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Blade: Trinity DVD Review: The Film Blade: Trinity is the third installment to the all popular comic book movies that star Wesley Snipes as a half human aggressive, but cool vampire hunter. This installment has an ample amount of promise, with the addition of two rising young stars in Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds as well as having the writer of all three films, David S. Goyer, aboard as the film’s director. Opened to moderate success last December, Blade: Trinity has guilty pleasure entertainment value, but overall it is a measly bump in the road that may kill the series. There is so much potential for this film to work, especially as a comic book film. However, cheesiness ensues as well as stupidity, in making this film mildly moderate. This time around Blade (Snipes) is still ridding the world of thirsty bloodsuckers as well as dodging the authorities that deem him as a threat. As his mentor once again is the reliable, but aging Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). The new band of headache vampires for Blade in this installment are lead by the cocky Danica Talos (Parkey Posey) and the muscle bound Jarko (Triple H). Danica works out a deal with the local police to set up Blade in killing a human disguised as a vampire to get more attention towards capturing him. After being captured, Blade is then saved by a couple of young vampire hunters that called themselves The Nightstalkers. Led by the willing, but amusing Hannibal King (Reynolds) and Whistler’s daughter, the bow and arrow toting Abigail (Jessica Biel), the three eventually team up and learn of the vampires hidden plan to bring back the original vampire Dracula (Dominic Purcell) to rave havoc on the world and kill Blade. Writer/Director David S. Goyer maintains the typical Blade atmosphere and intentions, such as loud music, slow motion shots, numerous over the top action moments, slick style and cool weaponry. However, this installment adds an unneeded amount of humor, such as Reynolds himself. Though he is the best thing in the film at times, Reynolds’ one-liners and arrogance becomes annoying throughout. Goyer also boggles the film with ideas that are not well thought out and no where near properly executed. The whole concept behind the real Dracula is just plain stupid and Goyer builds him up as the scary and powerful villain, but the end result is laughable. Stephen Dorff’s Frost in the first Blade film makes this Dracula look elementary. There are some fun moments throughout the film in terms of action, but overall Goyer’s missteps bury the film. Snipes does his usual Blade stuff, as well as trying to implement one-liners that rarely work. However, this time around Snipes seems more of a card-board cut out, he is not given much to work with. Much of the thunder is taken away by the new blood of Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds. As stated before, Reynolds becomes annoying, but this film would have no pulse without him. Though Biel’s character I-Pod methods are horrendous, she is a welcomed presence, and the less she speaks, the better she is. Parker Posey chews the scenery well as the vampire Danica and Triple H is a suitable big guy as the vampire Jarko. Andrew Bryniarski (Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), who was considered for Jarko before Triple H would have brought more flavor to the role. It is unfortunate, but to be honest Dominic Purcell is probably the worst performance and characterization of Dracula to ever don the screen. Not necessarily that Purcell is a horrific actor, the character was just written so embarrassingly shallow. It is easy to see Blade fans enjoying this installment. As a guilty pleasure the film works as well as mindless fun. The addition of young stars Biel and Reynolds for sure help the film, but the weak Dracula concept bogs it down. Goyer’s intentions are clear, but his execution is cluttered and lost. Audio The sound of this film is outstanding, with numerous explosions and fight sequences. The details, such as glass shattering, are transferred precisely to the disc. As with all of the Blade films, the soundtrack is so loud and obnoxious that it overtakes the terrific detailed audio of the disc. However, watching this film on disc in DTS is a lot of fun. Video The transfer of the film to disc is crisp and clean, with no obvious problems. The color is fantastic, even though the film takes place mostly at night. In theaters, the sequence in the day when Blade and The Nightstalkers antagonize numerous vampire helping humans, the picture looked murky, but the transfer to the disc projects the day time color as cloudy, but clear. Extra Features --10 extra minutes
of footage --Blooper Reel --Alternate Ending --“Daywalkers,
Nightstalkers & Familiars: Inside the World of Blade: Trinity”
--Audio Commentary with Writer/Director David S. Goyer, Ryan Reynolds, and Jessica Biel. An enjoyable commentary with Ryan Reynolds in full comedic mode. Goyer asks numerous questions to both actors, with Biel mostly being supportive of the film and saying everything is fun. Informative insight is unveiled that Biel actually first turned down the role of Abigail as well as continuous discussions of behind the scene stories. Reynolds speaks of how the vampire dog used in the film had continuous bodily function problems, which led to the set having to be aired out. As notable is the numerous time the three speak of the concerns that Wesley Snipes had with certain choices in the film, which may or may not be supportive of how hard it was to work on the film with Snipes. Snipes has recently filed a lawsuit suing the producers of Blade: Trinity for not letting him have final word on the chosen director of the film. --Audio Commentary with Writer/Director David S. Goyer, Editor Howard Smith, Production Designer Chris Gorak, Cinematographer Gabriel Berstain, Producers Peter Frankfurt and Lynn Harris This commentary is a lot more technical in terms of the film’s production value. However, the team still has fun and delivers behind the scene stories as well as numerous obstacles of producing this film. --Production Interview—“Goyer
on Goyer”—David S. Goyer self-interview --VFX Progression
and Weapons --Limited Edition
Marvel Comic Book --Trailers Overall: Blade:Trinity is a solid DVD in terms of its picture/sound as well as tons of extra features. The double disc DVD includes a longer unrated version of the film as well as the original R rated theatrical version. The extras have a fun commentary along with numerous behind the scenes aspects and interviews. However, the film itself is not that wonderful, it is at best an average attempt that has its moments, but is hurt by miscues and clutter. Action fans and fans of the series will cherish this DVD; it is worth a rental if you are looking for a fun guilty pleasure. The Film:
C 2 Disc Unrated
Version
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