Written And Directed by David S. Goyer
Dracula: "Blade, ready to die?"
Blade: "I was born ready motherfucker!"
Dracula: "Motherfucker... I like that."
Okay, finishing off this trilogy, I noticed we had a certain co-lead who at the time did not get along with the leading man of the piece. Saying that, twenty years later would be a different situation but here, yup, two of the three main leads weren't on the best of terms with each other.
For the first two movies, Blade (Wesley Snipes) had his mentor, Abraham Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) to work but here, the latter's role was somewhat diminished and instead we got his daughter, Abigail (Jessica Biel) and former vampire, Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) to aid the titular vampire instead.
As an actor, Ryan Reynolds does have a a certain schtick and even in the early 2000s, it's very much apparent. His version of Hannibal King basically felt like a proto Deadpool throughout the entire film and oftentimes he was the weakest of the trio. Physically too, given that his character got captured and beaten up quite a bit.
Then there's Abigail herself. I don't think this trilogy was good with women and Abigail herself did feel like a generic action girl but she's a competent one who worked well with both Blade and Hannibal throughout the movie itself. Other women included scientist Sommerfield (Natasha Lynne) and young girl Zoe (Ginger "Haili" Page), both of whom were decent enough.
There was also Hannibal's vicious ex-girlfriend, Danica Talos (Parker Posey). Along with her brother, Asher (Callum Keith Rennie), Jarko Grimeood (Triple H) and a few others, they had a goal. The goal was to rescue Drake aka Dracula (Dominic Purcell) while also framing Blade for a murder to distract. They were successful with the former but not so much the latter.
As a group of vampires, they were mostly entertaining, even going as far as making vampire dog hybrids but as a villain, Drake was bland as fuck. Dominic Purcell eluded little menace and seemed to be sleepwalking through the entire role. It's such a lifeless performance that did kill a lot of the momentum for the movie.
- Other roles in the movie included James Remar as FBI Agent Ray Cumberland, Christopher Heyerdahl as Caulder, Patton Oswalt as Hedges, John Michael Higgins as Dr. Edgar Vance and Eric Bogosian as Bentley Tittle.
- Sommerfield was reading about the Nome King to Zoe before that particular scene went down.
- Hannibal narrated and the end of the movie, hinting about Blade's fate after being infected. There's an alternative ending to that scene.
- Chronology: A few years since the previous movie with scenes in the Syrian Desert as well as the USA for most of the movie.
Blade: Trinity made for a dull ending to a largely mixed trilogy. There's some decent moments but between an extremely dull incarnation of Dracula and okayish sidekicks, I just didn't care for this one at all.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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