Sunday, December 05, 2004

Blade, the Fearless Vampire Killer

I'll definitely go see the upcoming Blade: Trinity. Wasn't really a fan of Stephen Norrington's generic original Blade film, but Blade II is excellent, due mainly to the talents of director Guillermo del Toro. No, he's not related to Benicio. Guillermo. He looks like the Latin Peter Jackson. And he's the director of several other perfeclty enjoyable recent genre films, like The Devil's Backbone and Hellboy.

As for the upcoming Blade sequel, it's not directed by either Norrington nor del Toro, but screenwriter David Goyer. I haven't heard much about whether or not it works, except for this particularly scathing review from Harry Knowles over at Aint It Cool News. I'm a bit shocked by the venom, considering how much he enjoyed the previous two. Perhaps this is a renter? (Who am I kidding...I'll see it in theaters, if only because of how few action films come out with even a remote shot at actually providing any entertainment).

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