Storyline Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters whom call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire whom never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer.
Writers: David S. Goyer, Marv Wolfman
Cast: Wesley Snipes
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Blade
Kris Kristofferson
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Whistler
Dominic Purcell
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Drake
Jessica Biel
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Abigail Whistler
Ryan Reynolds
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Hannibal King
Parker Posey
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Danica Talos
Mark Berry
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Chief Martin Vreede
John Michael Higgins
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Dr. Edgar Vance
Callum Keith Rennie
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Asher Talos
Paul Levesque
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Jarko Grimwood
(as Triple H)
Paul Anthony
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Wolfe
Françoise Yip
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Virago
Michael Rawlins
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Wilson Hale
(as Michael Anthony Rawlins)
James Remar
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Ray Cumberland
Natasha Lyonne
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Sommerfield
Filming Locations: Intersection of Granville and West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Box Office Details
Budget: $65,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $16,061,271
(USA)
(12 December 2004)
(2912 Screens)
Gross: $52,397,389
(USA)
(20 February 2005)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Germany:
(cut version)
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USA:
(unrated DVD version)
Did You Know?
Trivia:
Cameo:
[Gabriel Beristain]
The film's director of photography appears as the one-eyed newspaper vendor speaking to Whistler.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Blade jumps out of the window after collecting his sword from the police station a large amount of glass hits the floor where he lands. When we cut back to Blade kneeling where he landed, the smashed glass has disappeared.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Hannibal King:
In the movies, Dracula wears a cape, and some old English guy always manages to save the day at the last minute with crosses and holy water. But everybody knows the movies are full of shit. The truth is, it started with Blade, and it ended with him. The rest of us were just along for the ride.
User Review
What happened to Blade?
Rating: 3/10
Why is Wesley Snipes sharing screen time with Ryan Reynolds and Jessica
Biel? Who cares about Hannibal King? I paid to see Blade kick butt,
just like in Blade 1 and 2. I didn't pay to see Ryan Reynolds joke for
half the film. I didn't pay to see Jessica Biel (hottest body in
Hollywood) fake fight. Who cares about Whistler's daughter?
Blade the Vampire Hunter was a good film. Strong villain. Strong hero.
Good story. Blade 2 was even better. A rare sequel that bests the
original. Two strong villains for Blade to fight against. Good
supporting cast. Good story and a director who gets it.
Blade Trinity is a joke: literally. The villain, warning spoilers
ahead, is Dracula, if you don't know by now. Dracula: the original
vampire--the baddest of them all. What a way to end the series, then to
have Blade fight the first and the greatest of his kind, but Dracula
does basically nothing throughout the film. He doesn't pose any real
threat to Blade, or anyone else. He is just there, and Blade has to
kill him, because that is what he does. The other vampires in the film
seem to have no other purpose either than beating up Ryan Reynolds'
Hannibal King, while the latter cracks one liners. I didn't pay to see
a comedy. Jessica Biel is hot, but I didn't pay to see a Jessica Biel
movie. I paid to see Wesley Snipes as Blade, and yet it is like he is
cast aside for younger models. Wesley Snipes is the star. He has
charisma, on screen and off. Jessica Biel does not, and I don't care
about Ryan Reynolds.
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