vampire
action film
, written
and directed
by David S. Goyer
, who also wrote the screenplays to the first two Blade films. It is the third film in the Blade film series, following on from Blade
and Blade II
and it is based on the Marvel Comics
character Blade
, played by Wesley Snipes
. The story continues in Blade: The Series
.
The film begins with an opening narration about Dracula, told by Hannibal King
(Ryan Reynolds
):
- In the movies, Dracula wears a cape and some old English guy always manages to save the day at the last minute with crosses and holy water, but everybody knows the movies are full of shit.
- The truth is, it started with BladeBlade (comics)Blade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...
and it ended with him.
[Drake asks if he is ready to die] I was born ready, motherfucker!
[A cell phone rings while he is holding a familiar upside-down] Oh, it's you!
[A FBI member asks him how many people he killed] 1,182. But they were all familiars. People who work for them.
[To a baby] Cootchie-Coo.
So the movies are true.
"Kill you?" Motherfucker, I'll kill you! I'll just enjoy it better.
[To a familiar] Go. You've got twenty seconds. [The familiar runs] Twenty. [Shoots him]
[Looking at Hannibal King's sticker, "Hello my name is FUCK YOU"] Is this supposed to be tactical?
You're not immortal. I musta heard hundreds of you rodents make the same claim. Each one of them has tasted the end of my sword.
[First lines] In the movies, Dracula wears a cape, and some old English guy manages to save the day at the last moment with crosses and holy water. But everyone knows the movies are full of shit. The truth is, it began with Blade, and it ended with Blade. The rest of us were just along for the ride.