I got lucky this year and won tickets to the advanced screening of "Blade: Trinity". This movie has been long anticipated by "Blade" fans, and Wesley Snipes delivers in this final showdown between good and evil. As they always say, REALLY good movies come in threes, and this movie has it. I can't give away too much, or I'll ruin your experience!
Packed with an explosive beginning, this newest adventure has the ever-taciturn Blade pursuing none other than a resurrected Dracula (Dominic Purcell), now known as Drake. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Blade is being hunted by the FBI after being tricked by a gang of vampires into accidentally killing a human. Misled into believing that there is no such thing as vampires by the vampire rulers, Blade is quickly labeled as a serial killer, and is blamed for more deaths. He becomes their public enemy number 1, and is a top priority to apprehend. They subsequently find his hide-out, and kill Whistler in the effort to catch Blade. With no choice left, he teams up with the Nightstalkers, a gang of human vampire hunters. The group is led by Whistler's daughter, Abigail (Jessica Biel), and a former vampire named Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds). Also part of the team is Sommerfield (Natasha Lyonne), a blind scientist working on a more permanent solution to the vampire problem. Their nemeses include a particularly strong-willed female vampire (Parker Posey) and her cohorts (Callum Keith and pro wrestler Triple H).
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Of course, Blade does get caught by the FBI, but a massive "rescue" is arranged by the hunters. It all leads up to the final showdown and in the end Blade and Drake finally put an end to vampires once and for all.
Jessica Biel does wonderful as Abigail, and Ryan Reynolds provides some comedy relief. The end is not what you think. It's a shocker!
Of course, we cannot forget............................
Blade can't go anywhere without his sword!
I give it 2 WAY up!
Last edited by JADE_THE_CSI on Dec 7th, 2004 at 06:59 PM
looks to me like the people who make the movie have remembered they'd say they'd make a trilogy, got some additional characters, added in some exsplosions, some matrix style special fx and made another braindead movie. really blade one = good blade 2 = crap blade 3 = you see the trend
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pretty much right on i went to a screener for it last week and it was pretty bad like i thought..
yes it has some cool action scense and stuff but it is a weak movie.. i didnt feel like typing a review but comingsoon just put out a perfect expination of why it is no good..
Blade: Trinity
Reviewed by: Joshua Starnes
Rating: 4 out of 10
Movie Details: View here
Cast:
Wesley Snipes as Blade
Jessica Biel as Abigail Whistler
Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King
Parker Posey as Danica Talos
Dominic Purcell as Dracula/Drake
Triple H as Jarko Grimwood
Natasha Lyonne as Sommerfield
Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler
Critique:
Blade (Wesley Snipes) is framed for murder by the Vampires (Parker Posey and Triple H) who have unearthed Dracula (Dominic Purcell) in a plan to take over the world. Blade must escape from the FBI and join up with the Nightstalkers, Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) and Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel), in order to finally defeat the Vampires forever.
The best thing about this film is Ryan Reynolds. He's funny and charismatic; Hannibal King has an interesting story that Reynolds takes full advantage of. Every scene with him is interesting and fun to watch. His interrogation by the Vampires is one of the highlights of the film.
And that is about it. A movie starring Hannibal King and the Nightstalkers would have been far more interesting than Blade: Trinity is. That's one of the major flaws of the film. Between setting up the villains and the Nightstalkers, there is very little Blade in it. Snipes knows this character very well by now, and does solid work, but he has so little do, it's almost like he's not in the movie at all.
What character development there is, is given to Jessica Biel. Unfortunately, most of it is so bland that it's hard to ever care for her or her story. Worse, she gets saddled with one of the most ridiculously banal character traits ever - before going into battle she loads up her iPod with music that she likes to listen to while she fights.
The dialogue is often witty and funny, and the action scenes are well-staged and fun to watch - particularly the opening car chase and Blade's escape from the FBI. Unfortunately, both are often pointless as well. Many scenes seem to be placed together completely arbitrarily and never seem to amount to anything.
