Blade - Movie Review

[@Jasta85]

Deadpool: I'm the first R rated superhero movie. Black Panther: I'm the first Black superhero to get his own movie. Blade: Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill.

[@irishking2040]

nice one!!

[@Lance_Gilbert]

💯

[@jamiejoe4802]

Punisher 89

[@w415800]

Hey what about "Steel" 1997? or "Meteore Man"?😄

[@Movienerd092]

😂😂

[@predetor911]

“There’s only been one Blade, there’s only ever gonna be *one Blade* “

[@snavesol]

JUST LIKE WOLVERINE

[@predetor911]

@@snavesol tell that to the Cavilrine 😂

[@afroman255]

Deadpool: 😏

[@mattheendpod2659]

Tell that to Stcky Fingaz!

[@jacobboaden2213]

Can confirm

[@Jonathan_Collins]

The first Blade movie practically saved marvel from bankruptcy in 98' and was the first R rated marvel movie.

[@kd9749]

And first black led Marvel film. But don’t tell Black Panther fans that.

[@jamiejoe4802]

No.. punisher 89

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@kd9749Black Panther sucks, the fans annoy me

[@mainstreetsaint36]

@@ninjanibba4259 Oh the irony of that, since Wesley Snipes was trying to get a Black Panther movie made back in the mid-90s.

[@mattheendpod2659]

@@Jonathan_Collins I think Ike Permutter’s money did a lot too

[@JCJW101]

The opening club scene is the most accurately filmed club scene I've ever seen on film, everyone jammed together dancing away rather than huge open spaces around each person where they easily talk to each other, and that tune, absolute classic!

[@SoCalFreelance]

Watch the opening of Go (1999), much more realistic.

[@kennethheadden2229]

The tone of the first blade is legendary. His entrance in the club...the contrast of blood covered vampires and slow mo blade all blacked out so sick. Maybe some of the cgi isn't the best but the bullet time scene still holds up. That camera work is so good. Some movies never get old for me. T1 T2 alien aliens blade are always go to for me

[@SlickOnTop]

The opening to Blade 1 is still one of the best introductions to a titular character in modern cinema.

[@TheThird1977]

And the opening to Blade II is still one of the best introductions of the titular character's antagonist in modern cinema.

[@mikedelvalle931]

@@TheThird1977 And the opening to Blade III is still best introductions to a crappy movie....

[@lalalaLaFlex]

cant talk about blade without talking about bloodrave

[@NebLleb]

IKR? We get the origin of the character, followed by a sequence that gives us both an introduction to Deacon as he holds a blood rave and to Blade as he puts an end to it. This movie never gets old.

[@phexus]

Modern though? it's almost 30 years old lol

[@BrandonWestfall]

“Mother fucker, are you out of your damn mind?” That line had me hooked. It’s been stuck in my head for 27 years. There’s so many quotable lines.

[@mroctober3657]

I say that to my mother every time the peas aren't warm enough.

[@cliffordthebigreddawg8088]

​@mroctober3657 you gots to be white to say that to your moms

[@Mcelly58]

27 years? you saw this in 1997?

[@BrandonWestfall]

@@Mcelly58 Smartass

[@Mcelly58]

@@BrandonWestfall 🤷‍♂️

[@ShaneAddinall]

100% agree, Snipes was a god-tier casting choice for Blade. Man I loved this film.

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

It was Wesley Snipes' project from the very outset, Including the tattoos and the flat top hair. Blade was white in the short lived comic book.

[@Cakebattered]

There's a youtube video of professional tattoo artists rating movie tattoos. When they show Blade's tribal tats on the back of his head, they all praised it for helping popularize the trend, especially since head tats were far from mainstream.

[@manic-n5n]

@@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser Blades first appearance though was in The Tomb of Dracula #10 (July 1973), and he was definitely black. Did they change that for his comic book run?

[@AReallyLongAndUnremakableUser]

@@manic-n5n oh, okay!

[@cashh1004]

I Think Michael Jae White would’ve did Really Good as well

[@DiscoFever1970]

"Blade" had a deleted scene that human were going to be kept as living blood bags...hence a continuous food supply. One can see "human IV" bags briefly in the opening club scene. Great review!

