesley Snipes he's ever been. The cheesy one liners still come off well, and lend a nice comedic edge to the buckets of blood on display. The charm that he brings to the Blade character is the main reason why it's been hard to imagine anyone else in the role for so long (although I am here all day long for Mahershala Ali)
The other big character throughout the trilogy is Whistler, played by Kris Kristofferson, just generally being old, grumpy and badass, and is honestly the best character in the whole thing (here's hoping the MCU introduce a Whistler series on Disney+...)
Stephen Dorff plays Deacon Frost, the films villain, and he's really not much more than a generic superhero bad guy (the first of many).

The choreography and the fight scenes are pretty great, and the willingness to go hard R is what set Blade apart before comic book movies became a thing. It's sooooo bloody in parts, that it verges heavily into horror territory.
The CGI effects are utterly horrible by todays standards, but it's not used nearly enough to discredit the film too much.

Blade is a decent enough adaption of the cult Marvel series, and is a fun, gory blockbuster, but as mentioned, it's an important step in comic book cinema. Long live Blade!
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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated

Jul 21, 2019  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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Bloody vampires
Blade- was the start of the blade triolgy. Personality to me, i think the second one is the best. But i do like this one as well.

The plot: A half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his mother's death and rid the world of vampires. The modern-day technologically advanced vampires he is going after are in search of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race.

I thought wesley snipes as blade was a good choice. I liked him alot in the this film and the second one. The threed one not so much.

Blade mixs vampires with action, violence, gore, survival, horror and demons togther.

Overall this film was a good start to a underrated triolgy.
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The Craggus (360 KP) rated

Nov 13, 2018  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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Before Blade (1998), superhero movies were always trying to ice skate uphill. 20th Anniversary Review
Twenty years before “Black Panther”, Marvel partnered with New Line to release a black-led superhero movie which would see them help kick-start the current superhero boom as well as changing the course of their movie adaptations to that point...

FULL REVIEW: http://bit.ly/CraggusBlade
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David McK (3508 KP) rated

Sep 7, 2023  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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Blade.

The Daywalker.

The half human/half vampire hybrid, waging a one-man war on the vampire underground.


And still to officially enter the MCU, with this film pre-dating even the creation of that cinematic universe by a good 10 years or so, and very much a product of its time: lots of leather and shades!

It also stars a pre-prison for tax evasion Wesley Snipes as the titular character, and is quite a bit gorier than the MCU movies tend to be.

I remember, also, thinking at the time just how much of a letdown La Magra, the Blood God, made out to be the 'big bad' was as well ...
  
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Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated

Oct 13, 2021 (Updated Nov 2, 2021)  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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A welcome return to the big screen after 23 years with the 4K release of the movie.
This is still my all time favourite Wesley Snipes movie and the 4K release looks and sounds great.
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated

Feb 14, 2018  
Blade (1998)
Blade (1998)
1998 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.5 (32 Ratings)
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Great Sfx (2 more)
Awesome sound track
Great action scenes
The ultimate Vampire hunter
A great kick vampire ass film. Great special effects, fights and action, all to a thumping sound track.