Genre: Action/Science-fiction/Thriller
Starring: Welsey Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Arly Jover
Hidden away from the human world, vampires thrive in the underworld and live their own secret life away from everyone else. The vampire elders have been in control of their species for a long time and prefer this way of life. Deacon Frost (Dorff) is half-breed vampire whose parties and eccentric lifestyle have made him notorious with the vampire elders because it attracts too much human attention. And not just human attention but Blade's (Snipes) attention in particular. Blade is a rare mix between a vampire and a human where he has earned all the vampires' strength and none of their weaknesses. Blade despises the vampire breed and vows to take them all down. Along with his good friend and scientist Whistler (Kristofferson), the duo constantly research on new innovative ways to kill the vampires and strengthen Blade as much as possible. The movie is quite similar to Underworld in a lot of ways, except for the fact that this one is simply focused on vampires and does not take any other species into account. It is a three part movie so there is more to the story in next few installments. A pure blood-gushing action movie, it entertains in the manner it is supposed to. If you have seen Underworld then the story may not seem to be all that unique and interesting, but in isolation it comes across a decent movie that the action-fanatic would enjoy.
Thumbs up: Good action
Thumbs down: Too similar to Underworld, rigid acting
Rating: 6.8/10
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