Lifeless

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2003)

The problem with Blade is that its star and director take the film far too seriously for its own good. What should have been a fun action movie ends up unpleasant, meanspirited, humorless and unexciting. Norrington's most recent effort, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, suffers the same lack of spirit. Blade II is a better film from a better director (the talented Guillermo del Toro, who knows when to play a movie straight and when to make it simply a fun ride).
4/10