Review of Blade (1998) by Omotestgump — 02 Apr 2023

I was looking for cool Wesley Snipes and an interesting story for Blade. To say the least, it's a disappointment.

The original story seems to be Marvel Comics. Of course, I have not read the original work. Without considering the original, Wesley Snipes is cool, but the movie is all action and not much else. To be honest, I thought the blood raining down from the ceiling in the first scene was amazing. However, the many interesting scenes at the beginning were also great, and I guess my expectations were raised. From the middle of the film, it became all Wesley Snipes action.

The problem with all the action is that it's boring. As I said earlier, I had high expectations for the story from the beginning. However, the quality of the story gets worse and worse as time goes on, so it's no fun to watch and the only thing to see is the action. It's not just the action that I'm looking for in this movie. The flashy (and somewhat unreasonable) use of CGI does not cover up the problems with the story.

Also, foreshadowing in a film should ideally be carefully collected, and there should be surprises and discoveries. In this film, the careful storyline in the first part of the film is disturbed by the messy action later in the film. The story is predictable and not that well thought out.

No matter how cool the action is, the story leaves something to be desired. It was interesting until the middle of the film.