Blade

Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Action

Wesley Snipes	Blade/Eric Brooks/The Daywalker
Stephen Dorff	Deacon Frost
Kris Kristofferson	Abraham Whistler
Donal Logue	Quinn
N'Bushe Wright	Dr. Karen Jenson
Udo Kier	Vampire Elder Dragonetti
Arly Jover	Mercury
Traci Lords	Racquel
Devon Sawa	Vanessa
Kevin Patrick Walls	Officer Krieger
Sanaa Lathan	Vanessa Brooks
Tim Guinee	Dr. Curtis Webb
Eric Edwards	Pearl

Director	Stephen Norrington
Producer	Peter Frankfurt; Wesley Snipes
Writer	David S. Goyer
Cinematography	Theo van de Sande
Musician	Mark Isham

In "Blade," the first film in an eventual trilogy, the title character played by Wesley Snipes is "daywalker," a half-human, half-vampire who has dedicated his life to the eradication of the vampire race. Blade's mother was bitten by a vampire when she was pregnant--as a result, Blade has all of the typical vampire's extra-human abilities but none of their weaknesses (such as sunlight); however, he also has a vampire's lust for blood, which he controls with the help of his friend and ally, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). Blade's nemesis in this movie is Deacon Frost (Stephen Dorff), an upstart, charismatic young (well, relatively speaking) vampire who would rather rule the world than maintain the current uneasy coexistence of vampires and humans. Frost and his minions plan to awaken an ancient vampire god who will eradicate humanity once and for all. Blade, working with Whistler and Karen Jenson must stop this from happening.