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Directed by Stephen Norrington (Death Machine, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Upcoming-Tick Tock) is a Well-Made, Gore-Laden Vampire Flick is Trashy, Stylish, Flashy and Outrageously Violent Action Film. Written by David S. Goyer (The Crow:City of Angels, Dark City, Blade 2) brings a Stright-Out Entertaining Adeventure, adapted from the Marvel Comic Book. Goyer Scpirt does have a Plot Holes in the Story but Thanks to Strong Performances by the Cast, makes this Comic Book Adapation a Winner. Snipes, Stephen Dorff as the Lead Villian, Kris Kristifferson as Blade`s Mentor and N`Bushe Wright as a Doctor, who`s Helps Blade. Donal Logue (TV`s:Grounded for Life) as a Annoying Panicking Vampire. DVD`s has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an Strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an Commentary Track, which is Informative (Although Slow) by the Filmmakers and Cast Members. DVD has a Deleted Scene (That Clears, One of the Plot Holes) and the Original Ending, which it does make More Sense than the Theatrical Release Version. DVD is loaded with Extras as Many Making of Featurettes, Tralier and More. Snipes is Ultra-Cool as the Title Role. The Film may move at a Slow and Long at Times but It`s moves at a Brisk Clip. Watch for Ex-Porn Star:Traci Lords in a Brief Role in the Opening Scene. Followed by Two Sequels. Clairmont-Scope. Grade:A-.

great flick
When watching Blade the first thing you have to keep in mind is that it is primarily an action movie. It's not in the horror genre, and really isn't trying too hard to be a 'vampire movie.' It's an action movie where the bad guys happen to be vampires. That said, it is a great movie. Sure Wesley Snipes has acted better, but this is an action movie, not a drama. There are some great fight scenes (and I think Snipes was in on the fight choreography). Stephen Dorff is just plain evil in this movie (good job--really believable). It has a crips look to it and the techno soundtrack moves it all along. It's really a good movie.

The dvd is loaded with extras. There's a commentary track with Wesley Snipes, David Goyer (writer), Theo Van De Sande (dir of photography), Peter Frankfurt (producer), Kirk Petruccelli (production designer) and Stephen Dorff. And these guys give a great commentary. It's one of the better I've heard. There is also an isolated scroe with commentary by composer Mark Isham. It's almost worthless. Half the time he's talking over the music, or we're missing out on source music (music Isham didn't score and came from radios and such). It's choppy and disjointed. It would have been better to have a 15-20 minute interview with Isham and then an isolated score, with no commentary, and including all source music. As it is, it's tough to hear how important the music is to the film. This isolated score track actually makes it seem like Isham's score was unimportant. Also on the dvd are biography/filmography of cast and crew, theatrical trailer, sketches and prodcution designs. There's also the "House of Erebus" which gives the 'history' of each of the twelve tribes in the vampire ruling council. It's interesting, though not essential to the film--just a nice extra. There are four featurettes. 1) La Magra - which has the original ending and discusses the stories evolution. 2) Designing Blade 3) The Origins of Blade - which discusses comics and especially dark comics (including an interview with Stan Lee) 4) The Blood Tide - which is a look at vampire mythology and in literature. That one is a really good featurette, especially if you are interested in vampire mythology.

You can't go wrong here. It's a great vampire movie. It's a great action movie. And it's a great dvd.

Marvel was still in bankruptcy proceedings..
In 1998, when Amen Ra (Wesley's production company) and New Line agreed to do this first Marvel Movie, they had limited budget, resources, and time to do it. So the whole thing was shot in Europe and from start to finish, it'a a very cheap looking movie. Lots of fake CGi effects, guns going off everywhere, and somewhere there is supposed to be a plot here (but there isn't). I don't think it even had a script. They only made two sequals to this movie because each film cost only $1.98 to produce. Marvel and New Line do not mix.