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Release Date • USA: Aug 21, 1998 DVD Release Date • R1: May 2, 2002
Budget $45,000,000
MPAA Rating Rated R for strong, pervasive vampire violence and gore, language, and brief sexuality.
Running Time 2 hours, 0 minutes
Country USA
Studio Amen Ra Films, Imaginary Forces, New Line Cinema
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Other Titles • Blade, the Vampire Slayer (1997)
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Genre: Action, Thriller, Horror, Vampires, Comic Book, Revenge, Superhero, Gore, Martial Arts, Fantasy, Suspense
Tagline: The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero.
Plot: A blood chilling, action-packed thriller about modern day vampires unlike any previously encountered. Wesley Snipes is Blade, the ultimate vampire hunter, and immortal warrior who possesses the superhuman strength and cunning of a vampire but shares none of their weakness. Able to walk by day and stalk by night, Blade must confront his ultimate adversary, the omnipotent vampire overlord Deacon Frost, Stephen Dorff, who is intent on leading an underground legion of vampires to conquer mankind. Blade must use his awesome powers and razor-sharp weaponry like never before to prevent the annihilation of the entire human race. Based on the comic book of the same name, BLADE (Snipes) is a half-mortal, half-immortal bent on avenging his mother's death and destined to rid the earth of a race of vampires. Meanwhile, the modern-day technologically advanced vamps he's targeted are in pursuit of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race. A dark action thriller from the director of Death Machine and the writer of The Crow: City of Angels and Dark City with plenty of blood and
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Slickly directed and with some neat effects and action sequences this is still somewhat disappointing and overlong with a script that starts off fine but eventually runs out of steam (and sense).  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Actually "Blade" is perhaps the quintessential action movie of the 1990s. It borrows from everywhere—"Die Hard," "Aliens," "Near Dark," "The Hunger," "Super Cop"—and despite packing so much into one movie is marvelous entertainment that almost makes sense.-- (eSplatter.com)
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 | Udo Kier
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I was loving this movie after the first five minutes. The first scene in the vampire club with the blood shower was amazing.  --Mr. Wicked (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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