Blade: Trinity (2004)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers (WGA):

David S. Goyer (written by)
Marv Wolfman (character) ...

Release Date:

8 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Where it began so it shall end.

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:

Vampire | Blade | Dracula | Blood | Vampire Hunter

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Blade
Kris Kristofferson	...	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) | USA:122 min (unrated DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:18SG | Canada:14A (Ontario) (unrated DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (Canadian Home Video rating) (unrated DVD version) | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Finland:K-15 (self applied) (TV rating) (2008) | 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 (No. 40999)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The PDA used at the beginning of the movie is a PalmOne Tungsten T3.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Blade is imprisoned, the psychiatrist questions and mocks him. When the camera is besides the psychiatrist and facing Blade, you see that Blade keeps his head turned to the right, so he has to look through his left eye corners to see the psychiatrist. But when the camera is located behind Blade, facing the psychiatrist, you can see that Blade is looking straight at him. This changing of the angle happens several times during the conversation.

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:

References Goldfinger (1964)

Soundtrack:

Bombs Away (Danny Saber Remix)

Third time's the charm... just not for Blade

First off, here's rumor control with the facts(don't worry, no plot spoilers): Yes, Blade does say coochie-coo to an infant. Yes, Ryan Reynolds basically plays a martial arts version of his character from Van Wilder. Yes, David S. Goyer overuses the 'fast-forwarding days' thing from the first film to the extreme. Yes, Drake/Dracula does resemble a Latino dancer from a music video. Yes, Blade's two partners are basically useless. Yes, there is some pretty ridiculous product placement, but that only bothers you if you let it. Yes, the vampires die in the same hideous display of flying sparks as in the second(OK, maybe I'm the only one who really thinks it's that bad, but come on... they're vampires... where do the sparks come from? The first, they vanished into ashes... that makes sense, sparks don't). Now, with all that said, the film really isn't as bad as many make it out to be... on the good side, some of the action is quite nice, and the pacing is hardly ever off. I wasn't really bored for a second during the film, and I credit this to the fact that I saw it with the right mindset... I didn't come in expecting a great movie that would redefine cinema... I came in expecting the third film in a franchise based on comic books, from an unexperienced director, after a first good film, and a second one that basically sucked. Hence, I enjoyed it for what it was: entertainment. Cheap, quick, leave-your-brain-at-the-door cost-you-the-price-of-admission two-hour entertainment. I saw this at the cinema, at the premiere in my town. The room was packed. There couldn't have been more than 10 empty seats, in a theater of about 300 seats. Granted, not everyone liked it equally much, and many didn't really react the way the film obviously wanted us to... but I didn't get the impression that anyone truly felt that their time in the theater was wasted. The plot is somewhat original(part of it, at least... the whole 'vampires planning to do something-or-other in order to take over the world' we've seen twice before). The pacing is good. There's pretty much constantly something going on. The characters aren't particularly well-written, but they (just barely) pass. The acting is mixed, but some performances stand out as truly awful: Dominic Purcell and Parker Posey. Now, I haven't Purcell in any other films, but I have seen Posey before, and she can act. The director is to blame for her performance. I mean, even Snipes seems off in some scenes, and he's done the character twice before. Jessica Biel at times comes off as a pretty little girl playing cops and robbers with the big boys, something that I also believe to be the fault of the director. The action is impressive, but at times(especially in the case of... uh... everyone but Wesley Snipes and possibly Triple H, or whatever that guy is called), the martial arts look very obviously choreographed. The special effects are great. The natural form of Dracula looks bad-ass, unlike another recent superhero flick(take that, Van Helsing; also, the final fight of this film to majorly kicks the ass of the cartoon battle that aforementioned flick ended with). The humor is juvenile, especially with all the excessive swearing. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't particularly mind swearing. Obscenities don't really bother me. But when someone says 'd*ck' over and over again... the word loses all meaning(and it didn't exactly start out with meaning to spare). Not a great film, but an enjoyable one. You want my advice? Turn on the film, and turn off your brain. For two hours, just enjoy what you see and don't think too much about it. If I have to compare this film to another one, I would pick Resident Evil: Apocalypse. You can take that any way you wish. One final note: I agree with anyone who says that the Abigail character listening to music while hunting is ludicrous. I recommend this film to big fans of the first two films(the first in particular) and fans of generic action films in general. Not as enjoyable as the first, but a bit better than the mess that was the second. Good for a single watch, but not much more. 7/10