Blade
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The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics in 1998 were genuinely split: the film's opening hour won admirers for its kinetic style and atmospheric world-building, but many felt it ran out of steam and never found a way to hold its horror, superhero, and action elements together. Audiences connected far more strongly than reviewers did, and the film's reputation has only grown since its mixed critical reception.
“Blade ... is a movie that relishes high visual style. It uses the extreme camera angles, the bizarre costumes and sets, the exaggerated shadows, and the confident cutting between long shots and extreme closeups. It slams ahead in pure visceral imagery”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Blade has the capacity to dazzle, but it also will leave many viewers dissatisfied”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“Though slick and diverting in some aspects, increasingly silly pic has trouble meshing disparate elements -- horror, superhero fantasy, straight-up action -- into a workable whole”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Stephen NorringtonDirector
Wesley SnipesBlade
Stephen DorffDeacon Frost
Kris KristoffersonWhistler
N'Bushe WrightKaren
Donal LogueQuinn
Udo KierDragonetti
Arly JoverMercury
Traci LordsRacquel
Kevin Patrick WallsKrieger
Tim GuineeCurtis Webb
Sanaa LathanVanessa
Eric EdwardsPearl
Mark IshamComposer
David S. GoyerWriter
Theo van de SandeCinematographyFrom the studio
Blade
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
What critics thought
DivisiveCritics in 1998 were genuinely split: the film's opening hour won admirers for its kinetic style and atmospheric world-building, but many felt it ran out of steam and never found a way to hold its horror, superhero, and action elements together. Audiences connected far more strongly than reviewers did, and the film's reputation has only grown since its mixed critical reception.
“Blade ... is a movie that relishes high visual style. It uses the extreme camera angles, the bizarre costumes and sets, the exaggerated shadows, and the confident cutting between long shots and extreme closeups. It slams ahead in pure visceral imagery”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Blade has the capacity to dazzle, but it also will leave many viewers dissatisfied”
James Berardinelli·Reelviews
“Though slick and diverting in some aspects, increasingly silly pic has trouble meshing disparate elements -- horror, superhero fantasy, straight-up action -- into a workable whole”
Dennis Harvey·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Horror, Action
Cast & Crew
Stephen NorringtonDirectorWesley SnipesBladeStephen DorffDeacon FrostKris KristoffersonWhistlerN'Bushe WrightKarenDonal LogueQuinnUdo KierDragonettiArly JoverMercuryTraci LordsRacquelKevin Patrick WallsKriegerTim GuineeCurtis WebbSanaa LathanVanessaEric EdwardsPearlMark IshamComposerDavid S. GoyerWriterTheo van de SandeCinematographyFrom the studio
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