Get over the wow factor

Rating: 5/10 (14 September 1998)

Seeing so many favorable (American) reviews of this movie, I realize that most (American) people haven't past the "wow" factor seeing movies with good martial arts choreography. This is old news for people who are familiar with action flicks from Hong Kong. The highlight of this movie is its action scenes. However, a good martial arts choreographer does not make the movie. How about the rest? I personally think Blade is a stinker. The storyline is bad, but the editing is the worst. How many times do we have to watch that computer graphics simulation of the blood god invocation? There are so many unnecessary scenes that drag this movie to its unnecessary 2 hours playing time.