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A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

I'm coming to "Blade: Trinity" at the end of my quest to see a bunch of Dracula movies since reading Bram Stoker's novel. The movie itself is a mess: the usual choppy action-movie editing, ridiculous fighting moves, lots of posing to look cool, inane dialogue complete with mumbo-jumbo science-y speak, a noisy soundtrack and a banal story. There are plenty of good reviews on IMDb and elsewhere that dwell more on the movie's problems and how it relates to the Blade series at large, but my focus is on its Dracula.Recently, I also viewed "Dracula Untold," which basically made Dracula into a dark superhero, or anti-superhero at worst. Another Batman. "Blade: Trinity," at least, gets that Dracula is not a sympathetic hero; he's a supervillain. Otherwise, he's nothing like Stoker's Dracula, and the movie goes to some length to explain this to the audience, so much so that it begs the question of why they'd use Dracula in the first place. He's an archetype. His long history of media representations, which the movie subsequently rejects, nonetheless, lend the movie a gravitas totally unbefitting of it. Dracula is old, evil and strong. That's all that really matters for his purposes here. Beyond that, this Dracula is a dull character.Stoker's novel and the rest of the real history of Dracula's media representations are incorporated into the movie's world, right down to Count Chocula cereal. In one scene, Dracula attacks a couple clerks running a store dedicated to Dracula and vampire merchandise. "Dracula 2000" similarly set-up Dracula this way so as to reinvent him, as well as its Van Helsing character. The Dracula of "Blade: Trinity" is remade as a typical, if underdeveloped, burly action-movie baddie. He's given a history stretching back to ancient Sumer, where he was the original progenitor of Hominus Nocturna--cue laughter. The Babylonians called him "Dagon," pronounced Day-Gone. Get it? Many other Dracula movies only go back as far as Vlad the Impaler. One went as far back as Judas, and others have made connections to Satan, which I guess would be the only ones to have an older Dracula than the one in this movie.This Dracula is supposed to be, at least according to Ryan Reynolds's character, stronger than the fictional one. Yet, his shapeshifting powers are limited to humanoid forms and to being a giant devil-looking monster. As per Stoker, but contrary to many Dracula movies since, this Dracula doesn't die from sunlight; moreover, it doesn't seem to limit his powers, as it did Stoker's Count. He's more irreligious, as he explains to a child that there is no afterlife (although, inconsistently, he also talks about Jesus dying for mankind's sins), but he still seems to dislike crosses--he orders a fem vamp to remove hers. The coffin and home soil stuff is dropped, though, so I suppose that would make this Dracula significantly stronger just for the increased mobility and security that would afford.As far as a character, this Dracula lacks motive and isn't especially interesting thematically. There's one scene where Dracula strangely bites into a fem vamp that implies sex, but that's as close as this movie comes to linking vampirism to sex, which is the most basic of connections any decent Dracula or vampire movie should make. The religion, infidelity, xenophobia, or subtext of vampirism as venereal disease from Stoker are absent. And the movie barely offers a clue as to why Dracula was in hiding in Iraq and what his reasons are for joining a vampire gang. This Dracula may be physically stronger than Stoker's Dracula in some ways, but his will apparently isn't.(Mirror Note: Also unlike Stoker's Dracula, this one casts reflections. His reflection appears in a sword in one brief clip, and his image is also reflected in the glass windows of the vampire store.)

I've watched all three Blade movies as part of my personal challenge to watch every Marvel movie made. I went in with no opinion or knowledge about the story.I liked the story, but I've definitely seen better story lines. What I personally liked most is the fighting scenes. Recent movies make a lot of heroes look like almost invincible gods. It doesn't look like throwing punches takes any effort or power. In Blade in saw the opposite, the fighting looked extremely real. Sometimes I could've sworn he actually hit the actors. Comparing Blade: Trinity to the earlier Blade movies, the special effects became so much better too. Huge plus to me. I rated this 6 because of good fighting and special effects. It's only 6 because some of Blade's humor was switched to other characters and the story isn't very deep. It's not bad, but not deep and sometimes obvious.

