Positive within the context of the genre

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2000)

No-one offers a new slant on the vampire genre these days, so you expect either a fast pace or elements of noire (ref. Kathryn Bigelow's "Near Dark"). Blade isn't perfect and is a bit inconsistent but has that zip to it that is necessary to overcome the expected script and originality flaws. One gripe: was it really necessary to the flow of the story for the woman Blade saves at the beginning of the film to be a haematologist? Corny or what?