[@badmojo7825]

Disney CANNOT make a Blade movie as good as Blade 98. Blade 98 is in the Top 5 or 10 best Marvel movies still to this day.

[@dontlookatme9692]

One of the best comic book movies

[@JoakimOtamaa]

Blade 2 is also pretty damn good.

[@lukeliddiard2337]

That jammed grenade box lever scene is so badass ​@@JoakimOtamaa

[@badmojo7825]

@@JoakimOtamaa Yes it is and I like Blade 2 better than the first.

[@JoakimOtamaa]

@@badmojo7825 Same. Del Toro's style really fits the world of Blade and the new vampires are pretty cool. Reminds me of Resident Evil 5's enemies.

[@riotd.r.8363]

My favorite aspect of Blade is you can tell he not only feels obligated to hunt vampires, he's having fun hunting them. Those little smiles and taunts are just fantastic.

[@PRC533]

They didn't try to make it some huge moral dilemma that blade was having, he just wanted to murder some vampires and he was good at it. If Blade was made today, we would spend half the movie watching him cry about killing a single vampire, and then he would try to save them all through some kind of lesbian magic.

[@darkmatter...369]

@@PRC533everything’s gay now so you’re 100% right that’s why I love the penguin no gay shit just gives you Sopranos vibe but in Gotham

[@jaredspellman7602]

​@@PRC533 Lesbian magic is hilarious and accurate

[@mrtacoboutit1194]

I was here for the OG Jahns blade. You old fans know what I’m talking about 😂

[@SlappyMcSlappster]

Movieman191😎

[@vimalasankar6679]

Bruh we know

[@TheCrappyRobot]

(Stab, stab stab, turn around.) "blaaaaaade." 🌚

[@williamcorey4700]

I swear he killed me with that

[@kingkev6338]

“That was like 8 years ago asshole” “PEOPLE DON’T FORGET!!!!”

[@TheBTSMACLVOR]

“Twitter’s gonna have fun with this” lol I can see the screenshot right now

[@JarvisPen]

Afro and all.

[@anonymouslyunknown4811]

Lmaoo

[@SheyD78]

I don't get what he's talking about there. Has something been edited out of the video?

[@alexr7595]

@@SheyD78, Jeremy did a blackface Blade impression many years ago in some review (for Twilight, I think). That’s what he’s referring to.

[@LuisSierra42]

He should have done it again

[@1187underground]

"There would be no MCU without Blade..."' EXACTLY. Blade was the first blockbuster Marvel movie that catapulted the brand back into mainstream. The fact that its taking this long to get a reboot is crazy

[@ristoravela652]

It doesn't need a reboot.

[@justing1474]

BLADE maybe the best ever intro to start a fantastic film 10/10

[@shan4680]

No maybe about it! The only one that equals it is the opening to Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive 1, guest starring the world's longest line of cocaine, a line so long it needed its own scaffolding! (The X-Men 2 White House scene comes extremely close, though!)

[@Chris24_]

That opening of scene of the rave is by far one of the best opening scenes of any movie ever made.

[@jonfreeman9682]

The best. Nothing else even comes close. Blade making his entrance with his Katana is serious bad assery. No way the reboot can come close to matching the original.

[@Chris24_]

@@jonfreeman9682 100% agree

[@lofihour2506]

It’s definitely hypeeeee 🔥

[@zom8680]

Tracy Lords iykyk gets stabbed with a silver shotgun in her Kombat zone 😂😂 great stuff

[@chris10878]

Agree. Music hits perfect … then it stops and the really cool shit starts lol

[@andrew3006]

1:54 “Blade’s a vampire Hunter, he kills vampires, Go….” Here’s your script for the new movie Marvel. It’s literally THAT simple so wtf is taking so long.

[@pandalover900]

Gotta work in that angle for the modern audience..

[@casmith1998]

movies can no longer be straightforward fun now; there needs to be a proverbial finger wagging in your face the entire time

[@ANGELOFDARKification]

​​@@pandalover900 John Wick + Vampires = CHACHING 💰💰💰

[@alayablack9104]

​@@ANGELOFDARKificationthats hounestly a shout, get the guys who did john wick and see if they'll do it (or a punisher movie)

[@s3.14dervision]

They thought we'd accept yet another pussi-fied superhero...and now they're panicking.

