"Blade Trinity" offers shallow yet delightful fun
Susan Sieber
Issue date: 1/20/05 Section: Entertainment
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If you are looking for more vampire-killing action Wesley Snipes style - with new gadgets and much better computer-generated flying sparks and explosions - don't miss this one. The Daywalker (Snipes) teams with Whistler's (Kris Kristofferson) post-mortem gift, the Nightstalkers, a team of humans trained to support Blade in his vampire-killing mayhem. And, in this case, to rescue Blade from the FBI, who catches him on videotape committing murder. (Do vampires disappear on video, or is that just mirrors?)
For the ladies, you get your choice of eye candy: a sexy, if beefcakey, Dracula or "Drake" (Dominic Purcell) plus eye candy Nightstalker Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds) with his shirt off, and of course Marvel hero Blade (Snipes) himself, in black leather and dark sunglasses. For the guys, sorry, Parker Posey is truly ugly in her role as evil vampire/archaelogist who digs up Dracula in the first place. But Jessica Biel as Abigail, Whistler's daughter, kicks butt with her awesome vampire-staking compound bow and martial arts moves. But a little less midriff, please.
For those looking for an actual storyline and deep characters, read a book. This is an action movie based on a comic book, so I give it a B for living up to expectations. Drake is built up but ends up less scary, unfortunately, than the triple-jawed vampire Pomeranian dog that adds comedy to already-hilarious Ryan Reynold's capture by Parker Posey. Snipes takes a back seat at times to Reynold's great comic lines. However, the scene where Blade gurgles "cootchy-coo" at a baby shows who is really the funny guy in this movie. Overall, Blade Trinity is fun, fast, and a good time.
For the ladies, you get your choice of eye candy: a sexy, if beefcakey, Dracula or "Drake" (Dominic Purcell) plus eye candy Nightstalker Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds) with his shirt off, and of course Marvel hero Blade (Snipes) himself, in black leather and dark sunglasses. For the guys, sorry, Parker Posey is truly ugly in her role as evil vampire/archaelogist who digs up Dracula in the first place. But Jessica Biel as Abigail, Whistler's daughter, kicks butt with her awesome vampire-staking compound bow and martial arts moves. But a little less midriff, please.
For those looking for an actual storyline and deep characters, read a book. This is an action movie based on a comic book, so I give it a B for living up to expectations. Drake is built up but ends up less scary, unfortunately, than the triple-jawed vampire Pomeranian dog that adds comedy to already-hilarious Ryan Reynold's capture by Parker Posey. Snipes takes a back seat at times to Reynold's great comic lines. However, the scene where Blade gurgles "cootchy-coo" at a baby shows who is really the funny guy in this movie. Overall, Blade Trinity is fun, fast, and a good time.