Blade: Trinity (2004)

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers (WGA):

David S. Goyer (written by)
Marv Wolfman (character) ...

Release Date:

8 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Where it began so it shall end.

Plot:

Blade, now a wanted man by the FBI, must join forces with the Nightstalkers to face his most challenging enemy yet: Dracula

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Blade | Dracula | Blood | Vampire Hunter

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Blade
Kris Kristofferson	...	Whistler
Dominic Purcell	...	Drake
Jessica Biel	...	Abigail Whistler
Ryan Reynolds	...	Hannibal King
Parker Posey	...	Danica Talos
Mark Berry	...	Chief Martin Vreede
John Michael Higgins	...	Dr. Edgar Vance
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Asher Talos
Paul Levesque	...	Jarko Grimwood (as Triple H)
Paul Anthony	...	Wolfe
Françoise Yip	...	Virago
Michael Rawlins	...	Wilson Hale (as Michael Anthony Rawlins)
James Remar	...	Ray Cumberland
Natasha Lyonne	...	Sommerfield

Also Known As:

Blade III (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong pervasive violence and language, and some sexual content.

Runtime:

113 min | Germany:105 min (cut version) | USA:122 min (unrated DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Esperanto

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:R-12 | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:18SG | Canada:14A (Ontario) (unrated DVD version) | Canada:18A (Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:18A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (Canadian Home Video rating) (unrated DVD version) | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Finland:K-15 (self applied) (TV rating) (2008) | Chile:TE (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (No. 40999)

Filming Locations:

Intersection of Granville and West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The sunglasses worn by Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel) are Oakley Half-wires. The brand made many appearances in the trilogy, mostly in Blade II (2002). This has been attributed to Wesley Snipes' love of the brand. Oakley sunglasses also make regular appearances in the "Blade: The Series" (2006).

Goofs:

Continuity: Early in the movie in the interrogation room, a side shot shows Asher with a cigarette in his mouth as he undoes Blade's restraints. In the next shot, the cigarette disappears.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hannibal King: In the movies, Dracula wears a cape, and some old English guy always manages to save the day at the last minute with crosses and holy water. But everybody knows the movies are full of shit. The truth is, it started with Blade, and it ended with him. The rest of us were just along for the ride.

Movie Connections:

References Goldfinger (1964)

Soundtrack:

Theme from

Doesn't suck or bite, but it's still uneven.

While I had some issues with the pacing, plotting and framing of Blade: Trinity, I still thought that this movie was fun to watch. I think the only real problem is that Trinity was slated to be the final film, and writer/director David Goyer seemed to have crammed two movies worth of material into one. I think New Line was a bit hasty in selling this as the final movie and he buckled under the pressure.

There are some neat action scenes, but I would have preferred the Dracula/Blade fight to not have been intercut by Van Wilder's fight with Triple H. There was never any real characterization in the first two Blade movies so don't expect anything here, either. Back story is actually back-seated, with the exception of following up on the opening scene in the first movie.

Blade: Trinity was more fun and humorous than the first two, but it certainly doesn't measure up in quality. We certainly needed more of Blade than Abigail or King.