[@ryanreviews8566]

I respect Jeremy's courtesy of ALWAYS trying to keep his videos spoiler free even when the movie in question has been out for a while. people need to learn this level of class.

[@KameronFranklin]

I think the statute of limitations on movie spoilers is 20 years, but it was still a nice gesture.😜

[@steprockmedia]

ME TOO!!!!! Everybody else says "Hey, look! My thumbnail is a spoiler and you can't unsee it!!!! Yay!!!!!"

[@ginge641]

No. If it's not as ubiquitous as Star Wars, this doesn't apply.​@@KameronFranklin

[@lalocorgan]

Film chivalry ain't dead

[@igodreamer7096]

It's a lack of courtesy and respect just assume everybody and they dog watched a movie already, just because the movie in question is an old one. I guess.

[@Velduanga]

I watched this movie daily for like a month in the summer of '99. It was THE comic book movie for me at the time, and still one of my faves to this day. Got to meet Donal Logue some years ago and he signed my Blade bluray. Very cool and humble dude. RIP Kris Kristoferson.

[@jameydunne3920]

I love the Donal logue in blade. It's comic without drawing you away from the story

[@m00nwa1ker]

The Punisher (2004) with Thomas Jane and John Travolta was another great Marvel movie before the whole mcu movie thing started. And the fight against Kevin Nash with the classic music at the background was just hilarious in this movie.

[@blakeallen391]

Underrated movie. Under appreciated for sure. Such a good movie.

[@darklighter66]

​@@blakeallen391 I thunk in the commetary the director mentions the studio halving? The budget just before filming. He did well with what he had.

[@thevagabond1314]

Jeremy wasn’t gonna wait another 5 years for the MCU Blade film before he can mildly address his biggest controversy so he went “Fine, I’ll do it myself” and decided to review the original, that’s some 4th dimensional chess right there

[@AbberjamUK]

I think he's just trying to play the algorithm so this becomes the default review, rather than back down and delete the original

[@Diggittydoright]

Where did he address it? the twitter comment at the start? Glad he took three seconds to completely ignore why most people are watching this?

[@johnnypopstar]

@@Diggittydoright What controversy?

[@thevagabond1314]

@@Diggittydoright Hence why I said “mildly address”

[@thevagabond1314]

@@AbberjamUK He never reviewed blade before, the blackface skit was from a Twilight review

[@Truthbetold1988]

One of the best opening scenes in cinematic history. Especially if like me at the time never knew it was a vampire movie.

[@jonfreeman9682]

A legend. Honestly don't think the reboot can match the original. Wesley Snipes is perfect casting as he actually is a trained martial artist.

[@PakoVero]

This scene will be forever stuck in my mind

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

The first scene I saw was the one with blade pushing Domnall Logue's face against a moving train and I didn't know it was a vampire movie lol

[@internetgoat4831]

"Twitter's gonna have fun with this one" No, I AM gonna have fun with this one 😂😂😂

[@BeerMetal58]

“What I like most,” Walsh reportedly said, “is the culture and philosophy that was distinctly western Anglo-Saxon.” Walsh went on to suggest that “the original inhabitants” of the United States, who were “Anglo-Saxon,” if you “forget about” Native Americans, are now “dying off” and leaving a “cultural void” that is being filled by immigrants representing a “hodgepodge of cultures.” Walsh also said that for “our [Anglo-Saxon] culture and our identity to continue, we need to just procreate and keep that culture going,” and that anything else is “vague platitudes” that will not prevent the extinction of white people.

[@dylan594]

@@BeerMetal58what the fuck are you talking about?

[@azel8rrp169]

​@BeerMetal58 what on earth does any of this have to do with a guy that reviews movies? Seriously, people need to get a life nowadays.

[@Laughter12370]

Jeremy jahns is a part of that pipeline it's more subtle than the critical drinker but it's there just look at his blade cosplay lmao ​@@azel8rrp169

[@wjbt3]

Thanks for redoing this! Blade definitely deserves a video on your channel. Credit where credit's due, Jere 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@bifrost1377]

as an X-Mormon, the "who wrote this Prophecy, Joseph Smith?" made me drop my cereal bowl from laughing so suddenly and so hard. So thanks for that? 😅

[@chance_ondriezek99]

Seeing Blade return in Deadpool 3 was a real treat

[@htruman]

Yes.

