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Blade Trinity (David S. Goyer)
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"The once promising series is now nothing more then bad product placement"
Wesley Snipes returns as vampire hunter Blade in the third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, human vampire hunters. Not all is what it seems, when the legendary vampire Dracula makes an appearance.
First of all, I loved the first two films and was eagerly anticipating this third explosive installment. It had some promising elements to it, such as the writer also being the director, with that you'd figure that Goyer would know what direction to take Blade and how to get there, but what we get on the screen is a mix of jumbled characters and no direction what so ever. Writers who are unexperienced should let the directing go to trained professionals, it seems Goyer just left the camera on and let the actors do their thing.
Ryan Renolds, I believe stole the show, even though some of his jokes missed. I can see another movie spinning off from his character alone, but the rest of the Nightstalkers lack any kind of attachment what-so-ever, even Abagail. Dracula (Purcell) is so out of place, his lines are delivered like a board and nail. Posey makes an appearance as the female vampire lead, do I really have to go there? Blade II had some wrestling moves incorporated into it, so how does Goyer up on that, well introduce a wrestler into this flick, who has no acting talent what so ever, he's basically just a stunt double with a role, HHH should stick to wrestling. This is one of the main mistakes while making this movie, some pretty piss poor casting choices.
The film feels more like a Nightstalkers movie then a Blade movie, Snipes takes a backseat to Renolds and Biel, which is a mistake. You do not take out your lead character to introduce some weak characters with no development.
This third installment takes a different stroll from the first two, when both of the first films open, it opens with a bang/shock, here we get a mediocre opener. With both of the first films, they end with a bang, here we get a soft wrap up, not the best way to end a great trilogy...well after this film, a mediocre trilogy.
It's hard to watch a film where the product placement is so utterly terrible, it takes you out of the experience. Once is good enough, but when they repeatedly beat it into you, you think to yourself STOP IT ALREADY and you can't focus on the story, well, what little story there is.
The fight scenes are terrible, thanks to bad choreography and editing. The final showdown between the legendary Dracula and Blade is a let down because you can't follow the action and if you can, it looks phony. Just one question, if Dracula turned around and stopped the first arrow from hitting him, why couldn't he do the same thing with the second....oh, she won't shoot again right?
It's sad to see a promising series take a turn for the worse, and the blade series follows the matrix as the third installment cannot hold a candle to the first two films, which brings down the whole camp. I would rather see BLADE end on a high note then a low one, but you got to stop while there is some dignity left. You know you're watching a bad film when the bad ass lead hero says 'coochie-coo'
5.5/10
"The once promising series is now nothing more then bad product placement"
Wesley Snipes returns as vampire hunter Blade in the third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, human vampire hunters. Not all is what it seems, when the legendary vampire Dracula makes an appearance.
First of all, I loved the first two films and was eagerly anticipating this third explosive installment. It had some promising elements to it, such as the writer also being the director, with that you'd figure that Goyer would know what direction to take Blade and how to get there, but what we get on the screen is a mix of jumbled characters and no direction what so ever. Writers who are unexperienced should let the directing go to trained professionals, it seems Goyer just left the camera on and let the actors do their thing.
Ryan Renolds, I believe stole the show, even though some of his jokes missed. I can see another movie spinning off from his character alone, but the rest of the Nightstalkers lack any kind of attachment what-so-ever, even Abagail. Dracula (Purcell) is so out of place, his lines are delivered like a board and nail. Posey makes an appearance as the female vampire lead, do I really have to go there? Blade II had some wrestling moves incorporated into it, so how does Goyer up on that, well introduce a wrestler into this flick, who has no acting talent what so ever, he's basically just a stunt double with a role, HHH should stick to wrestling. This is one of the main mistakes while making this movie, some pretty piss poor casting choices.
The film feels more like a Nightstalkers movie then a Blade movie, Snipes takes a backseat to Renolds and Biel, which is a mistake. You do not take out your lead character to introduce some weak characters with no development.
This third installment takes a different stroll from the first two, when both of the first films open, it opens with a bang/shock, here we get a mediocre opener. With both of the first films, they end with a bang, here we get a soft wrap up, not the best way to end a great trilogy...well after this film, a mediocre trilogy.
It's hard to watch a film where the product placement is so utterly terrible, it takes you out of the experience. Once is good enough, but when they repeatedly beat it into you, you think to yourself STOP IT ALREADY and you can't focus on the story, well, what little story there is.
The fight scenes are terrible, thanks to bad choreography and editing. The final showdown between the legendary Dracula and Blade is a let down because you can't follow the action and if you can, it looks phony. Just one question, if Dracula turned around and stopped the first arrow from hitting him, why couldn't he do the same thing with the second....oh, she won't shoot again right?
It's sad to see a promising series take a turn for the worse, and the blade series follows the matrix as the third installment cannot hold a candle to the first two films, which brings down the whole camp. I would rather see BLADE end on a high note then a low one, but you got to stop while there is some dignity left. You know you're watching a bad film when the bad ass lead hero says 'coochie-coo'
5.5/10