In the first two Blade pictures, David S. Goyer served as the one and only screenwriter, and rewardingly, he was not at the helm as director. However, with Blade: Trinity (the third and presumably final chapter), Goyer makes his directorial debut, and even though he most likely knows the story of the Marvel comic hero Blade better than anyone else, as a director, he basically just rehashes what Del Toro’s did in the superior Blade II and what Norrington achieved in the entertaining original. The only difference the third time around is that with Goyer in the chair, the picture takes on a wholly different tone and unfortunately brings more laughs to the table than anything else.
Blade: Trinity mainly consists of the same old car chases, fight sequences, and vampire butchery (followed by the usual molten ash) that could be found in the previous Blade films; however, the third installment brings along an innovative set of weapons, a brand new villain, and a fresh team of sidekicks for the leather-strapped hybrid. Even so, because of its lighter nature and paltry plot, Blade: Trinity is an overall frustration to fans of the series and the dullest Blade in the box.
After defeating the vampire wannabe-leader Deacon Frost and a pack of unruly mutant vampires, Blade (Wesley Snipes) now finds himself set up by a new vampire-in-charge named Danica Talos (Parker Posey). Danica purposely sets Blade up to kill a human, and in doing so, he ends up getting caught by the FBI. However, help is on the way in the form of a group of vampire assassins who call themselves "the Nightstalkers." The acerbic Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) and the sexy daughter of Whistler, Abigail (Jessica Biel), lead "the Nightstalkers" to both rescue Blade from the FEDs and to join forces.
Meanwhile, Danica and friends have found the first and purest vampire of them all, Dracula, a.k.a. Drake (Dominic Purcell). The entire vampire race believes that if they can match their own genetic codes with Drake’s untainted helix, then they can acquire the ability to be “daywalkers.” However, "the Nightstalkers" have something else in mind for the fate of Drake’s blood.
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1 - Don Baiocchi
This is a great, really well-written review. I am definitely going to look up your other articles.