In 1998, when Steven Norrington’s “Blade” was released in theaters, it caused only the smallest stir in the consciousnesses of comic book fans.
Based on a character from Marvel comics, Blade (Wesley Snipes) was a half-vampire, shades-and-sword-sporting badass who stalked into the night to kill vampires.
In the world of “Blade,” vampires were the head of their own secret, elite, class-based underground society divided by those who were born vampires, and those who had been bitten and converted.
Blade wages war with a particularly nasty vampire named Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff) who seeks a magical MacGuffin…The post Blade II Found Its Inspiration In an Oscar-Winning Classic appeared first on /Film.
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