[@jonfreeman9682]

A legend. Honestly Blade never got the perfect trilogy it deserves. Blade 1&2 was good but 3 was a letdown.

[@TMX1138]

And he was the only pre-Disney era non-20th Century Fox Marvel character in the movie. Blade’s movie was released by Warner Bros’ New Line Cinema.

[@missnoncompliant6279]

@@jonfreeman9682 Blade 3 never happened.

[@RealtyWebDesigners]

For sure; He's well loved.

[@brucelau2023]

"Twitter’s gonna have fun with this” lol I can see the screenshot right now Seeing Blade return in Deadpool 3 was a real treat

[@benhuffer540]

YES! I’ve missed Jeremy covering classics! More of this please!

[@someone890]

I watched Blade on VHS over and over when I was a kid! I think it still mostly holds up today!

[@strongbad666]

Jeremy you are right about the Snipes line regarding ice skating: Truly one of the finest lines in film history.

[@jaybeyonder7109]

Twitter can eat shit. I'm black and been a fan of Jeremy since Movie Man 101. Jeremy has been solid his whole KZbin career. And as a black man I laughed that Blade joke back in the day lol

[@tylerdewey915]

I'm gonna need some background on this.

[@LuisSierra42]

People on twitter are always looking for something new to be offended by, they are literally insane

[@MunaAzuki]

Of course you did smh

[@picklepeppers6983]

Why is it relevant to keep inserting that you are a Black person?

[@jaybeyonder7109]

@@picklepeppers6983 If you're aware of what Jeremy is alluding to in the begining of this video you would have a better understanding of why

[@Globalo45]

Wow jeremy didnt think you would touch this one again😂😅

[@ZUIKMedia]

Haha well to be fair he had to at some point. Even though the new one is having production troubles, there's inevitably going to be a new Blade eventually.

[@coolbombprime986]

😭😭🧑🏿‍🦲

[@Krikitt]

Saw it in the theater when I was 19 yrs old and from the very opening scene was blown away.

[@jk-gt9dv]

No worries on the twitter sphere. You keep giving honest reviews and I'm always excited to to see you in my feed. Your channel is as always...... Awesometacular!!

[@torybelit3555]

Absolutely a classic! Literally in my top five movies all time. The mixture of horror in this movie also makes me love it so much more. There are so many grotesque and bloody scenes in this movie. Wesley Snipes embodies this character for me. Soundtrack was phenomenal! Action was intense and stylistic. I have a lot of nostalgia roped in with this movie. But it stands as one of the best marvel movies ever made!

[@peterpilgrim3377]

When I saw the notification I was like "surely not 👀" 😂 but I'm glad he made this, good review makes me want to watch Blade again

[@Enkidu-4U]

I've always said that this film has the greatest intro of not only any Marvel film but of any film. That Rave scene with all the vampires was expertly crafted for an introduction to Blade showing up and cleaning house.

[@stanlee06]

"A surprise to be sure but a welcome one." Really like first two Blades, and Snipes was and still is a perfect Daywalker.

[@erwindavis9451]

“Without Blade, there is no MCU.”

[@EddieisKrueger]

Blade pre-dates The Matrix - I remember seeing it in theaters and everyone exiting the movie highly impressed because we hadn't seen such sickass cool martial arts fight sequences. Blade looked so badass in the all black too

[@Alrucards]

4:05 - actually not a plothole as a deleted scene explains that, but I swear some deleted scenes were used as plot points in Blade sequels. This specific deleted is literally repurpose in Blade Trinity.

[@BobBananana]

You can still see the human ‘blood bags’ at the beginning of the movie in the rave scene

[@tskwerl]

*looks at Twitter* "Some mfers still trying to ice skate uphill."

[@JohnBrownsUnfinishedBusiness]

Are they skating in blackface?

[@JamalKharon]

​@JohnBrownsUnfinishenodBusiness no they not.

