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Blade: Trinity [Unrated]

Actor(s): Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey
Director(s): David S. Goyer
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Graphic Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Movie Release: 2004
DVD Release: 04/26/2005
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Studio: New Line Home Video
Total Copies: 39
Genres: Action, Horror, Action Thriller, Superhero Film
See Also: Blade: Trinity, Blade: Trinity [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

Wesley Snipes returns as legendary vampire hunter Blade in this, the third film inspired by the popular Marvel Comics character. A fearless warrior immune to vampires, Blade (Snipes) has become a hated enemy of the bloodsucking community, and as they gather in their desert compound, a group of vampires is plotting to eliminate Blade once and for all by turning the mortal community against him. The vampires have concocted a misinformation campaign that paints a picture of Blade as a ruthless murderer and has sent the FBI on the vampire hunter's trail, led by the relentless agent Cumberland (James Remar). At the same time, the vampires have brought their founding father, Dracula, back to his undead state, renaming him Drake (Dominic Purcell) and investing him with special powers that allow him to walk unharmed in daylight. After a dangerous encounter with Cumberland, Blade and his ally, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), form an uneasy alliance with a scruffy team of human vampire slayers, the Nighstalkers, led by Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds), and Whistler's daughter, Abigail (Jessica Biel. While Sommerfield (Natasha Lyonne), a biologist working with the Nightstalkers, researches a scientific answer to the vampire problem, Blade and his comrades take a more hands-on approach against Drake and his minions, including Danica Talos (Parker Posey), Asher (Callum Keith Rennie), and Grimwood (Triple H). Blade: Trinity was directed by David Goyer, who also wrote the screenplay for this film, as well as the first two movies in the series. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Wesley Snipes - Blade
Kris Kristofferson - Whistler
Jessica Biel - Abigail Whistler
Ryan Reynolds - Hannibal King
Parker Posey - Danica
Steve Braun - Wilson Hale

Editorial Review of DVD

There are two kinds of Blade fans out there -- those who thought that Blade: Trinity was a gas and those who were downright depressed and frankly ticked off after seeing it. Whatever your viewpoint, this DVD will reinforce those feelings in a major way. Ryan Reynolds fans will have a laugh riot with the blooper reel as they later buy into the "great time memories" that spackle the audio commentary track with the now-stud, Jessica Biel, and writer/director David Goyer. They'll love how they all talk about how much either one kicks butt or the little games that they played on set. Maybe these same people will enjoy the -Nightstalkers comic included in the package, giving them hope that one day, New Line would create a film just for them. If you're part of this audience, the good news is that this DVD was made just for you. It is a love fest for every bit of the film, with no hindsight into its performance critically or at the box office and certainly no hint of the problems that have resulted in a Wesley Snipes lawsuit against the studio and Goyer personally. Of course, those that were mentally scarred from the film probably won't waste their time with the DVD, but if they did, they'd probably bust a blood vessel in their forehead from being so angry. Worthy of mention is that the clever "Goyer on Goyer" interview was previously available before the movie opened, so many of his comments have little to do with how the film played or the feelings at the studio at the time of the DVD.

This version is uncut, with ten minutes of footage cut back into the film, though none of it was cut for "uncensored" reasons, just clips that weren't good enough to make final cut. This version also exclusively includes the two audio commentaries, the second being a technical commentary with Goyer and crew. The famed Alternate "Werewolf" Ending is also supplied and it's just plain bad, while the extended ending that wraps up the uncut version isn't quite that good either. The well-done areas on the disc are the 16-part behind-the-scenes documentary and the presentation of the film. Clocking in at 105 minutes, the making-of is a reminder of previous well-done Blade discs and lets the viewer straight into the heart of the production. The picture and sound are equipped with a fine anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen transfer and action-packed Dolby Digital EX Surround Sound and DTS ES: 6.1 Stereo Surround tracks, both adding up to an incredible presentation of the flick. Again, if you loved this third flick, then this disc should be top on your list -- everyone else might just want to stick in the first or second movie instead. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Jason C. (JJC) from NEWARK, NJ wrote on 9/29/2008...

The third installment of "Blade," I'm sorry to say, wasn't anything special, especially when it had to follow the greatness that was "Blade II."

