If you like your science-fiction action packed, or your action movie to have a brain, then this Blade is for you.
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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
Few of Blade's characters are fleshed out beyond their comic-strip borders.
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Blade has the capacity to dazzle, but it also will leave many viewers dissatisfied.
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Top CriticEventually, Blade loses its edge.
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Top CriticSnipes was super-cool, and much like Shaft, I'm not afraid to admit that he was one bad mutha!
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A variation on Schwarzenegger's The Terminator!
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A hyper smorgasbord of a horror film!
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Top CriticChildren of the night, what disgusting movies they make.
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Breathlessly delivered backstory, overdesigned sets and flat, suspense-defying direction!
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Glittering and gruesome, slickly assembled and strangely silly.
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A ghoulish thriller with a really super super hero and engrossingly gross special effects.
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A pleasant enough popcorn movie that may not break any new ground, but has a fun time right where it is.
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Fortunately, Mr. Buffed-Up the Vampire Slayer is surrounded by a hugely entertaining supporting cast.
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Interview With the Vampire it's not, but marginally thrilling nonetheless.
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At once a good action film and a bad piece of fantasy.
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The fight scenes between Blade and the vampires are some of the best-choreographed in recent memory, this side of Hong Kong.
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Throwaway fun that will amuse horror and action lovers, but probably no one else.
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An enjoyable action-packed special effects movie.
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Big as it is, Blade is meticulous and subtle, not just in its camera technique but in the way it works its themes and creates a mood.
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July 07, 2009:
Stephen Dorff Talks Blade Prequels 
Ready for more "Blade"? Stephen Dorff has announced that he and director Stephen Norrington are hard at work on what's intended to be the first installment in a prequel trilogy. More...
August 22, 2008:
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August 13, 2008:
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