Move over, Buffy -- the summer's most exciting vampire slayer would have to be Blade.
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03/24/02
Blade (1998)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:45
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Though some may find the plot a bit lacking, Blade's action is fierce, plentiful, and appropriately stylish for a comic book adaptation.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Based on the comic book of the same name, BLADE (Snipes) is a half-mortal, half-immortal bent on avenging his mother's death and destined to rid the earth of a race of vampires. Meanwhile, the... [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Director: Stephen Norrington
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Reviews for Blade
Snipes plays his superhero character with such aching coolness that you can't wait for the next dumb-ass vampire to get in his way.
10/08/01
It's no Saving Private Ryan, OK? But go at night, bring some friends, have a ball. Chomp some popcorn!
08/07/01
...comic book silliness all the way, highly predictable, gory and violent, made respectable by its high-energy quotient and its high-gloss finish.
05/22/01
A thoroughly watchable action movie with several fright-inducing scenes, a good deal of black humor, and some notable underlying themes that never quite congeal.
02/27/01
This is a very violent and gory movie with some gross-out scenes, but the action is exciting. The characters, evidently based on comic book characters, are thin.
01/01/01
Pulsates with pounding vitality!
01/01/00
Sultry, silly story!
01/01/00
[It] could have used lots of sharpening.
01/01/00
By the second half, it's dragging despite all the action.
01/01/00
The fight scenes -- particularly Blade's first appearance -- are undeniably exciting.
01/01/00
Resoundingly failing to even partially realize their protagonists, plots and backstories!
01/01/00
Lots of pumping blood and superhuman feats power this Wesley Snipes- as- half- vampire flick above the norm.
01/01/00
Anchored by powerful Wesley Snipes, it immediately grabs you by the jugular and holds tight for two hours.
01/01/00
Fast, bloody and flamboyant.
01/01/00
Norrington's ability with stuntwork, fight sequences and positing CGI are unquestionable.
01/01/00
By the time the movie was over, I was in awe over the visionary success that I had just scene.
01/01/00
For most of its two-hour running time it simply flings a barrage of horrors at the audience.
01/01/00
After two grueling hours of slicing and dicing, I hardly savored this time not well spent.
01/01/00
A very welcome surprise.
01/01/00
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