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Blade
1998
Based on the comic book of the same name, BLADE (Snipes) is a half-mortal, half-immortal bent on avenging his mother's death and destined to rid the earth of a race of vampires. Meanwhile, the modern-day technologically advanced vamps he's targeted are in pursuit of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays .. Read more
| Starring | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright |
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| Director | Stephen Norrington |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Horror |
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Blade
Based on the comic book of the same name, BLADE (Snipes) is a half-mortal, half-immortal bent on avenging his mother's death and destined to rid the earth of a race of vampires. Meanwhile, the modern-day technologically advanced vamps he's targeted are in pursuit of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race. A dark action thriller from the director of DEATH MACHINE and the writer of THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS and DARK CITY with plenty of blood and guts.
| Starring | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Traci Lords |
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| Director | Stephen Norrington |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 55 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 Jul 1999 Production year: 1998 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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Wesley Snipes plays the half-mortal, half-vampire who hunts down creatures of the night in this flashy and very violent action adventure based on the popular Marvel Comics character. Aided by gruff-and-tough Kris Kristofferson, he sets out to thwart the evil schemes of fellow vampire Stephen Dorff, whose plans include running a nightclub that will supply humans for his fiendish pals to feed on. This is daft stuff indeed, but Snipes looks great in leather, it's snappily paced and the performances are perfectly tongue in cheek.
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"...The battle scenes are pure comic-book derring-do replete with acrobatics borrowed from Hong Kong action thrillers and continual morphing..."
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14 out of 17 people found this review helpful
Suprisingly Superb
This film simply kicks ass in a way most other action films don't. Blade is super-cool as is his arch-enemy played by Stephen Dorff. There's a level of harsh violence you rarely see in today's money-maximising rating lowering movies (see Terminator 3), and the effects are of a really high quality throughout; there's a great attention to detail and you can see they really did put a lot of effort into this movie. With loads of style and action this has to be one of the premier horror thrillers of all time
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Amazing
Don't usually like sci-fi adventure stuff but this was different & excellent from the start the film begins with a rave at the back of a walk in freezer and the rave fills with blood from the water nozzles above and then Blade appears.
Good casting with Kris Kristofferson & Wesley Snipes as Blade.
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Lee still keen to make James Brown biopic with Snipes
- 28 Jan 2009
Spike Lee insists his James Brown biopic will get made - even though his star, Wesley Snipes, is facing a three-year prison spell. Snipes, who was convicted of federal income tax evasion last year (08), is free pending an appeal - and he remains director Lee's first choice to play the late soul man. Lee tells MTV News, "Were doing it together. Its going to happen. And the moviemaker insists he'll be using Brown's vocals in the film, rather than ask the Blade star to mimic the singer. Lee adds, Read more
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