Blade is back for a third film in Blade Trinity and this time he's not alone as he's joined by the Nightstalkers. Alone and surrounded it seems everyone wants a piece of the day walker, the Vampires want to kill him and the living want to capture and imprison him for his apparent crimes against humanity. At the start of the film Blade is set up, he slays what he believes is a vampire only to find out it's a human in disguise, he's caught on camera and learns it's a set up when the video is played all over the media and a manhunt ensues. While getting a good old telling off from Whistler (Kristofferson) a trap is sprung and his HQ is stormed by human authorities. Whistler is killed (for real this time) but manages to detonate a self destruct command wiping out the command centre and taking all the computers and evidence down with him. Grief stricken Blade is surrounded and submits. Now in police custody it all looks bleak for the day walker. He's interrogated by the law and vampires pretending to be the law. The vampires plan to take him away and to his demise but before they even get out of the room a rescue mission is sprung by Hannibal Kane (Ryan Reynolds) and Abigail Whistler (Whistlers daughter, played by Jessica Biel). They escape and take Blade to their own HQ where he learns about other Vampire resistance groups/ cells. They advise Blade that the Vampire current plan is to resurrect the very first vampire, Dracula (Dominic Purcell) himself. The chase is on, kill Dracula or be killed and watch as the world dies. While all looks bleak there is also a glimmer of hope as the team have finally made a compound that can cure vampirism but it has to be injected into the alphas vampire, I guess it's lucky that Dracula is knocking around then. This was a fun film all in all, more tongue in cheek humour than the last two but still crammed with action and adventure. The pace of the film is a little up and down but that's because it's almost like it has two films worth of content all rolled into one. It was refreshing to see how the Blade's actions are seen by the living and how they reported on it, in previous films he was just allowed to dice and slice with no consequences ever being discussed. The casting was not what I expected for a Blade film, I was happy watching Wesley Snipes rampage but I can't remember signing up to watch Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel kick undead butt. Why does Blade need sidekicks though? He didn't really need them in the other films or the comics, it's almost in insult that he's been given them for this film. By having sidekicks and by sharing screen time with them it belittles Blade and makes him look like he's not actually that essential… but isn't he the day walk, the scourge of the vampire world? Evidently not and humans can get in on the act too. Not just do they get in on the act but they also have no fear of Vampires or death and they seem to physically cope with the demands of hunting super strength blood suckers. Average human's didn't fair to well in the first two Blade films so what makes them suddenly able to stand up to the fight? Allowing the 'kids' to have as much screen time diminishes the need for Blade who has made himself into the Vampire hunter the world needs. As well as belittling Blade's involvement it also gives the film a pretty and poppy feel, almost like they are trying to removed the darkness of the Blade franchise to attract a younger audience - shame. Although not a side kick what was the point in putting Triple-H (Jarko Grimwood) (WWE wrestler) in the film? He wasn't imposing, he wasn't a threat, he didn't have great dialogue, he was just there for being there's sake. Dominic Purcell as Dracula didn't do it for me either, he didn't seem convincing as the alpha vampire with unmeasurable strength and power, he was more like the bad guy in an episode of "Hercules" or "Zena: Warrior Princess". When I've sat back and thought about It after the film he didn't actually serve any kind of threat to the world, at most he killed a few of the Nightstalkers and attempts to throw a baby of a building (despite talking about 'honour' in his finale with Blade) but other than that nothing too menacing. He could probably have been left to roam the city for ages before any major incidents occurred which would need a vampire fighting hit squad to try and kill him off. Out of the bad guys it was Parker Posey as Danica Talos who was the most credibility, well, least embarrassing anyway, she played the role as if she was copying Fairuza Balk in "The Craft".For fear of a massive rant I'm going to stop myself here and try to summarise the rest of the review. Not as good as the first two films. Not as dark as the first two films. Random pace and random casting. More amusement and humour than action and story. Family friendly Blade rather than cult classic for fans. Terrible way to end the franchise. Predictable in places. Good soundtrack. 6 out of 10

This the Final "Blade" Movie in the Series is the Third Different Style Rendered for the Vampire Vampire Slayer. Wesley Snipes Returns as does Kris Kristofferson, but this one Adds the Marvel Team, "The Nightstalkers" with Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds in Key Roles."Trinity" is Riddled with as many Snarky and Glib One Liners, as Explosions, Ashings, and Modified Bullets. Most of it Works and the Decidedly Lighter Tone of the Movie gives it a definitive Comic-Book Feel. The First Movie was a solidly Straight Origin Story, the Sequel was a Gore-Fest-Horrorthon, and now there's this.Fans were Mixed and Critics Lambasted the Movie as an over Indulgent Mess mostly Sighting First Time Director Goyer (who wrote all three). It's Not that Bad and is a Fun Frolic with enough Action and "Super-Heroics" and Forced Hipness, to make it an Entertaining, if Shallow Treat.There was much reported On-Set Angst Between Snipes and the Director and the Rest of the Crew were Caught Up in the Turmoil. It Doesn't Really Show Up in the Movie. A Follow-Up with the "Nightstalkers" was Hinted at but Never Materialized.