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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
only 1* bc I can't put a minus!, 2 Jun 2006
I enjoyed the original Blade; it had moves, music, and menace. Not so the sequel with it's contemptible CGI fight scenes, or (and I didn't think it would be possible) with this feeble effort.
Snipes should have been the right person to play the character Blade, the trouble is, the success of the first has gone to his head and the sequels have been increasingly ego-massaging. He barely makes an effort in the fights now with the exception of doing a Vogue that Madonna would be proud of.
He wanders through each combat as though he's God, therefore, there's never any sense of danger, or excitement, or tension. And because he's the Uber half-man half-vampire, he's clearly too important to have to make any kind of effort that might somehow draw us into any sense of believability in his character.
I am a stalwart; I've sat through some extremely dull movies, but just over half way through this one even I switched off and went to bed! But because of tenacity I watched the remainder the next day.
If you're looking for more edge-of-the-seat excitement than what this disappointment provides, might I suggest popping along to an infant school's Nativity play.... it's guaranteed to have more tension!
The real shame about this pathetic DVD is that it had the potential to be sooo much more. The general premise of Blade having to face the progenitor of vampires (who'd been woken from his eternal slumber), teaming with others bent on a similar mission, and combining their resources for an all-out monumental final battle against the forces of evil...... is...... what this film SHOULD have been about but WASN'T.
I agree with the other reviewer's comment about the blatant ipod plugging. When film makers do product placement, it should be with intelligence and relevance to the plot, not simply thrown in without any kind of justification (other than for pleasing their backers).
Do yourself a favour, skip this movie, it's simply junk.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buy it if you Own the Other 2, 2 Jun 2006
It is very difficult to be impartial when reviewing Blade Trinity because it really is a poor film. Without going into great detail because it isn't worth the words, it gets 2 stars because in terms of fight sequences and special effects this film follows on quite nicely from Blade 2 but does not surpass it in any way. To be honest the worst thing bout this film is that it is just a big long swear-fest; there is a huge amount of name calling and swearing, to degrees that are unbelievably unnecessary and do not do anything for the plot. The inclusion of Paul Levesque (a.k.a. Triple H) was not such a bad idea because the guy is huge and can look the part of an adversary, but the fact that the only words he uses seem to begin with 'F'is really bad. Plus, he is supposed to be a vampire, undead and all that, yet he gets scared and runs away from a TINY dog. Ok the dog was a vampire (yes you read that right) but so is he so he should have no problems. Other problems with this film include the fact that Ryan Reynolds' does not fit in, Kris Kristofferson is cut out much too early and even Wesley Snipes is not up to the usual Blade standard; by watcing this film you will notice that Blade doesn't have the comic element present in the first two films, and this makes Snipes come across as if all he wanted to do was get his pay cheque. Oh and one more thing, they bring Dracula into it. Please. It is a great shame because this film could have been fantastic, but unfortunately I have to say that you should not consider buying it unless you already have the other 2 and want to complete the trilogy. On its own, this DVD is pointless with a capital LESS.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
major disapointment, 2 Jun 2005
After the excellent first two movies this is a major disappointment. The story is almost non-existent and the extra characters in this movie are all poorly acted and portrayed (with the exception of the Excellent Parker Posey). Whereas in the first films you had insight into Snipes character, there is none here and he is even more mono-sybilic than usual.The film unlike the first two has taken you away from the Comic Book world of the character, and seems to take place in the Real World, therefore not offering any continuity or fantasy element. Apart from this if nothing else I expected the action to be on par with the previous films, sadly this is not the case the editing is clumsily done, and the scenes are hard to watch, they look like they have been filmed using a cheap camcorder. A disappointing end to an otherwise good franchise
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