[@jasonlewis3742]

​@@JohnBrownsUnfinishedBusinessWhat's wrong with going Bladeface now and again?

[@androidoficeandfire9667]

@@jasonlewis3742 ok so 70s Balde but he’s still badass

[@dhmc45]

Before Balde Blade, there was Afro Blade.

[@Evan-nx9ng]

Jeremy grew up *as* Blade

[@vkdeen7570]

he was just a guy trying to ice skate uphill

[@762x69]

"I grew up with Blade friends" - stuckmann, probably

[@ramram8979]

😂

[@BeerMetal58]

“If it’s causing this much chaos and violence, why do you insist on continuing to do it?” - Matt Walsh on being gay and having a night out, after the Club Q mass shooting. "Expecting your kid to learn 'social skills' from public school is like sending him to live with chimpanzees so that he'll learn proper table manners." - Matt Walsh, on public schooling. "So what I'm saying is that the problem is not per se teenage pregnancy, it's unwed pregnancy. That's the problem in society." - Matt Walsh on when impregnating teenage girls should be considered a problem. “But it is, in fact, true that you have to make people hurt. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But holding signs and yelling loudly will not make anyone hurt. - Matt Walsh, on peaceful protest

[@jasonlewis3742]

Bladeface

[@brownrage]

Really appreciate you reviewing movies from our younger years!

[@aoshi000]

The rave scene was still one of the coolest action sequences in movie history. Another vampire movie i really liked was Daybreakers with Ethan Hawke. I thought the vibe was similar.

[@markreza8160]

One of best childhood movies lol. Taking that VHS and seeing it in the middle of the night, totally worth it!

[@jonfreeman9682]

Good times. Played that 📼 to the bone. The first true superhero movie.

[@RadiusdynamicDemo77-rw8vu]

Those black boots spotless against all that bllood on the floor. Or Blade slapping that knife out of his opponents hand mid jump. Best comic movie ever at that time.

[@Ihavethetouch]

I hate how people are praising Black Panther as first Black superhero and conveniently forget the OG black Marvel hero

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

Or Meteor Man

[@lovelyminx6444]

Blade isn't a hero. Learn the difference. 😂

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

@@lovelyminx6444he literally saves humans and kills vampires and has super powers

[@NixLotus]

@@lovelyminx6444What is he then?

[@King-mg7vy]

​@@NixLotusHe's a vigilante that kills vampires

[@JamalKharon]

Yooooooo. I don't have the words to describe how much joy I got from the thumbnail and title alone. 😢

[@MisterSinisterReviews]

There’s only ever been one Blade, there’s only ever going to be one Blade.

[@shawnfields2369]

And that's the ONLY Blade that the world needs. "Because some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill".

[@Tomasin19]

TWO MILLION SUBS Congrats, Jeremy!!!

[@edrosa3485]

That boycott has been great for Jeremy!

[@JohnBrownsUnfinishedBusiness]

Judging by some literal white supremicist comments on this video, I don't know that influx of new subs is quite the caliber of person most would want to be associated with.

[@Tomasin19]

@@edrosa3485 people value integrity, who knew?

[@eriksanchez1721]

"Suck my blade, motha fucka!" God damn, made me laugh so hard back then. Makes me laugh now still

[@karabomasibi2331]

And I am Black.... There was no malice in his heart at all. Blade was literally the cool counter example to the terrible vampires from Twilight

[@SolidSnake240]

​@@karabomasibi2331 Same. I remember cracking up when he did that Blade bit lol

[@saintsasha9825]

​@karabomasibi2331 Was it malicious? No. Was it wrong? Yes. Stop with the "I'm black and I laughed" just because YOU were not offended doesn't mean others weren't.

[@SolidSnake240]

​@@saintsasha9825I'm willing to bet that you not even black 😂

[@spill1t]

@@saintsasha9825 "wrong" how exactly? It hurt your feelings? Tell your feelings to start lifting weights. Snowflakery needs to stop.

[@highbrow-stonebender]

Blade, The Crow, and The Lost Boys pretty much are the reasons I had a goth phase lol. I would love to see your review of Event Horizon if you are doing Halloween movies. The Grimdark aesthetic partly drawn from 40K along with the holiday season and the success of Space Marine 2 (combined with your own love of 40k) would make for some interesting thoughts on the subject (plus its my favorite horror movie being reviewed by my favorite reviewer!)

