“There are worse things out tonight than vampires.”
If you were born prior to the invention of the MCU, you know that Marvel films were few, far between, and pretty bad. A couple of made-for-TV Incredible Hulk films, a straight-to-video Captain America flick, and Howard The Duck were the “highlights” of Marvel’s early film attempts. I don’t even want to think about the Dolph Lundgren flick, The Punisher, which debuted on VHS rental shelves. Yep, the classic era of Marvel films was terrible….with one exception. In 1998, Marvel, David Goyer, Stephen Norrington, and New Line Cinema released one of the best Marvel Comic films ever, Blade, and it featured a fairly unknown B or C-list hero of the same name portrayed by Wesley Snipes.
With the assistance of his friend and father figure, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), Blade hunts down vampires on a mission to eliminate all of them and, hopefully, kill the one that murdered his mother and turned him into the “Daywalker,” a man with all of a vampire’s strengths and none of their weaknesses. In the film, Blade squares off against Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), who plans to awaken La Magra, the Blood God, and use his power to take over the world. Along for the ride are Frost’s allies such as Mercury (Arly Jover), Quinn (Donal Logue), and a whole host of over vampire villains and a great techno soundtrack.
Snipes was born to play Blade. Every movement, look, and word that he speaks is the embodiment of the hero pose. Dorff is brilliant as Deacon Frost. He’s hated by the pure blood vampires and despised by Blade. He’s the perfect foil to the Daywalker. With the quality of the acting blended into the music and action to perfection, Blade is the perfect horror comic film for an evening at home.
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