Blade

Theatrical - Wide 1998-08-19

Cast Wesley Snipes Stephen Dorff Kris Kristofferson N'Bushe Wright Donal Logue Udo Kier Arly Jover Traci Lords Kevin Walls Tim Guinee Sanaa Lathan Eric Edwards Donna Wong Carmen Thomas Shannon Lee
Directed by Stephen Norrington
Written by David Goyer

Genres: Action Comic Book

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7/10

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When Blade’s mother was bitten by a vampire during pregnancy, she did not know that she gave her son a special gift while dying: All the good vampire attributes in combination with the best human skills. Blade grew up to be... See more a vampire hunter for revenge on his mother’s death. The vampires, who managed to infiltrate nearly every major organization, need Blade’s very special blood to summon La Magra, the blood god, in order to reign over the human cattle, as they call us.

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