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Blade
A 1998 action film based on Marvel Comics vampire-slaying anti-hero.
The first film of the Blade series. Blade is a 1998 vampire action film starring Wesley Snipes and Stephen Dorff, loosely based on the Marvel Comics character Blade. The film was directed by Stephen … see full wiki
Director:
Stephen Norrington
Genre:
Action,
Drama,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Thriller
Release Date:
August 21, 1998
MPAA Rating:
R
6 reviews about Blade
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Other than Tim Burton's original Batman and Alex Proyas' The Crow, Blade was one of the first really dark, really serious attempts at taking a comic book character and putting him on screen in an adaptation intended for adults. Directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer, who has subsequently been involved in all three Blade films and numerous other comic book adaptations, the film is highly stylized and quite engaging despite some flaws in the internal logic and some sloppy … more
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Quick Tip by TheJohn.
August 30, 2010
Awesome butt kicking Vampire action movie back when Vampires were kinda cool.
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as far as action movies go this one does not fail to deliver...as far as vampire movies go...its really not that great.
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Before (almost as long as I can remember) DC comics had the monopoly on comic-inspired blockbuster films. Marvel had some movie adaptations but none of them took its source material quite seriously. Examples were Roger Corman's unreleased "Fantastic Four", "The Punisher", "Captain America" among other abysmal adaptations--Well, all these were before "BLADE". The film is directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David Goyer and based on the character … more
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review by Captain_Couth.
May 17, 2009
Blade is the first film of the Blade franchise. Loosley based upon a character that appeared in Tomb of Dracula. Blade (Wesley Snipes) is the son of a vampire. Half human and half vampire, he's what you would call a day walker. But he needs to feed on blood in order to survive. The movie follows Blade as he prepares to wage war on the vampires. Within the vampire organized society, there's a struggle for power. Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) wants to become the new leader. Dragonetti (Udo Kier) doesn't … more
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Quick Tip by Count_Orlok_22.
September 24, 2009
Blade really kicked off Marvel's film adaptations. Blade tells the story of a half-human half-vampire warrior who must fight the vampires!!!
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