Review of Blade: Trinity (2004) by Filipeneto — 09 Aug 2020

This is the last film in the "Blade" trilogy, planned and designed for action-hungry young adults, with more choreographed fights than ballet and litres of fake blood that splash everywhere. It is also, for me, the weakest of the three films, since it uses the same recipe, already repeated and reused, without adding anything really new, which made the film become as monotonous as seeing someone playing a video-game.

The plot is even simpler and more superficial than the ones we have seen so far, and it reminded those films where heroes or villains face each other for any idiotic reason, such as "Alien vs. Predator" or "Freddy vs. Jason"... what we have here is basically a "Blade vs. Dracula", given that what this film does is, precisely, to wake the ancient vampire from his eternal sleep and bring him to the ring where he will face Blade. Of course, the fate of the human race depends exclusively on the outcome of this confrontation, but that is something we are already used to. Sounds stupid enough?

If the previous films deserved some brilliance for the quality and commitment of the cast, for the emotion of the novelty and CGI effects, or even the atmosphere created and transmitted to the public, this film leaves all that to be lost. It simply unfolds lazily before our eyes, with fight after fight, death after death, blood and more blood, without it really grab our attention.

The cast also leaves a lot to be desired. Wesley Snipes brings us a warmer Blade, apparently more sympathetic and emotive, different from the almost indestructible bad ass from previous films. Kris Kristofferson remains tough but finally dies and leaves us a beautiful but equally tough daughter, played by Jessica Biel. However, she wasn't particularly used and appears simply for appearing. Beside her, the boring Ryan Reynolds, who tries to be funny but can only be an idiot. Dominic Purcell gave life to the millennial Dracula and gives us a good interpretation, creating a character who, despite being a perverse and bloodthirsty villain, maintains that style of villain with code of honour and old-fashioned mentality that is rare to find in this kind of film. Worst of all was the participation of Parker Posey who, besides being old for the role, also sounds absolutely cliché.

Technically, the bet continues on the action scenes and CGI. We have fights and deaths for all tastes, choreographed and slow-motion combat, cliché sentences, effects and litres and litres of blood like a video-game. Everything, of course, to the sound of that indispensable deafening techno beat, always present in this trilogy. The sets and costumes are good, and in addition to Blade's great costume, we also have those from the vampire combat teams and Dracula himself, who has very little millenary and seems to be just another vampire warrior of our time.