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Blade: Trinity
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 30 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
David S. Goyer
Marv Wolfman (character)
Gene Colan (character)
Directed by: David S. Goyer
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 8, 2004
DVD: April 26, 2005
Running Time: 114 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content
Starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Parker Posey, Cascy Beddow, John Michael Higgins, and Natasha Lyonne
Wesley Snipes returns as the iconic vampire hunter Blade in this third installment of the hit film series. (New Line Cinema)
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Thankfully, Reynolds (bearded, looking a bit like Jason Lee) adds some scrappiness and humor to a series that might otherwise have collapsed under self-parody.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
I don't know if it was intentional, but Drake seems to come out of the same sandy hole in which our troops found the cowering Saddam Hussein.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
This Trinity may be the least of the three--sound familiar, Matrix faithful?--but it's the closest in style and attitude to a pulpy comic book, an art form that doesn't need to be lofty, perfect or even sensible to tickle a dork's fancy.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Should reasonably please fans of the genre before assuming its place in the horror section of your local video store.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
Won't linger in the memory long, but gives pretty good action eye-candy while it's going.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Has the great sleek, dark look of its predecessors and, most important, it has Snipes.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Blunt-witted, visually pedestrian, and overly long, with too many scenes of Blade and his cohorts standing around in darkened corridors, waiting for their enemies to show up. The action, however, is as throat-grabbing as you want it to be.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
The only one who seems to be having much fun is Parker Posey, camping it up as one of the vampires.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Mark Holcomb
Director Goyer, who wrote all three Blade films, deserves credit for sticking with the character, but aside from the effectively staged action sequences Trinity is cheap-looking and laughably inept.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Swimming in computer-enhanced mayhem and a non-stop hip-hop-and-techno soundtrack, Blade: Trinity might as well come equipped with joysticks attached to the seats, so everyone can play along.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
But there's just enough comforting familiarity mixed with refreshing new characters to hold the casserole of a plot together.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
The story is a comic-book tale at its most basic level.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
One of the prime laws of the multiplex states that any action or horror movie series will devolve into ritualized violence, self-mocking camp, and egregious silliness by part three. Blade: Trinity is right on schedule.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
What redeems the film...is that for every nonstop explosion, there's a hilarious burst of Reynolds' nonstop patter.
Read Full Review >Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell
Has a surprising number of problems: dire scripting, sloppy plotting and coffee-jittery editing, for starters. But its biggest problem is that Blade himself takes a back seat to a host of new and mostly uninteresting characters.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Scott Foundas
By and large, the jokes fall flat, and the entire film often seems as fatigued as its star.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
A choppy, forgetful, suspense-free romp that substitutes campy humor for chills.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Kris Kristofferson, as a scaled-down old gray mentor to Blade, still looks like the visual equivalent of your five worst college hangovers.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Take away the film's attitude, and you're left with "Son of Van Helsing."
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A mess. It lacks the sharp narrative line and crisp comic-book clarity of the earlier films, and descends too easily into shapeless fight scenes that are chopped into so many cuts that they lack all form or rhythm.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
There's nothing beneath the flashy editing and self-consciously cool production design but a soulless adrenaline machine that's never scary and rarely engrossing.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
The movie is loud, dark, bumpy and not even a little fun. You emerge into daylight bruised and battered, suffering a case of movie abuse.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker
Dracula, who, as played by Dominic Purcell, has all the dark charisma and burning threat of a baked potato.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
No, it's the movie itself -- an unimaginative, generic affair memorable only for its incessant and flagrant plugging of Apple computers and iPods -- that should put a stake through the franchise for good.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
If ever there was a case for quitting while you're behind, this "Blade" is it -- ready to be buried in a vat of garlic.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Of all the missteps made and absurdities offered, the most glaring is the casting of what appears to be a steroidal Eurotrash pimp as no less than Dracula.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.8 (out of 10) based on 65 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a6:
This movie seemed fake to me. The acting was overdone (well mostly by Ryan Reynolds). There was a HUGE amount of cursing, which half the time didn't make sense. But all in all it wasn't the bad. Besides I love Blade too much to care. C'mon a half vampire half mortal ass kicking machine, it doesn't get better than that.
Zift K gave it a3:
The first one, I liked. The second one.... decent, this one, TRASH. Unless, you're a VERY big blade fan, and have the DVD's, and the games, then watch this, if not, stay away, you're much better without it.
Marco R. gave it a9:
Very good movie, lots of great cameras and angles, the chics are hot, I really liked it a lot! I don't recommend it to people who don't like vampire tales, they won't like it, maybe that's why it got such bad reviews.
[Anonymous] gave it a5:
Compared to first and second, horrendous, with many lame jokes, the style gone, and the fight scene between blade and dracula seems a little overhyped. THere are a few nifty elements, though. The blood factory, the vampire pomeranian, and the last fight sequence, where Abigail, Blade and Hannibal kick ass like the previous blade flicks. Other than that, there's little of Blade's goodness here.
Tyson B. gave it a6:
Went from Great (Blade) to good (Blade II) to "I've been Goyerized". Goyer = Great writer, bad director. Movie seemed fake, forced situations and the unlikely scenarios that happened in all Blade movies were boarding on impossible to buy into for this movie. Dang. I love Blade, my favorite triology for some reason, but this makes me very uneasy about the 4th one (hopefully there is one). Goyer, Please go back to writing. You are brilliant writer, let somone else direct.
evil D gave it a7:
Let's face it: these are not, nor are they intended to be cinematic masterpieces. These are just mindless summer action flicks intended for a few hour's entertainment and then forgotten. With THAT in mind, in my opinion this is one series that actually IMPROVES with each sequel. Really, they're just re-making the same movie over and over, but they distill the plot down to its basics and focus on the action more and more each time. The first movie was, frankly, a shadow of what the series has become. The first movie was just to establish a universe for the other movies to exist in. The second movie jumped right into the action, discarding any attempt at character development in exchange for more violence. And THIS movie is just a further distillation of the formula used in the Blade II. All three films are extremely cheesy, with badly written dialogue and all, but bear in mind we're talking about a flick based on a COMIC BOOK, and not a particularly popular one at that. So considering all of the above, this was a very entertaining movie. I thoroughly enjoyed this hour and a half of pure pulp, because I had ABSOLUTELY NO EXPECTATIONS for it. I learned very early in life that disappointment is ALWAYS preceded by expectation, so I expect nothing from anything, rendering me essentially incapable of disappointment. And so this was a pleasant surprise, if not at all worth a purchase, even from the bargain bin, but a good weekend rental nontheless.
Darth Moon John gave it a3:
This was just a disapointment in every way,the concept of blade against dracula was great but the script sucked,the action sucked the story sucked, worst blade of the trilogy.
