Blade (1998)

1999 • 120 minutes

About this movie

Sworn to defend humanity, although not entirely human ... Born with thecunning and superhuman power of a vampire, but able to stalk by day aswell as night ... Wesley Snipes stars in this action-packed thriller asthe immortal vampire hunter Blade. Awakened to consciousness--andpain--before birth by the bite of the undead vampire that kills hismother, a young boy grows into a mythical warrior bearing a blood-curse:An almost insatiable desire for blood that he must fight every moment ofevery day. Blade uses his awesome power to battle the vampires led byhis mortal enemy, the omnipotent vampire overlord Deacon Frost (StephenDorff). The undead have infiltrated the corridors of power intent onconquering all mankind; now, against an army of immortals, one warriormust draw first blood.