Blade (1998)

Blade (1998)

5 word summary

Half Vampire battles evil vampires

10 years before the vampire craze took over teens and young adults across the country Vampire films were actually cool.

Blade is packed full of action. It has some of the coolest fight scenes and is one of the coolest vampire films made. It’s not full of drawn out dialogue or lame love stories like most vampire films. It does have a bit of a love story in it but it’s barely noticeable.

As I said the fight scenes are great. The sword fights are well choreographed and when you add in disintegrating vampires with every sword swing and every silver bullet shot it looks even cooler. The effects are usually really good. When the vampires disintegrate and things like that look good but toward the end when a hand is formed from blood and some one explodes it looks terrible, which is a shame. As for the acting Wesley Snipes did great and Stephen Dorff did even better. The supporting cast did fairly well too.

Blade does have some problems, besides the occasional bade graphic. Some really cheesy dialogue and painful attempts at catch phrases, but it worked out decent in the long run so I guess that’s really what matters.

I don’t think the plot is the most original vampire story, but it is a pretty original way of telling it. Anyone looking for a good action film should check this one out. Anyone who doesn’t like the 2008 style of vampire films might also enjoy it just to see some vampires get killed. Overall a very cool film that I think most will like and many will love.

8/10