Good 90's action

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2019)

The 1st Blade film is the best in the series and a box office hit that would set things in motion for more comic book adaptations to come on the big screen. What we have here is an avalanche of action with a 90's techno soundtrack. The action is quite stylized, with a whole lot of it, borrowing a lot from Hong Kong action movies mainly with some early CGI f/x. The tone of this film is very dark and is grounded by an excellent performance by Wesley Snipes as the title character. He does not need to say much to convey the hatred and coldness of his character and as such is singularly focused at taking out the vampire populace for the pain and struggles he had in his life as a vampire/human hybrid. Kris Kristofferson is great as Whisler, a Van Helsing type and father figure for Blade. Steven Dorff is lousy as a villain opposite Blade, it seems he tried too hard to play a cool villain, but comes off as a annoying dufus. The support cast is pretty strong with Udo Keir(who would have been a better choice as the title villain), Donal Logue and N'Bushe Wright who appears as Blade's love interest, sort of, is really good as well as gorgeous. There is no shortage of hot chicks either,early in the film we have a cameo from Traci Lords. It has been a while since I have watched Blade and comes across a little dated, but is still a good action movie that would be influential to movies like Underworld.