I may be one of the only people on the planet that doesn’t hate Blade: Trinity. Sure, it’s nowhere near the quality of the first and even stumbles in comparison to Blade II, but there are still some cool moments and as much as I love Del Toro and enjoy Blade II, I have to admit that some parts of Blade: Trinity are cooler and better put together.
I know that’s sacrilege because people love to hate on Blade: Trinity and the criticism isn’t without merit. There are some laughably bad scenes, teaming Blade with sidekicks rarely works, and the direction from first time director David Goyer isn’t close to the quality of the first. The fight choreography in Trinity isn’t as good as Blade II (which I think is the overall best in terms of the fights & stunts). Also, the final 30 minutes of Trinity flat out sucks. But Trinity’s opening scene is I think better than Blade II’s. And the overall story, at least for the first half is more intriguing and less derivative than Blade II. There’s also some terrific ideas here, however poorly executed.
Notice I’m not talking much about the first Blade because it’s by far the best and frankly, pretty untouchable overall. I so wish Goyer had only wrote Trinity and Stephen Norrington (the director of the first Blade) would have been able to come back and do this one. It could have been a great end to the trilogy instead the ultimate disappointment it became.
Snipes gets some good lines in this (better than Blade II in some cases) and I know Snipes hated the director and went a bit nuts on set but he’s still great on screen. I don’t hate Jessica Biel in this and Ryan Reynold’s sarcastic act works sometimes, again didn’t hate it. Dominic Purcell and Parker Posey are pretty bad though. The worst thing is how this film ruined Whistler’s character. They should have never gone there with him. In the end, Blade: Trinity is surprisingly better than I remembered.