After vampires convince the FBI and local police that Blade and Whistler are menaces to society, Blade finds himself as public enemy number one. In hiding because of a video taped incident that shows Blade as a ruthless killer Blade joins forces with two vampire hunters Abigail who is the daughter of Whistler and Hannibal who are part of a group called the Nightstalkers as they tackle the powerful and ruthless villain Danica Talos. After harvesting the superior blood of the ancestor of all modern vampires, Talos has resurrected the man now known as “Drake” from a century-long sleep in the hopes of finally getting world control for all vampires. Drake or as he is better know Dracula is the original vampire and his blood is the only pure blood as centuries of evolution and mutation has contaminated the modern day vampire. Talos is after that pure blood in an effort to evolve all vampires into daywalkers like Blade. Blade, along with the band known as the Nightstalkers must stop them all the while trying to unleash a virus that will kill all the vampires, but they will only be given one chance to make it work.

Mindless action, senseless violence, weak plot and campy humor, Blade Trinity is chock full of all of them. It would be easy to sit here and dissect the movie into a thousand little pieces, but I am not going to because despite the fact that the movie was nothing more than a “popcorn flick” it was a good “popcorn flick.” It also took a much different route than the first two movies as it involved a lot more humor mostly coming from the character of Hannibal played by Ryan Reynolds. If it weren’t for some of the great action sequences I wouldn’t have been sorely disappointed by all the one-liners the movie felt necessary to drop, it was almost like watching a Will Smith movie at times.

Wesley Snipes is clearly getting old as he was forced to use a lot more body armor this time around to hide his failing physique, but despite that he still did a good job in the fight sequences. To make up for his lack of fighting they used Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel to keep the movie moving from one fight sequence to the next. The only thing I truly disliked was how they portrayed Dracula, as he just doesn’t fit a single legend or previous image ever in a movie. Kris Kristofferson just did not sell me as Dracula as he just didn’t have the characteristics or the acting ability to pull it off. Despite all that was wrong with the movie, it was still enjoyable even if it was just mostly fluff and for most of the non discriminating viewing public they will like it if not love it even if its not nearly as good as the first two movies.
3.5 stars out of 5