Before The Matrix, there was Blade. The Wachowski Brothers owe a lot to David S. Goyer and Stephen Noyer, the writer and director of the first film.
But the look, the special effects, the black leather and the slow-mo bullets wouldn't have meant anything without Wesley Snipes holding the movie together. The paradox of Blade is that it is one of Snipes' best roles, but it also led to him becoming a sullen, martial-arts obsessed action star. Which is too bad, because the man has chops (no pun intended), and he is stone-cold gorgeous. I'm sorry that he got popped for tax evasion. Three years in jail is ridiculous, btw. Paris Hilton drove drunk and got 27 days. He ignored the IRS and got over 1,000. Bullshit.
p.s. Kris Kristofferson was 62 when he co-starred in the movie. 62. And he looked fine.
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