Blade : Trinity

Alternate titles : Blade 3

Tagline : "The final hunt begins".

Wesley Snipes returns as everyone's favourite vampire hunter, in this third and final(?) instalment of the series, which sees the Vampire council, lead by a foxy Goth girl named Danica Talos (Parker Posy), uncovering the tomb of the original Dracula...

In order to keep Blade off their backs, they frame him for a series of murders which leaves his operation in ruins and without the help of his old friend Whistler (Kris Kristopherson) when the police and FBI raid his hideout.

Fortunately, he has some new friends looking out for him, in the form of Whistlers daughter Abigail (Jessica Biel) and a former vampire named Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds) who are part of a larger group known as the Nightstalkers.

Rescuing Blade from the police, together they attempt to battle the vampire council who are trying to push forward their latest plans for vampire domination. But what do they want with the Dracula, or Drake as he now likes to be called (played by British actor Dominic Purcell), knowing that he is still alive?

Featuring more of the same martial arts action, high octane car chases and gun battles as in the previous 2 films, "Blade : Trinity" is a worthy third outing, although compared to the previous films, didn't quite live up the same expectations. This could be attributed to series Writer David Goyer's first attempt at directing, but be that as it may, fans of the series should still enjoy it even though it doesn't pack quite the same punch!

Overall Marks : 6/10.

Terrifying Trivia

• Jessica Biel got the part of Abigail Whistler on the strength of her role in the 2003 remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
• The part of Abigail was originally going to be called Rachael Van Helsing, a character from the Marvel "Tomb of Dracula" comics, but owing to the release of the Hugh Jackman film "Van Helsing" this part was changed to being Whistler's daughter to avoid any similarities.
• Parker Posey also played Jennifer in "Scream 3".
• The language Whistler and the newspaper vendor are speaking in is Esperanto. Also, several posters seen in the background of the film are written in Esperanto and the film Hannibal King is watching was the William Shatner movie "Inkubus", which was filmed in Esperanto.
• The comic book that Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds) shows Blade is issue 10 of the Marvel Comics "Tombs of Dracula" series, which was the first comic to feature Blade in as a character.
• "Blade 2" director 'Guillermo Del Toro' was originally offered the directors job, but declined in order to direct "Hellboy".
• The old boat used by the Nightstalkers as their base used to be a floating McDonalds restaurant, which was originally built for the Expo 96 show in Vancouver.
• Colin Farrel was originally offered the role of Hannibal King, but declined.
• The idea for the human 'blood factory' came from a previous script idea about the vampires achieving world domination. This script was ultimately not used as it was deemed too dark. The blood factory idea was used however for the 2009 vampire film "Daybreakers".

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