Solid action, but not a "real" vampire-movie

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2002)

Wesley Snipes has probably given the performance of his life as the ultimate badass in Blade. He's always in control of things and of course he always has exceptional cool one-liners such as: "Some mother****ers always trying to ice skate uphill". No need to say, he kicks butt.
As an action-movie Blade works very well, if not superbly: the action is neatly done with a close attention to detail making it very entertaining, which is the whole point when watching a movie. As a vampire-movie the movie doesn't work at all, more or less. The whole plot doesn't seem very believable, so to speak hypothetically. The script is not particularly original and also filled with plot holes, but still it manages to tell a story about Blade the Daywalker in a fast and entertaining pace keeping you entertained. Though, there are other movies such as Interview with a Vampire which succeed in telling a fascinating story about vampires, which we are led to believe in, again speaking clearly hypothetically. Blade does not do this.
In overall an excellent and fulfilled action-movie, but if you're looking for an intellectual vampire-movie I wouldn't go with Blade.

7 out of 10