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Thankfully there may be a Blade 4...
As a non-comic book junkie I've enjoyed both the previous entries in this franchise mainly because they're not like typical Comic-book movie adaptations, their darkness and emotional depth give them an adult edge beyond the usual adolescent thrill factor. Sadly Blade 3 secumbs to this in spades. The opening monologue is an indication of how 'seen it all before' the movies will quickly become. Despite an intriguing first scene in the Iraqi Desert soon Wesley Snipes is reduced to trying to keep the dignity of his character intact in the face of monotonous and unfunny wise-cracking from Ryan Reynolds and attractive-but-bland Jessica Biel. I did wonder if a new element might be injected via a possible sense of dependence between Blade and the small girl character but she was quickly side-lined. Swearing seems omnipresent but frankly serves to underline how much difficulty the makers seem to have generating fresh genuine dialogue. Odd non-sensical touches made me feel the makers had only been paying half-attention to what they were creating, for example an experienced warrior like Abigail Whistler goes into battle plugged into her MP3 rather than with unimpeded hearing, which might save her and her comrades lives. At the source of the Army of Darkness this time there was Dominic Purcell, not a bad actor but far too limited in both charisma and depth for a character of Dracula's stature. The monologue at the start refers to old Hammer Dracula movies and having Christopher Lee in his prime opposite Blade would have injected a much needed adrenaline rush. Aside from a one-line moment on the roof-tops with Snipes, Purcell's Vampiric WMD seems like a male stripper for most of it. "Drake's" dialogue seems bland as well,given that his 'retirement' to the Syrian Desert is supposed to underline his superiority to modern human culture. Kris Kristofferson also checks out for the second time and, after the power of his previous 'death' in part one, this time it seems like a very hurried and half-hearted exit. Visually it has it's moments, and capable actors like Parker Posey struggle on gamely but I find myself hoping that if there is a Blade 4, Blade himself is allowed to take center stage again rather than being relegated to almost a supporting role. The director of Blade 3, rather like George Lucas in recent years, has a strong visual sense but no substantial grasp of actors, dialogue or how to build real emotional depth.

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Not quite great...
I could see where the script was probably a lot better than the application. Great ideas (the return of Dracula, the addition of two-more vampire hunters - the very attractive Jessica Biel and the very funny Ryan Reynolds, and the end of Blade's world as he knows it) met average directing and poor performances by the main evil character (Dominic Purcell). <
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>If the Dracula character had been played by an actor with some depth we could have seen a more poignant and intense movie (Dracula, a creature of ancient customs feeling out of time in the modern world). <
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>Instead we get a movie that has pretty good action scenes with its most redeeming concept being a spin-off of the two characters played by Biel and Reynolds. I hope that happens!

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Poor addition to the Blade series
The first blade was amazing. Great story, insane action, good score to tag along. The second was nice as well. But this movie was almost like a made for tv movie spinoff about a joke bunch of missfits guest staring blade. Not to mention its a big commerical. Spend your money on something more deserving