I was about to switch the tv off last night but when I saw the announcement of this movie on HBO, I decided to stay up and watch it. I had seen the first Blade movie but missed the second of the Trilogy. This movie was noted for the comic deliveries of actor Ryan Reynolds. Yeah ok, Blade the character is played by Wesley Snipes but he is nothing more than a muscle bound killing machine.
Jessica Biel joins them as the daughter of Blade’s mentor, who sacrifices himself while fighting the FBI out to get Blade. Blade is captured but gets rescued by Hannibal King (Reynolds) and Abigail (Biel), who are part of a group that kills vampires. They ask his help in killing Drake aka Dracula, played by Dominic Purcell, who has been resurrected by Danica & Asher Talos, a brother & sister vampire duo & their brood of vampires. Their hideout is found out by the vampires and their comrade is killed and Hannibal & a little girl are taken prisoner. Blade & Abigail go hunting for them. Reynolds has some really funny dialogues in the scenes where he is shackled as a prisoner. He is the saving grace of this movie.
Well needless to say, Drake, Danica & Asher are killed, as are all the vampires, on the release of the daystar – a powerful weapon that kills all bloodsuckers. The good guys go off to some other adventure. The highlights : Triple H as a vampire bad guy, Callum Keith Rennie as Asher (he doesn’t have many lines in the movie) & Patton Oswald as Hedges. And, when Hannibal is lying in bed he is watching the movie Incubus starring William Shatner!