[@jonfreeman9682]

Legends of 90s cinema and it was the first true superhero movie IMO. Blade 1&2 are the best and still holds up even today. Event Horizon is an iconic space horror that no other space horrors can come close too... other than aliens.

[@landofsyn2980]

Lost boys is by far my favorite vampire movie. 30 days of night is a close second and sometimes pulls ahead

[@trendybistro]

​@@landofsyn2980Daybreakers too❤

[@GangstaStan010]

Lost Boys was my shit as a kid. David scared the FUCK outta me. But I had to watch every time it was on. Lol

[@Neopunk2023]

Lost boys and The Crow are amazing. Great to watch during Halloween

[@Ladykyra101]

Hey Jeremy-Anu, thanks for acknowledging Spawn. 👍🏾 I feel like ppl forget this movie existed. I actually kinda liked it. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@whitewalker9862]

Back in the day, moviegoers had no idea Blade is a comic book character. Blade was a very unknown Marvel character back then, even as a huge comic book collector at my teen years I've never remember reading an issue with him in it. This movie changed everything. Legendary entrance scene, cool action with techno music and Wesley Snipes' charm made the character very popular. Also Snipes' characterization defined Blade's look and characteristic at the comics. Years later the same thing happened with the first Iron Man movie. I really hate that people overlook Blade when talking about Marvel movies. Iron Man started MCU and Black Panter is the first black superhero lead of MCU. But Blade started Marvel box office hits as a black superhero a decade before MCU.

[@TheSMR1969]

Late 90s early 2000s was special for comic book movies. Spiderman, Spiderman 2, X-Men, X2, Blade, Blade II, Fantastic 4, Batman Begins. Awesome

[@nms7872]

Remove fantastic 4.... I understand people are nostalgic but it does not belong there

[@LPChipi]

@@nms7872 Blud here talking as if the others were Citizen Kane

[@captainjakemerica4579]

​@nms7872 thank you getting so tired of this nostalgia blindness

[@TheSMR1969]

@@captainjakemerica4579 it's called subjective opinion

[@captainjakemerica4579]

@@TheSMR1969 nah way more than that Fantastic Four isn't no hidden gem called nostalgia blindness

[@julius-stark]

There was a deleted scene explaining how Frost planned to deal with the food supply if everyone was turned into a vampire, so they were at least aware of that potential ploy hole.

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

Human blood farms

[@novakrabby]

I like jeremy's face on the thumbnail He's like "yep!! We are going back there"

[@LuisSierra42]

Jeremy can't be more based

[@BeerMetal58]

Walsh also regularly promotes the idea of “anti-white racism,” which he claims is “the most prevalent, dangerous, and systemic form of racism in America.” Walsh said racial minorities who fear racists attacks from white people are “paranoid, unreasonable, not supported by reality,” that their fears are “rooted in anti-white bigotry” and that they are “the problem.”

[@JohnBrownsUnfinishedBusiness]

Jeremy licks Matt Walsh's racist grundle for clicks.

[@zachsteele22]

One of my all time favorite movies. So glad to also see my all time favorite movie reviewer review this movie! Keep up the great work. =D

[@BigBandelero]

In an interview (in say 95, 96) Snipes was supposed to play Black Panther. Some time later, I find myself watching trailers for Blade, and of course, the rest is history.

[@morganbrown392]

I NEED a picture of Wesley as Blade trying to walk up a snowy hill. That would make a HELL of a movie poster. No tag line just Blade, snow, maybe bloody footsteps and a print next to him showing he’s failed going up the first time. Coming winter 2026.

[@BTC909]

Blade is waiting at the top of the hill. Even if you manage to ice skate up a hill your dead.

[@morganbrown392]

@@BTC909 now if it were the first movie or even the second yeah. But if there’s another Blade I think Disney will have him pass the mantle. My idea would show he’s gonna need help. He can’t do it alone anymore.

[@BTC909]

@@morganbrown392 I don't see Wesley agreeing to go that route. "There's been only one Blade! There's only ever gonna be one Blade!"

