Review of Blade: Trinity (2004) by Mark D — 17 May 2011

This weak third entry in the Blade series feels tired and formulaic, despite all attempts by newcomers Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel to spice things up with some added action and comic relief. David Goyer is one of the leading screenwriters currently working in the big-budget comic-adaptation world, but it becomes painfully obvious here that his skills do not transfer very well to the director's chair.

Probably my biggest problem with this film is the casting of Dominic Purcell as Drake (aka Dracula), whose attempt to bring some physicality to the legend of the world's first vampire falls terribly short due to his overestimated acting skills.

Purcell just looks more like a henchman than any sort of respectable representation of Dracula, and he lacks any sense of subtlety or any kind of otherworldy presence. His transformation into a monster in the final act is the icing on the cake, and destroys any possible redemption that the film could have attained from a killer climax.

Wesley Snipes is basically on auto-pilot the whole time, and fails to engage the way he did (somewhat) in the first two films. Parker Posey offers some good comedic relief, but it's too little to make a difference.

Overall, this is just another third-entry letdown which should be avoided at all costs.