The blame for this mess rests squarely on the shoulders of writer/director David S. Goyer. As a writer he has crafted an exceptionally improbable story with many scenes that don't amount to anything and almost no character development, and as a director he has left his actors twisting in the wind, unable to salvage anything from the few moments they do get.
The villains in general are the least fleshed out of all. It's difficult to tell who the real villain is or what they want. As a result, the final battle is anti-climatic. Parker Posey is particularly bad. Perhaps it is due to the large prosthetic teeth she has to wear, but much of her dialogue comes out both unintentionally funny and painful. Dominic Purcell's Drake is a little better, but only a little. It's never clear what it is he wants and his exceptionally purple dialogue is bland and annoying. He exists only as a plot mechanism (both sides need his blood in order to completely wipe out the other), and so that Blade will have someone to fight with at the end.
Writing has always been the worst part of the Blade films, but in the hands of other, more experienced directors, the weak points in Goyer's writing were downplayed. With no one to do that this time, the major weaknesses of his writing (most notably his habit of explaining how things work, but not why anyone does them) are glaringly obvious.
Summary:
Fans of mindless action and good one-liners will enjoy Blade: Trinity; but anyone who was a fan of the first two films and expected more development of Blade or a grand finale to his story will be disappointed.
For the past half decade, Blade has been the unofficial housekeeper of the underworld. While cleaning up the nastiest of the nocturnal, he's lived, died, and even found time to fall in love. Could there quite possibly be as well rounded and tested as he? Yep. His name is Drake, but you can call him Dracula.
Vampiress, Danica Talos (Posey) and company, with the authorities under their finger, look to drive the final nail in the coffin of Blade, and commence their long awaited social domination. As he's cleverly driven to killing a human, posing as a vampire, the opportunistic nightbreed conjure up the ultimate smear campaign. Resurrected from a centuries long slumber, Drake partakes of the Danos harvested blood, and looks to play a vital role in the overthrow of humankind. Teamed with Abigiail Whistler (Biel) and Hannibal King (Reynolds), Blade, though now fighting in the public eye, once again sets out the save the world. This time, with a lot cooler gadgets.
This movie was dreadful. Failing on every single level imaginable, it was like watching a 1,000,000 car pile-up. One crashing after another. The lines read as if the feature were targeted more for high schoolers looking for an action/adventure equivalent of "American Pie", complete with the National Lampoon's product, Ryan Reynolds. Plagued with the F word, various sexually explicit, and rather uncomfortable connotations, was the script. The "humor" while seldom clever, was mostly teen-oriented, phallic in nature, and totally uncharacteristic for the franchise.
While Snipes revived his "hard-as-steel" Blade persona, you could literally watch Parker Posey "act". A contrived performance from what was supposed to be the Queen Bee. Ryan Reynolds brand of "Eurotrip" humor was only eclipsed by his failure to deliver even the slightest hint that he was a force to be reckoned with. Biel, however,virtually went through the motions, of which Reynolds and a one line spewing Triple H should have followed suit.
The films cheese factor was yet another fault in this pretentious follow up. Scenes of Blade literally cooing a baby, fighting a CGI "Dracula" that looked like an animated version of "Darkness" from Legend, and uninspired, recycled, and irrelevant fight scenes, boasted a comedic value worthy of a Zucker directed action film parody.
Totally obscure jokes that fell flat, one dimensional performances, and the abandoning of key plot points, and a lot of unfamiliarity with the previous installments all lent a hand in totally annihilating an already diminishing franchises hopes of wrapping up the franchise with class and respect to it's die hards.
"Blade" was never intended to be a trilogy, and here, it shows. Atleast it makes the underrated (IMO) "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" look like an Oscar contender.
Last edited by Cory Chaos on Dec 9th, 2004 at 12:20 AM
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As true to your words, I think this movie is best to wait until it comes out on DVD. This is why there are good people like you to provide me with a heads up on the movie way before I go to the theater and see it for myself.
I am looking forward to seeing the movie for myself, however with this review I think it is best if I do wait for the DVD then view it, and then make my comment on it then. Of course my son is coming for a visit and most likely he will want to see the movie with me, so there is that possible theater trip coming up.
