Blade . Tucson Weekly . 09-08-98

Blade

DIRECTED BY: Stephen Norrington

REVIEWED: 09-08-98

Wesley Snipes plays the comic-book hero come-to-life in this silly but satisfying morality tale teaching us the important lesson that being a bloodsucking vampire is bad, but ruthlessly slaughtering vampires is good. The pouting and posing suckheads in this movies make it look like pure, decadent fun to be undead--the blood-soaked rave scene alone is enough to make anyone want to bare their neck to the fangs. Yet Blade is cooler than all of them--a creature born of a newly bitten pregnant woman, so that he ends up half-human, half vampire. He can withstand sunlight and garlic, but has the thirst for human blood. His self-appointed mission to kill the undead legions requires him to wear heavy leather gear and carry a lot of big guns. Also, he must wear sunglasses at all times. Why ask why? Blade is like an expensive non-stick pan; it's all about surface, but sometimes a good surface is all you need.

--Richter

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