Blade Movie Review 1998

Action-packed gore-fest that provides for high-octane escapist entertainment, with some eye-catching visuals and a pulsting techno soundtrack. Blade (Snipes) is a half-vampire/half-human, who's intent on preventing evil, ambitious Deacon Frost (Dorff) from unleashing a vampire apocalypse upon humanity so he can take over. Helping out Blade are his grizzled mentor, vampire hunter Abraham Whistler (Kristofferson), and Dr. Karen Janson (Wright), who's searching for a cure for vampirism. Adapted from the Marvel comic book character.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from Comics, Vampires, Anti-Heroes, African America, Generation X, Doctors & Nurses

Screenplay

David S. Goyer

Cast

Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright, Donal Logue, Udo Kier, Traci Lords, Tim Guinee, Arly Jover, Sanaa Lathan

Cinematography

Theo van de Sande

Director

Stephen Norrington

Music

Mark Isham

Producer

Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Robert Engleman, Lynn Harris, Stan Lee, Avi Arad, Joseph Calimari, Amen Ra, Imaginary Forces, New Line Cinema

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1999: Villain (Dorff).