Thanks for the great review once again.
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Just got back from it and it was just merely alright. It was entertaining thats about it. Kind of like a Charlies Angles type of movie--nothing very spectacular, just some good action and special effects. I'd say goto the matinee. Sorry for such a bland "review"...butI guess thats kind of the way this movie was.
I haven't seen it, but I certainly intend to erase all of this from my memory. The best way to see a movie is with no opinion whatsoever. I'll give a review on Saturday
The Story: Blade (Snipes) is back, but this time he's been tricked into killing a human disguised as a vampire, and is immediately being hunted by the rest of the world, along w/ the vamps. Add to that the fact that the vampires have resurrected Dracula (Purcell), the first ever and most powerful vamprie. Blade has a problem that he can't handle alone, so he teams up with ex-vampire Hannibal King (Reynolds) and Whistler's daughter Abigail (Biel).
What was good: Snipes, as always, was true to his character and remains as badass as ever. The action was extraordinary, as was expected, really. Biel was hot as well as an ass-kicker, and played her role well. Purcell was good too. Kristofferson's Whistler was as fiery as ever. The special effects were just as good as they were in first two, better even. The cinematography was a work of art.
What was bad/pissed me off: The true majesty of Blade, however, was lost to Reynolds's ubiquitous wisecracks, which detracted from the spirit of Blade. Parker Posey's Danica Talos was a bit annoying too. And in one scene, Biel pulled an obvious rip-off of the Matrix, doing that 'bring it on' hand gesture. Grr.
Did it entertain me?: Absolutely. An instant +5 points in its favor.
Final verdict: 8/10. I recommend it
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse Oscar contender material? my god that movie was too terrible to compare to even the worst of movies, now onto Blade: Trinity. I thought the movie was pretty good and entertaining but pointless, with the introduction of the Nightstalkers it felt morw like Nightstalker feat. Blade. I thought Jessica Biel was hot and pretty good, Ryan Reynolds was too funny but after the 3 f**k the were pushing it, the vampires(Posey, Triple H & the other guy) were too idiotic to be a threath to Blade, the plot had no sense, they just brought Dracula into all this just to answer who will win between him and Blade and because hes the most famous vampire, while the actor played him good i dont htink they shouldve brought Dracula, is as if they made up their plan at the last second and to me Dracula didnt seem to be that much of a threat to Blade, killing Whizzler was also pointless and with the ending it makes Blades existence pointless, it was enjoyable but pointless.
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As I walked out of the theater last night after seeing Blade I was suddenly overwhelmed by laughter and a question came to mind, where does these people get their information from? Personally, I really thought Blade was good, and even though there were a few tiny mistakes I still would recommend this movie to anyone who might ask.
I truly enjoyed the Computer Graphics, the way the story was told, and the action was also very good. And regardless of what any one says, I think the movie set out to do what is was suppose to do, and that was to lure Blade Fans to the theater for another Blade adventure.
As all Blade films of the past I will give this a score of 5 for effort and entertainment, I surly wouldn’t pick apart the movie to prove a point either.
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I'll just respectfully disagree, for my review pretty much sums up what was wrong with it. I didn't even have to dig deep for those, either. There were plenty of blatant, lazy failures.
i forgot about the I-pod, while it was cool it tought it was pretty stupid for a vampire hunter to be covering their ears, shouldnt she had more common sense than to do something idiotic like that, she needs all the advantage she could get including all her senses, it reminded me of Iron Eagle.
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Now that you mention that it wouldn’t be a good idea, however listening to some rock while slicing and dicing does make up some good movie humor. But lets be serious, it is only a movie of make believe so with movie magic they can get away with something like that.
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"Blade: Trinity"
I got lucky this year and won tickets to the advanced screening of "Blade: Trinity". This movie has been long anticipated by "Blade" fans, and Wesley Snipes delivers in this final showdown between good and evil. As they always say, REALLY good movies come in threes, and this movie has it. I can't give away too much, or I'll ruin your experience!
Dec 7th, 2004 06:53 PM
