Blade Trilogy
The Blade Trilogy DVD box set
Directed by	Stephen Norrington Guillermo del Toro David S. Goyer
Written by	David S. Goyer Marv Wolfman Gene Colan
Starring	Wesley Snipes Kris Kristofferson
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	1998 – 2004
Running time	350 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Followed by	Blade: The Series

The Blade films are based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, portrayed by Wesley Snipes. They were written by David S. Goyer, Marv Wolfman, and Gene Colan, directed by Stephen Norrington, Guillermo del Toro and David S. Goyer, respectively and distributed by New Line Cinema.

The character was created in 1973 for Marvel Comics by writer Marv Wolfman and artist Gene Colan and was a supporting character in the 1970s comic Tomb of Dracula. In the comic, Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor with Blade. Thus, Blade was born as a dhampir, a human with vampire genes.

Contents 1 Plots 1.1 Blade 1.2 Blade II 1.3 Blade: Trinity 1.4 Future 2 Cast & Characters 3 Release 3.1 Box office performance 3.2 Critical reception 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Plots

[edit] Blade

Blade grows up to become a vampire hunter, swearing vengeance on the creatures that killed his mother. He teams up with a man called Whistler, a retired vampire hunter and weapons expert.

Meanwhile, in the urban underworld, a feud is started between 'pure-blood' vampires and those who had been human, but were 'turned.' Blade becomes aware of this and investigates further, uncovering a plot to raise the blood god La Magra, something he must stop at all costs.

[edit] Blade II

A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. "Reapers" are vampires so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires who were trained in all modes of combat to defeat Blade. They'll use their skills instead to help wipe out the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.

[edit] Blade: Trinity

The vampires succeed in framing Blade for the killing of several humans (who were in fact familiars being used as bait). Blade, now in the public's eye and wanted by the FBI, has to join forces with the Nightstalkers, a human clan of vampire hunters. Blade, Hannibal King, and Abigail Whistler go after Danica Talos, who has succeeded in locating and resurrecting Drake, also known as Dracula, the first vampire and by far the most powerful. In order to stop him, Blade has to release a virus that will wipe out all vampires, but he has only one opportunity to do so.

[edit] Future

In December 2007, it was reported that Wesley Snipes had launched a lawsuit against New Line, director David Goyer and the film's producers, because he was forced to give up screen time to Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel. Further, Snipes alleges he did not receive his salary upon agreement and was not afforded the decision-making power he was entitled to as a producer. Snipes is also optimistic that, once things are settled, there will be a Blade 4.^[1]

However, on April 24, 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for three misdemeanor convictions for willful failure to file federal income tax returns. Due to this, his role in future Blade movies is uncertain.

According to The Sunday Mail, it was announced that Stephen Dorff is set to reprise his role as Deacon Frost in a new trilogy devoted to the Frost character, which will be a prequel to the Blade movies.^[2]

According to newsarama.com, Warren Ellis is working on an upcoming Blade Anime along with other marvel anime as well.

[edit] Cast & Characters

Character	Film
	Blade	Blade II	Blade: Trinity
Blade	Wesley Snipes
Abraham Whistler	Kris Kristofferson
Deacon Frost	Stephen Dorff
Eli Damaskinos		Thomas Kretschmann
Jared Nomak		Luke Goss
Dracula / Drake			Dominic Purcell
Dr. Karen Jenson	N'Bushe Wright
Nyssa Damaskinos		Leonor Varela
Abigail Whistler			Jessica Biel
Hannibal King			Ryan Reynolds
Dieter Reinhardt		Ron Perlman
Asad		Danny John-Jules
Chupa		Matt Schulze
Scud		Norman Reedus
Mercury	Arly Jover
Vanessa Brooks	Sanaa Lathan
Raquel	Traci Lords
Gitano Dragonetti	Udo Kier
Danica Talos			Parker Posey
Dr. Edgar Vance			John Michael Higgins
Jarko Grimwood			Triple H
Asher Talos			Callum Keith Rennie

[edit] Release

[edit] Box office performance

Film	Release date		Box office revenue			Box office ranking		Ref.
	Worldwide	United States	United States	Outside U.S.	Worldwide	All time U.S.	All time worldwide
Blade	1998	21 August 1998	$70,087,718	$61,095,812	$131,183,530	#675	-	[3]
Blade II	2002	March 22, 2002	$82,348,319	$72,661,713	$155,010,032	#519	-	[4]
Blade: Trinity	2004	8 December 2004	$52,411,906	$76,493,460	$128,905,366	#975	-	[5]
Blade film series			$204,847,943	$210,250,985	$415,098,928

[edit] Critical reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes		Metacritic	Yahoo! Movies
	Overall	Cream of the Crop
Blade	54% (178 reviews)[6]	50% (36 reviews)[7]	45% (38 reviews)[8]	B- (13 reviews)[9]
Blade II	57% (180 reviews)[10]	80% (38 reviews)[11]	52% (39 reviews)[12]	B (15 reviews)[13]
Blade: Trinity	26% (213 reviews)[14]	30% (37 reviews)[15]	38% (38 reviews)[16]	C (13 reviews)[17]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Blade
• Blade II
• Blade: Trinity
• Blade: The Series - A short-lived show on Spike TV that was set some time after Blade: Trinity.

[edit] External links

• Blade at the Internet Movie Database
• Blade Trilogy at Allmovie
• Blade II at the Internet Movie Database
• Blade: Trinity at the Internet Movie Database
• Blade: The Series at the Internet Movie Database
• Blade trilogy: Blade - the Vampire Slayer, Blade II, Blade - Trinity
• Watch blade trilogy online for free

v • d • e Blade Creators Marv Wolfman · Gene Colan Films Blade · Blade II · Blade: Trinity TV series   "Neogenic Nightmare" (Spider-Man TV series) · Blade: The Series Soundtracks Blade · Blade II · Blade: Trinity Characters Blade · Daywalker · Damek · Dracula · Frank Drake · Deacon Frost · Quincy Harker · Harold H. Harold · Hannibal King Morbius, the Living Vampire · Nightstalkers · Rachel van Helsing · Krista Starr · Vampires · Jared Nomak · Marcus Van Sciver · Abraham Whistler · Steppin' Razor Related topics Blade (video game) · Midnight Sons · The Tomb of Dracula · Vampire houses

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