that snarl . that scowl . the act of random violence . the gutteral voice . the fetish wear . that shaven head . it can mean only one thing . grace jones be back . actually my source tell me that the title role in blade wasn not play by the 1980s diva and but by wesley snipe . all in all this be not an improvement . blade be an adaptation of a comic character while somehow in the transfer from the simplistic and two dimensional world of the printed page it have become even more simplistic and lose a couple of dimension . the plot be hackneyed almost beyond belief and add nothing to the vampire genre and in fact and much like nosferatu and it seem to suck the life out of the audience . in brief and upwardly mobile vampire want to become more powerful but be oppose by blade and half human and half vampire and all annoying . it all climax with blade be put in a vampire juice press and some bad martial art and the most pitiful cgi since 1968. blade have to be the least empathic character since dolph lundgren punisher ( also a comic adaptation and perhaps there be a trend here . ) . surely the audience be mean to be on the same side a the hero . and whilst a vampire can be a tragic character and this be not true of blade and he be relentlessly cruel and scornful and not a whole lot well than the bad guy . i assume that wesley snipe have an act career purely so that everyone else can be compare favourably . a he snarl his way through his movie you find yourself look for a stake even a ballpoint pen anything to put blade in the grave . a a piece of narcissism and blade be pretty much unbeatable we be treat to endless linger shot of a gym fresh snipe for no reason whatsoever . likewise no other actor be allow any chance to give a reasonable performance while the like of steven dorff can act and but they have to play second fiddle to snip tedious performance . kris kristofferson use to appear in good movie and here he be reduce to a sidekick that you just know isn not go to make it through to the final reel . and what happen when blade find out . yes and you guess it and he rush to the scene to wreak his revenge in the villain giant underground lair . why can not world domination take place in a quiet country house . they always go ahead in underground cathedral that would have have albert speer wonder if they be a little grandiose . a lot of these plan could be stop right now if local council pay more attention to plan for extend sub basement . the rest of the movie be just a dull and unimaginative with nothing new to add to the genre . vampire have be do to undeath and perhaps they should be lay to rest for a while at least until someone can think of some way to make them interest again . to finish and there be a grace jones vampire movie and it call vamp and it about ten time good than this .