The setup is a continuation of the previous films.
Vampires are making a war to contaminate humanity, and the most powerful
fighter against them is the half-human, half-vampire Blade, reprised by Wesley
Snipes. He has been raised from childhood by Whistler, reprised by Kris
Kristofferson, who recognized his unique ability to balance between the two,
and is a dangerous warrior, but, despite some colleagues, seriously
outnumbered.
Ebert said, “As “Trinity” opens, the Vampire Nation
and its leader Danica (played by Parker Posey — yes, Parker Posey) convince the
FBI that Blade is responsible for, if I heard correctly, 1,182 murders.” “They’re
waging a gosh darned publicity campaign,” Whistler protests in that Kris
Kristoferson seen everything voice.
Agent surround Blade’s headquarters, which is your
simple action movie area combining the setting of a warehouse with lots of
catwalks and high places to fall from and stuff that blows up good. Whistler goes
down fighting (however a shotgun seems dated, given the sci-fi weapons somewhere
else in the movie), and Blade is enlisted by the Night Stalkers, who reach him
through Whistler’s daughter, Abigail, voiced by Jessica Biel. Ebert said, “It
would have been too much. I suppose, to hope for Whistler’s mother.”
The Night Stalkers have information that the Vampire
Nation is finding the original Dracula, because to spread the virus “they need
better DNA; they need Dracula’s blood.” Dracula’s superior DNA means he can
work by day, unlike his descendants, who must work by night. Ebert said “The
notion that DNA degrades or is somehow diluted over the centuries flies in the
face of what we know about the double helix, but who needs science when you
know what’s right? “They found Dracula in Iraq about six months ago,” we learn,
and if that’s not a straight line I’m not Jon Stewart.”
Dracula is some type of guy. Ebert said, “Played by
Dominic Purcell, he isn’t your usual vampire in evening dress with
overdeveloped canines, but a creature whose DNA seems to have been infected
with the virus of Hollywood monster effects. His mouth and lower face unfold
into a series of ever more horrifying fangs and suchlike, until he looks like a
mug shot of the original “Alien.”” He doesn’t suck blood, he vacuums it.
Ebert said, “Parker Posey is an actress I have always
had affection for, and now it is mixed with increased admiration, for the way
she soldiers through an impossible role, sneering like the good sport she is.
Jessica Biel becomes the first heroine of a vampire movie to listen to her iPod
during slayings. That’s an excuse to get the soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi and
RZA into the movie, I guess, although I hope she downloaded it from the iTunes
Store and isn’t a pirate on top of being a vampire.”
Vampires in this movie look about as easy to kill as the
creatures in “Dawn of the Dead.” Ebert noted, “They have a way of suddenly
fizzing up into electric sparks and then collapsing in a pile of ash. One of
the weapons used against them by the Night Stalkers is a light-saber device
that is, and I’m sure I have this right, “half as hot as the sun.” Switch on
one of those babies and you’d zap not only the vampires but British Columbia
and large parts of Alberta and Washington state.”
Ebert continued, “Jessica Biel is the resident babe,
wearing fetishistic costumes to match Blade’s and teaming up with Hannibal King
(Ryan Reynolds), no relation to Hannibal Lecter, a former vampire who has come
over to the good side.” The vampire killers and their fellow Night Stalkers go
in an increasingly cloudy series of fights with the vampires, making you ask
this simple question: Why, since the whole world is theirs to take, do the vampires
have to appear and fight the Night Stalkers in the first place? Why not just
figure out that since the Stalkers are in Vancouver, the vampires should
concentrate somewhere there, like Montreal?
“Blade: Trinity,” released in 2004, was a huge
disappointment. There have been so many horror stories that were told about his
behavior on set. Allegedly, he was very difficult to work with, wouldn’t speak
to his co-stars a lot, and used a racist word against Reynolds. Patton Oswalt
said he tried to strangle David S. Goyer, which Snipes as denied. However,
Goyer made public about his difficulties with the production, telling The Hollywood
Reporter that he doesn’t believe anyone involved with this film is happy with
it. Oswalt also said that Snipes smoked weed in his trailer, refused to break
character, and the filmmakers intentionally gave Reynolds “the worst jokes and
puns” so they could “cut to Snipes’ face not doing anything because that’s all
we could get from him.” Reports say Snipes was unhappy with the choice of
director, refused to leave his trailer and communicated with the cast and crew
using post-it notes. This put him in the negative light and damaged his career.
Not long after this film, he faced legal issues and was in jail, and his
leading-man status quickly disappeared. You even might have heard of Snipes
allegedly refusing to keep his eyes open.
Other than that, they tried to make this film into a
comedy, which is not what Blade is supposed to be. This, of course, was before
Ryan Reynolds was liked today in cinema, because back then, his comedy didn’t
really attract people. Nothing about it was funny in any way, but just came off
as painful. I would recommend everyone to pass this up, especially if they liked
the first two films. You don’t want to be disappointed by the end of the
trilogy. Even with WWE Wrestler Paul Levesque aka Triple H couldn't save this movie. However, you could see that Snipes and Reynolds have reconciled,
seeing how Snipes made a cameo as Blade in “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
Thank you for joining in on this year’s “Black History Movie Month.” I hope everyone enjoyed. See you next month with more excitement.
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