Blade: Trinity

Although some critics and vampire movie fans like to poo-poo the Blade franchise, the blood shower scene in the original Blade film is easily one of the most iconic moments in vampire fiction, a great, shocking and jarring visual that easily stands up to the best in any other vampire films.

Unfortunately, that sort of story-telling is absent in Blade: Trinity, which mostly feels tired, despite the gung-ho willingness of Ryan Reynolds and the terribly earnest Jessica Biel. Snipes’ one-note attitude gets cartoonish in this chapter and, honestly, any movie that makes fun of a vampire’s haircut but lets Blade’s pass without comment has some serious blindspots.

The film also relies on viewers having seen the second Blade movie, otherwise the tri-part vampire mouths on several vamps in this movie will just be baffling. This probably isn’t a big issue, since most viewers will have seen the other two movies in the series, but it seems careless not to address this in at least a single throwaway line.

Sloppiest of all, though, is the finale, where Blade’s “final gift” is never explained and is mostly a “huh?” moment.

The film retains the visual pizzazz of the original, but doesn’t have the sense of humor that made the grim elements work.

Still, worth seeing for fans of the first two films.

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