I loved this film...

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2000)

even though it was all style and no substance. After seeing the opening scene I was expecting the best, but it was never delivered.
As Blade, Wesley Snipes plays a very slick hero who you like because he looks cool, is cool, and can kick the crap out of the bad guys. But that's not enough to carry a movie, and I think that's what they depended on here.
The motivation given for Blade's desire to find and kill any and all vampires is thin at best. He is supposedly taking revenge on them for killing his mother and making him what he is. He is not simply a vampire, but a daywalker -- a vampire that is not confined by rising and setting of the sun.
Stephen Dorff plays Deacon Frost, a rebel among the vampires who not only has Blade as an enemy, but has angered the elders of the vampire council as well. Frost believes that because vampires regularly 'dine' on humans that they should be ruling instead of cowering during the day and sneaking around at night. So he's not popular on either side.
Frost decides to try and release the Blood God which he believes will make him invincible. But the problem here is, and this could be a spoiler so take heed, he needs the blood of the daywalker to do it.
That's the setting. The plot is not that strong and the motivation of the hero is very thin. But the action is pretty good, there are some quality kills, and there are a few good one-liners that make for some good laughs. For some reason, for me, that made all the difference. I can't say it was great, only that I liked it a lot.