This film kicked the door back open for two entire genre's.

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2004)

After the insult that was "Batman & Robin", Comic Book based screenplays were sort of dead in the water. Most film studios shied away from such fare, especially from Marvel Comic licenses. Blade literally showed up barely on the radar before it struck gold, hard. Slick screenplay, surprisingly quality acting by all hands on deck, and a serious lack of cowardice when it came to getting brutal. Blade sort of hit all the action/supernatural/horror genre nails on the head simultaneously. And with the budget it had, I was truly amazed out how good it was. Me and some compatriots went to see it in theatre thinking "this is gonna' rock or suck, no middle ground." and we were all truly amazed how much better it was than what we had feared. If you enjoyed this film and haven't seen it's sequel, by all means do, I imagine you would like it as well.