If ever there was a case for quitting while you're behind, this Blade is it -- ready to be buried in a vat of garlic.
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12/10/04
Blade: Trinity (2004)
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Reviews Counted:157
Fresh:43
Rotten:114
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: The latest Blade flick is getting a little long in the tooth; critics call it bloodless, dull, rusty, and an assortment of other puns.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: A ramped-up techno soundtrack bleats out adrenaline-pumping action tunes while leather-clad vampire slayers smash through walls and floors and ceilings, break windows with their bodies, and... [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds
Director: David S. Goyer
Reviews for Blade: Trinity
Its biggest problem is that Blade himself takes a back seat to a host of new and mostly uninteresting characters.
12/10/04
Lots of fairly cool special effects and a good deal of quips and catchphrases.
12/10/04
A character looks directly into the camera and gives the audience the middle finger. That seems a tad bit stand-offish, wouldn't you say?
12/10/04
An unapologetically flashy, bloody, fast-paced horror/action flick that's pretty entertaining.
12/10/04
Even if (Wesley) Snipes zombie-walks through his part, how can you hate a horror-action flick that lets the vampire dogs out?
12/10/04
Save for Ryan Reynolds' sorely needed wit, the movie is filled with wasted opportunities that befpre would have provided memorable character moments or lusciously nasty bits.
12/10/04
In film number three, Blade has grown a little dull. (Couldn't resist).
12/10/04
Rookie director David S. Goyer has driven a wooden stake into the heart of this bloodsucker franchise.
12/10/04
Goyer also wrote all three Blade films, so character misunderstandings can’t be blamed for the two half-realized plot lines crammed into one feature.
12/10/04
If you're willing to put your brain in neutral and keep your expectations relatively low for this third trip to the well, Blade: Trinity ulimately delivers the goods
12/10/04
The fight scenes are plentiful, the characters familiar and the end predictable.
12/10/04
Wesley Snipes's vampire hunter franchise finishes off not with a bang but a whimper.
12/09/04
If the patriarch of all vampires just ain't that tough, it's time to pack it in. In fact, it was time to pack it in before we were subjected to this movie.
12/09/04
Diverting but dumb and more goth than gothic, Blade: Trinity builds up to a less-than-epochal smackdown.
12/09/04
Blade: Trinity is the kind of big, dumb movie that at least knows it's a big, dumb movie and winks at the audience accordingly.
12/09/04
By and large, the jokes fall flat, and the entire film often seems as fatigued as its star.
12/09/04
'Blade: Trinity' is a joyless and unimaginative movie with lots of broken glass and strobe lights to mask the lack of exciting action.
12/09/04
Trinity plays like little more than a second-rate TV pilot.
12/09/04
David Goyer steps up to the directorial plate this time, and while his hack-rate dialogue is better than usual, his direction is nothing special.
12/09/04
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