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 Director
:Stephen Norrington
Starring
: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe
Wright, Donal Logue
Picture
2.35:1, DD 5.1, Dual-Layer, Keep Case
Running
Time : 115 mins
The
story:
The
power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of
a hero.
Blade
(Wesley Snipes) is half-human, half-vampire. A daywalker
as other vampires call him. He possesses all the superhuman
strength of a vampire but none of the weaknesses. When the
vampire overlord Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) declares war
on humans, Blade steps in to confront his old foe once more.
Years ago his mother was bitten by a vampire and Blade will
not rest until he finds the vampire that gave him the taste
for human blood.
The
summary:
As
vampire movies go, this surely rates as one of the best.
From the stylish opening scene with it's trendy techno soundtrack
you know that this film is trying hard to be unique in its
genre. Action-packed to the extreme this will soon get your
adrenaline pumping. You'll find yourself immersed in the
cool martial arts based fight sequences and futuristic Bond-style
gadgets. This whole film is skillfully directed by Stephen
Norrington and takes a fresh comic book approach to the
screenplay. Wesley Snipes gives a memorable performance
as Blade - a true Superhero bad-ass that has the blood sucking
vermin running for their teddies. Kristofferson, though
always in Snipes' shadow, is good as Blades partner and
considering his age, almost as cool. So, plenty to rave
about in this film and a 10 out of 10 score then? Well not
quite. I don't think the 'perfect' vampire movie has yet
been made, though this is an extremely good effort. I'm
in two minds over scoring it an 8 or 9, but after watching
a second time I've plumped for the 8. It's still a marvelous
film second time round, but perhaps the action masks the
depth of the story.
A
great DVD and even more surprising when you compare this
to other region 2 releases. I near-perfect transfer to DVD
and a good selection of extras including a 51 minutes 'behind
the scenes' documentary. But (there's always a but!), the
region 1 release contains all there extras and more, including
a documentary on the origins of vampires and DVD-ROM extras.
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