Blade: One Bad Mothersucker!!

Rating: 7/10 (27 January 2006)

Blade, Wesley Snipes' better hero performance, continues the story of Dracula in a twisted but cool, ass-kicking way. This is not your father's typical vampyre film. "Blade" is the newer & fresher version with vampires living in luxury, blending into every facet of society without much notice. Wall Street, off-shore accounts, condos, fancy cars, & club-hopping is the flavor that is favored in this film, neighbor. There has never been a vampire hunter more skilled, more prepared, and more ruthless than Blade. Blade has a score to settle with the Vampyre Clan, and that is the bloodsucker who killed his mother & made him who he became.
In "Blade", Blade is the tortured soul, half-human & half vampire hunter from the comics who takes on a renegade vampire Deacon Frost & his posse of blood sucking idiots bent on human & the vampire kingdom domination. The Vampyre leader, Dragonetti, thinks that Frost is a major risk to his plans & orders him to take care in his behaviors. Blade has trained most of his life to effectively destroy any & all vampires in his path. He has become the one man all bloodsuckers fear, and with good reason. The heavily tattoed Blade hates a part of himself & is on a mission for a cure to end his thirst. Along with fellow hunter & father figure Abraham Whistler, Blade goes out on nightly suck-head fests kicking all the vampire ass he can to a sweet soundtrack & fabulous martial arts choreography, not to mention using the most technological weaponry. Blade, taking rare pity, saves the life of newly bitten hematologist Karen Jensen & takes her back to his hideout. Karen proves her worth by creating a vampire blood weapon which explodes them once injected. Blade & Karen find out that Frost is making big plans for the Vampyre underworld from Frost's wannabe & the archives beneath the city. Frost captures Dragonetti, takes him to the beach, & watches him burst into flames during a morning sunrise. Now that Dragonetti is dethroned, Frost takes over the vampire hierarchy & captures Blade and Karen, he beckons to use Blade's blood to release La Magra, the Vampyre God & envelope his power. Frost also assembles the entire Vampyre Council to use in summoning the Vampyre God. Blade, severely drained of blood, meets his birth mother, who was turned by Frost when she was pregnant. Blade releases his mother from her curse & gets a blood power-up from Karen. Once his strength is regained, Blade takes on vampire soldiers & finally meets Deacon Frost, freshly upgraded to Vampyre God (incredible fight choreography). After a spectacular final battle, Blade destroys his nemesis Deacon Frost & saves the world.
Blade will not disappoint the hard-core vamp fans & does his karate best to impress. Good ensemble cast with Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Stephen Dorff, & Traci Lords. Great costume design, ultra-cool tattoos, & kick-ass weapons (beautiful sword) designed for Snipes, who plays his role with a superb tough-guy flair & quiet inner storm. Blade will delight, unless you just don't like terrific action, dark humor, & Wesley Snipes at his athletic & physical best!! Check it out!!!