Blade: Trinity (2004)

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

Director:

David S. Goyer

Writers:

David S. Goyer, Marv Wolfman (character),

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ryan Reynolds

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters whom call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire whom never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer.

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | blade | dracula | blood | vampire hunter | 

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Taglines:

Where it began so it shall end.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Metropolitan Filmexport [fr] New Line Cinema - Official soundtrack site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Esperanto

Release Date:

8 December 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blade III

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$243,957 (Japan) (6 May 2005)

Gross:

$535,661 (Japan) (13 May 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Shawn Danielle Productions Ltd., Amen Ra Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min 105 min (cut) 122 min (unrated DVD)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ryan Reynolds gained 25 pounds of muscle for his role as Hannibal King.

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Goofs

When Drake is taking his first walk in the day, the traffic stops at the red light and you can see the news van for City Pulse news, a local Vancouver station. Two Canada Post trucks can also be seen in the intersection.

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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.

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Crazy Credits

"WORD" (at the end of the credits)

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Connections

Referenced in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

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Soundtracks

"When the Guns Come Out"
Written by WC (as William Calhoun), RZA (as Robert Diggs), Narada Greenaway,
Christ Bearer (as Andre Johnson) and E-40 (as Earl Stevens)
Performed by WC, E-40, P Dot and Christ Bearer of Northstar
Produced by RZA (as The RZA)

User Reviews

Wesley Snipes can stand alone

The main problem with Blade:Trinity is that the director - for some odd reason - forgot that Wesley Snipes can hold his own. He was the reason people went and saw the first two movies. As Blade, he is the king of badass cool. Trinity was disappointing because they siphoned all of his humor off onto Hannibal, and he lost a lot of battle scenes to Abby. This was unnecessary. I didn't go to watch either of those actors try desperately. I went to watch Wesley Snipes as Blade. And then, casting decisions? Who chose Parker Posey to play a vamp? Who did her hair? What insanity was going on on the set? And why, why, why, why didn't Paul Levanesque take his shirt off? Come on. Waste of money, and that from a Blade sci-fi fan.