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Blade: Trinity is a major letdown...it could of been better
I am a fan of the first Blade movie which was a frickin' awesome movie but I wasnt with the second one. The second one is on the same level as this. In the last movie Guillermo Del Toro directed it and in this writer turned director Davis S. Goyer takes a nab at the third installment and fails. The only good thing in number 3 is that Wesley Snipes (The Art Of War, Liberty Stands Still) isnt a special effect that much like in the 2nd one. In some of the scenes you know Snipes is a special effect but they hide it perfectly. This movie has Blade still hunting down those bloodsuckers with the same old Whistler, Kris Kristofferson (Chelsea Walls, Payback). Badguys, Parker Posey (Scream 3, Party Girl), Triple H (in his first movie) to name a couple of them,find in Iraq an ancient evil, actually its supposed to be Dracula or Drake or whatever you wanna call it...the first evil, played by Dominic Purcell (Tv's John Doe, Equilibrium). Blade is arrested by police chief James Remar (Drugstore Cowboy, Warriors). Then 2 young ruffians, Hannibal King, played by Ryan Reynolds (Amityville Horror, Alarmist) and Abigail Whistler played by Jessica Biel (Summer Catch, Tv's 7th Heaven) rescue him and bring him back to the rest of their crew which includes a blind woman, Natasha Lyonne (American Pie Trilogy) and a whiz at technology, comedian Patton Oswalt (Aqua Teen Hunger Force). Things go AWOL after that. A major letdown. Lighter in texture and direction then the 2nd one but this one has some of the same feel to it from the action scenes. The end battle scene with Blade and Drake is nothing compared to the other 2 end battle scenes from the 1st and 2nd. Reynolds buffed up some from his Van Wilder to a Vampire Slaying Van Wilder as he adds some funny bits but its hard to see him be all tough and buff. Biel is sexy as Abigail but she has nothing on her except for sexy curves. Wrestler Triple H can't act. Kris Kristofferson's Whistler is killed off in a unsatisfying way. Purcell doesnt make a convincing Dracoola and he doesnt even come close to being a cool bad guy as Stephen Dorff's Frost in number 1 and Luke Goss' Nomak in number 2....they were way cooler. Also starring John Michael Higgins (After The Sunset, Best In Show) as that evil shrink and a amusing cameo by comedian Eric Bogosian (Talk Radio, Wonderland) as a Talk Show Host.I'm sorta praying for a 4th one..bring back director Stephen Norrington (Directed Blade 1) but I dont wanna see a fourth one. This makes a trademark role for Wesley Snipes. People will be seeing him walking down the street and they'd come up to him and say.."Yo Blade, It's opening season on all bloodsuckers!"
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