The Blade Franchise: The first film!

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2005)

Blade (1998) was the first film of the Blade franchise. Loosley based upon a character that appeared in Tomb of Dracula. Blade (Wesley Snipes) is the son of a vampire. Half human and half vampire, he's what you would call a day walker. But he needs to feed on blood in order to survive. The movie follows Blade as he prepares to wage war on the vampires. Within the vampire organized society, there's a struggle for power. Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) wants to become the new leader. Dragonetti (Udo Kier) doesn't want to relinquish his title so easily. Will Blade destroy the living dead blood suckers? How does Deacon convince Dragonetti to give up his title? Do they change a lot of Blade's original character? To find out you have to watch BLADE!!
An interesting loosely based on the Marvel Comic Book character. This movie was successful enough to renew interest in making Marvel Comic superheroes into silver screen giants! Followed by the superior BLADE II.
Recommended for horror comic book fans.