Blade: Trinity (2004)

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers (WGA):

Marv Wolfman (character) &
Gene Colan (character) ...

Release Date:

8 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

The final hunt begins.

Plot:

Blade, now a wanted man by the FBI, must join forces with the Nightstalkers to face his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Vampire vs Vampire | Bad Sequel | Esperanto | Part Of Trilogy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Blade
Kris Kristofferson	...	Abraham Whistler
Dominic Purcell	...	Drake
Jessica Biel	...	Abigail Whistler
Ryan Reynolds	...	Hannibal King
Parker Posey	...	Danica Talos
Mark Berry	...	Chief Martin Vreede
John Michael Higgins	...	Dr. Edgar Vance
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Asher Talos
Paul Levesque	...	Jarko Grimwood (as Triple H)
Paul Anthony	...	Wolfe
Françoise Yip	...	Virago
Michael Rawlins	...	Wilson Hale (as Michael Anthony Rawlins)
James Remar	...	Ray Cumberland
Natasha Lyonne	...	Sommerfield

Also Known As:

Blade III (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content.

Runtime:

113 min | Germany:105 min (cut version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (original rating) | Taiwan:R-12 | Ireland:18 | Canada:14A (Ontario) (unrated DVD version) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Malaysia:18SG | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #40999)

Filming Locations:

Intersection of Granville and West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The vampire "final Solution" in this film originally came from an idea in Blade (1998), the first film in the trilogy. In a deleted scene Deacon Frost shows Karen Jensen a prototype of harvesting human bodies. This can be found on the "Blade" DVD.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Blade shoots the chief in his back as his is running away from the blood harvest facility, he falls directly in front of the building. When Blade and Abby are leaving the facility, they run past the area where the chief's body should be, but it is no longer there.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hannibal King: In the movies, Dracula wears a cape, and some old English guy always manages to save the day at the last minute with crosses and holy water. But everybody knows the movies are full of shit. The truth is, it started with Blade, and it ended with him. The rest of us were just along for the ride.

Movie Connections:

Features Incubus (1965)

Soundtrack:

Hard Wax

Disappointing

Wow, I have to admit to being really quite disappointed with this instalment of the Blade series. Two days after watching the film I can barely remember much of it at all. The first two were exciting, with punchy dialogue, impressive villains and most importantly, a hero, the man himself, Blade.

With Trinity we have no idea who this particular group of vampires are, their social standing, history, source of their power are all a mystery. They were just plonked in the film to raise the ultimate bad guy from his crypt and provide someone for Blade's latest sidekicks to pulverise-badly.

And then we have the ultimate bad guy, Drake, who isn't remotely imposing, let alone terrifying. Big boots to fill and I really don't think this guy is up to it. I was looking forward to someone imposing, sadistic, gleefully evil in fact. I didn't get it. What this guy reminded me of was Ram-Man from He-Man, but less frightening to his enemies.

The only reason I gave this film 4 and not 1 is for Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds), who steals the show from Blade the second he comes on screen. While Blade potters through the film not saying or doing much that I can remember, apparently this is whats called "brooding", King manages to keep all eyes on him.

King gets all the best camera shots AND lines. As far as I'm concerned this was his film and should have been a Blade spin-off and not another episode. Ryan Reynolds is far and away the star here.