Part three opens up in Syria, where a group of vampires led by Danica Talos (Parker Posey) enter an ancient temple which inside holds the burial site of a legendary vampire, Count Dracula (Dominic Purcell). He is awakened in a ploy to lead the vamps to total world domination. Meanwhile, Blade (Wesley Snipes) is still kickin' vamp-ass back home in the States. However, in a rather interesting turn, Blade is fooled when he kills a human who is disguised as a vampire and in a frame-up, caught on tape doing so, this alerting the FBI to his presence. Blade blows this off as usual and returns to home base, but Blade's mentor Whistler (a tired but still able Kris Kristofferson), warns Blade that this is something to worry over, for in the public's eye, it's cold-blooded-murder!

After a few leads, the FBI locates Blade's domain and raids it. But Blade and Whistler fight on, unfortunately Whistler gets severely wounded and dies (for good this time, even taking some Feds with him), when he self-detonates the lair. Blade is then captured and taken into custody. Not bad so far...

While in custody, Blade is interrogated by a psychologist (working for the vamps) who requests that he be transferred to a hospital, most-likely to be terminated, which then gets Blade out of the way for the vamps' ploy. But Blade is then rescued (good action/escape scene here) by young vamp-hunters Abigail Whistler (the sexy Jessica Biel), the daughter of you know who, and Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds), who was once a vamp and was converted back. The vamp-hunter duo, take Blade to their domain where they have a team of their own, basically all youngens. They, like Whistler, keep up with technology and create different weapons and mass vamp destruction. Too bad these characters are all uninteresting, they should've kept Whistler!

They alert Blade to the fact that the first vampire that started it all, Dracula, has been awakened and the vamps plan to conquer the known world. But the little anti-vamp squad has a cure to kill him, but will it kill Blade as well? I’ll stop here!

David S. Goyer, writer of all the "Blade" films, makes his directorial debut here, and a decent job he does, but let's face it, he's fresh-meat and should not have been given the duty to follow up the greatness Guillermo Del Toro gave us with the second installment. With "Blade: Trinity," I expected director Goyer (who knows this material quite well being the writer), to somewhat surpass or least match part two...but it falls short and I'll tell you why.

First off, the action. Yeah, it has some, mind you some, cool kick-ass action scenes, but after seeing the turbo-boost of ass-kicking in "Blade II," you are left saying to yourself "well...alright." But hey, it's always cool to see vampires turn to ash in a "Blade" flick...but Goyer should have given us more, much more! Secondly, the gore. Almost non-existant. The first two films were gore fests (especially part II), here, elements of gore...mere cameos. Total let-down. Third, the comic-relief. I remember when I heard Ryan Reynolds was going to be in this, and I said "oh no," but then I thought, well if Ashton Kutcher (and I can't stand him) can do an impressive serious turn in "The Butterfly Effect," I'm sure Reynolds can knock this vamp-hunter role out no problem...but wrong. He annoyed me, he was too much comic-relief, in a film that supposed to be a dark, horror-actioner. Yeah, he has a few funny moments, but I'm sorry guys, throwing 'Van Wilder' in this movie and having him play a wise-crackin' bad-ass vamp hunter, was just ridiculous! At lastly, the story was pretty weak. I mean it was a good story, but it was half-assed. I mean the villain is Dracula, and you'd think they'd go out all on this, but they don't. So much more and so much better could've been done!

On the good side:

Snipes is still in great form, never loses his character, he's the same Blade since day one. As I said before, the action is cool, even though it doesn't measure to the second film. There's a really cool car chase scene in the beginning, just wish it was a bit longer. Blade also has a few new gadgets, those were cool. Jessica Biel was very good in her role, ultra-sexy and looks good kickin' ass! Parker Posey steals the scenes she's in as the secondary villain, looking grotesquely sexy and evil. Dracula, although underused, was also cool...the fight between him and Blade is well-done, but again, too short for my taste.

Overall, "Blade: Trinity", although entertaining, is a disappointment. It's definitely the weakest of the trilogy. I enjoyed it, simply because I enjoy the "Blade" films. But this was half-assed...and when you have a solid sequel like "Blade II" to follow up on, you don't give a rookie director this task, you get someone that knows he can do the job accordingly. Goyer is a great writer, but I think he should've stuck to just writing this venture!