Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 84
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 38
Though some may find the plot a bit lacking, Blade's action is fierce, plentiful, and appropriately stylish for a comic book adaptation.
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 17
Though some may find the plot a bit lacking, Blade's action is fierce, plentiful, and appropriately stylish for a comic book adaptation.
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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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British director Stephen Norrington helmed this David S. Goyer adaptation of the Marvel Comics character created in 1973 by scripter Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan. In the Tomb of Dracula comic book origin, just before Blade's mother gave birth to Blade, she was bitten by a vampire, which made Blade immune to vampires. Now a vampire hunter, Blade, joined by vampire detective Hannibal King and Dracula-descendent Frank Drake, stalks vampires. In the 1990s (in Marvel's Nightstalkers), Blade
Aug 21, 1998 Wide
Dec 22, 1998
New Line Cinema
All Critics (84) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (39) | DVD (25)
Hopelessly dated before its release.
Though slick and diverting in some aspects, increasingly silly pic has trouble meshing disparate elements -- horror, superhero fantasy, straight-up action -- into a workable whole.
There are lots of stunts, chase sequences and so much computer morphing that the effects house must have been offering it at discount.
Pure visceral imagery.
The fight scenes -- particularly Blade's first appearance -- are undeniably exciting.
A pulsing, wooshing, visceral experience that amounts to great fun and an entirely disposable movie.
Boring vampire blood bath isn't for kids.
Allows Wesley Snipes to show off his athletic prowess, but the storytelling leaves quite a bit to be desired.
Achieves just the right combination of lore and fetishized action movie.
great fun
Ideal summer fare: quite enjoyable, and equally disposable.
A reasonably diverting videogame of a movie but not successful entertainment.
An attempt to redefine cutting edge horror, this techno-vampire pic is spoiled by the same weak storytelling and flashy, computer game visuals.
You end up with a fast-paced, sci-fi, action hero, monster movie that screams, the makers hope, for a franchise.
[It's] dopey and lifeless.
[An] enjoyable movie experience.
Embora as cenas de luta sejam intensas e o roteiro seja hábil ao trazer a história de Blade para as telas, os fracos efeitos especiais e a trama envolvendo o "deus sangue" comprometem um pouco o filme. Felizmente, a continuação se revelou bem melhor.
Guesomely dark and just plain unappealing.
Dark and edgy comic book characters, punctuated by a hypnotic techno soundtrack and jaw-dropping action. Snipes was born to play the role. Dorff delivers a fantastic villain.
The acting is overblown, the special effects are impressive, and the violence is loud and often. Just like in a comic strip.
Within the confines of its genre, it's a cut above the usual.
Oh man! This is so the best comic book adaptation ever!
Blade for me changed the style of the vampire film...and not in a good way. I just can't grasp the idea behind this film. I like action horror flicks, but there was something with Blade that just didn't click with me. I thought that Wesley Snipes was terrible here, and that that he wasn't right for the part. The film
January 14, 2012
Super Reviewer
A half-human half-vampire warrior who hunts and kills his would-be brethren is captured by his arch enemy who plots to use his blood to raise a vampire god. Blade was one of the first of the new generation of re-invented vampire flicks and it has lost some of it's impact because of it's host of imitators. I'm not the
November 16, 2006
Super Reviewer
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