Great mix of action and horror, good comic book movie

Rating: Null/10 (6 November 2006)

"There are basically two ways of doing (a good vampire movie). Either you do the classic Dracula and really do it right, or you try to do something new with the genre." John Carpenter.
Blade is a refreshing entry into the vampire genre, using a mixture of pseudo-science and urban myth to establish vampirism in a stylish, modern context. It's also a good superhero movie, a sort of gory, garish Batman.
Snipes is note perfect, all snarling anger wound up tight inside painful self-control. The villains, especially Stephen Dorf, are also excellent, an eclectic mix of vamps, a bit like those in Near Dark.
The action scenes are very good, able to show great skill without seeming over choreographed. Superheroes have killed kevlar clad stormtroopers in a hundred different movies but rarely this well.
If you like action with a dash of horror then you'll like this.