Fun movie, in a goofy way

Rating: 5/10 (29 October 2018)

My wife and I thought we would give this movie a try on Netflix, after watching the newest Venom which also blended horror with action/superhero themes. We had both remarked after watching Venom that we had wished it leaned more on horror and, in that sense, we expected Blade to properly fill that mold. Sadly Blade is much more of an action movie than anything else and there is never really a scene in the movie that feels at all scary.
This isn't to say the movie isn't fun, in fact many elements of the movie work together well and make it entertaining to watch, though it isn't clear how many of these elements are intentional or not (i.e. the strange and unnecessary flourishes Blade does when he brandishes a weapon or Blade's mentor Whistler who looks and behaves like he is LARP'ing Snake Plissken). Really it's this bizarre inability to decide on tone that makes the movie fun.