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Wesley Snipes plays a half-mortal half-immortal charged with ridding the earth of a race of vampires led by Stephen Dorff in this action-packed blockbuster.Running Time: 120 min.System Requirements:Starring: Wesley Snipes Stephen Dorff et al. Director: Stephen Norrington Edition Details: Region 1 encoding (for use in US and Canada only) Color Closed-captioned Dolby Widescreen Commentary by Audio commentary by actor Wesley Snipes (qv) actor Stephen Dorff (qv) writer David S. Goyer (qv) cinematographer Theo Van de Sande (qv) production designer Kirk M. Petruccelli (qv) and producer Peter Frankfurt (qv) Commentary by Isolated musical score with commentary by composer Mark Isham (qv) Theatrical trailer(s) Featurette "La Magra" including the original ending Featurette "Designing Blade" Featurette "The Origins of Blade" Featurette "The Blood Tide" "House of Erebus" information about the different vampire houses Widescreen anamorphic format Number of discs: 1 Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 794043470929

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The recipe for Blade is quite simple; you take one part Batman, one part horror flick, and two parts kung fu and frost it all over with some truly campy acting. What do you get? An action flick that will reaffirm your belief that the superhero action genre did not die in the fluorescent hands of Joel Schumacher. Blade is the story of a ruthless and supreme vampire slayer (Wesley Snipes) who makes other contemporary slayers (Buffy et al.) look like amateurs. Armed with a samurai sword made of silver and guns that shoot silver bullets, he lives to hunt and kill "Sucker Heads." Pitted against our hero is a cast of villains led by Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), a crafty and charismatic vampire who believes that his people should be ruling the world, and that the human race is merely the food source they prey on. Born half-human and half-vampire after his mother had been attacked by a blood-sucker, Blade is brought to life by a very buff-looking Snipes in his best action performance to date. Apparent throughout the film is the fluid grace and admirable skill that Snipes brings to the many breathtaking action sequences that lift this movie into a league of its own. The influence of Hong Kong action cinema is clear, and you may even notice vague impressions of Japanese anime sprinkled innovatively throughout. Dorff holds his own against Snipes as the menacing nemesis Frost, and the grizzly Kris Kristofferson brings a tough, cynical edge to his role as Whistler, Blade's mentor and friend. Ample credit should also go to director Stephen Norrington and screenwriter David S. Goyer, who prove it is possible to adapt comic book characters to the big screen without making them look absurd. Indeed, quite the reverse happens here: Blade comes vividly to life from the moment you first see him, in an outstanding opening sequence that sets the tone for the action-packed film that follows. From that moment onward you are pulled into the world of Blade and his perpetual battle against the vampire race. --Jeremy Storey

Rating : - Classic Movie! One of my favorite films of all times!
Blade shows you what a true vampire movie is really about. Its not one of those original classic vampire tales. Its new. People who hate this movie should stick with the original tales of vampires and leave this film for others that want to open they're minds about what vampires can possibly really do. The movie is about a half human half vampire name Blade that has all the vampire's strangths and none of they're weaknesses. the plot is that Blade's mother got bitten by a vampire while being pregnant with Blade. The bite effected Blade too before they took the mother to the hospital to get the baby (Blade) out of her. Blade has another name that goes by The Daywalker. He can also stay in the sun without affecting him as long as he takes his serium everyday. While growing up someone found Blade and took him in to raise him. The founder was name Whistler. He taught Blade everything, how to make weapons, rules and so on. Blade thinks his mother is dead but he has another surprise coming to him later in the movie. His goal in this movie is to defeat his worst enemy Frost before he wreaks havic upon Earth. Also to get revenge because Blade has realized that it was Frost that sent the vampire to bite his mother. Its a half drama and half action film so don't expect a high action movie from the first Blade movie.

Blade is an instant classic and always will be, I never get tired of it. I'm not even a huge fan of vampires. But this vampire film is one of the best movies out there. Its highly recommended a rental for people who haven't seen it. But personally I think its a full price movie. One of my top 20 favorite films of all times. Wesley Snipes did a great job in Blade. After watching this again, I think this is better then Blade 2 and Blade: Trinity. Heres my other ratings for the Blade Trilogy.

Blade (5/5 stars)

Blade 2 (4/5 stars) - Interesting storyline and a lot of great action. A few bad acting scenes though. Thats the only reason Blade 2 was 4/5 stars.

Blade: Trinity (4/5 stars) - Only reason Blade: Trinity is 4 stars its because I like the short Comic Book that came with the Unrated Special Edition. Other then that the movie its self is only 3/5 stars.