[@dday906]

Jeremy...respect for you being real. You knew what was coming with that Twitter line.

[@BeerMetal58]

"But what I was trying to say, if you want extreme change, you must take extreme action. What you have to do is look at the situation and decide what exactly you want to have happen. And then you have to honestly approach it and say, what do we have to do to make this happen? But it is, in fact, true that you have to make people hurt. And I'm sorry. I'm sorry. But holding signs and yelling loudly will not make anyone hurt." - Matt Walsh, on peaceful protest

[@yoteca]

Man, this brings so many memories. I was 8 when Blade came out, my dad took me to the cinema to see it two days in a row. The second time i specifically remember waiting for the jumpscare in the hospital with the burned corpse..and it still got me 😆 Amazing movie.

[@Realms3113]

This is quite amusing-I actually rewatched this just a few days ago for nostalgia. Aside from the dated CGI, the movie still holds up well. I’m not sure how Marvel could replicate what they achieved back then. Best intro to the protagonist

[@dhaelligerkeys6585]

I saw the title in my notifications (couldn't see much of the thumbnail) and went, "They didn't!" Then clicked on it and was relieved to find out they hadn't. Jeremy was just review the OG Blade.

[@rocioquiroz11]

Holy shit he actually did it. Jahns doesn’t give a fuck and I respect it heavily Bravo Jahns

[@anubusx]

Funny how Snipes was attached to a Black Panther film before Blade was made.

[@AscendantStoic]

Cloud have worked, but frankly he is born to play Blade.

[@gaz-a-reno8891]

Also 2nd bad arse line from him: “Are You Out Of Your Dam Mind!!!!” 😎

[@NathanDrakeTheGreat]

Gotta say... I'm loving the way Jeremy handles controversy. He gives it a little nod, "Twitters gonna have fun with this" then immediately moves on, knowing it's ultimately meaningless. This is why you're KZbin's favorite critic!

[@William-the-Guy]

Agreed. I think we could all learn from this.

[@tiandi5585]

The best way to not be affected by little stuff like that is to just no give them any attention. You give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

[@DPokalypse13]

“Some mf’ers are always trying to ice skate uphill” is 100% one of the greatest lines in movie history. I’ve used it in my own life countless times. And when Snipes repeats it, throwing “still” in there, in Deadpool/Wolverine, I yelled “yeah” and clapped in the middle of the theater.

[@huey6248]

subtle reference to the iconic jeremy jahns blackface at the start

[@ChrisConnolly-Mr.C-Dives-In]

Seeing Blade back in the day was an amazing cocktail of Marvel and fight choreography and charisma and movie magic. It was so great, and super cool to hear Jahns talk about it now. Sometimes I wish Jahns and Schnepp could still speak together about movies and comics.

[@monstermash1571]

"Twitter is gonna have fun with this one" Honestly dude, huge props. You addressed it without saying anything, and that's all that needs to be said. Rock on. We all do stupid things, and you'e brave enough to share your amazing personality on the internet. We've got to see you grow, and I'm thankful for it.

[@orinanime]

He reviewed a movie. Who TF cares? It's doesn't make him brave or heroic or anything else like that. Wipe the slobber off your chin and get over it. LOL

[@JimmyJames10-k7v]

how embarrassing

[@animeguitarguy]

Not really plugged in. What's the deal with Twitter this time?

[@Ironmonger38]

@@animeguitarguyThe first time Jeremy reviewed Blade he wore full blackface and an afro wig

[@orinanime]

@@Ironmonger38 it wasn't a Blade review. It was was for Twilight: Eclipse

[@thedocsays]

Great to see Blade receive some much needed and well deserved recognition. I adored this film when it came out and it remains a top classic for me.

[@russellcanderson]

It does my heart good to see blade get some love! I have literally watched the movie more than 30 times. That was my go-to when I came home from the Club after an unsuccessful hunt. I would pop in Blade and put a frozen pizza in the oven

[@ProtoNecron]

I love Blade so much. The movie will be a part of my childhood forever.

[@justinstoll4955]

Every so often, as a 40 something, I revisit that original trailer just to get pumped!

[@theramblinmahoney2316]

I'm a fan of your OG Review. This was good too though.

[@TAKTAK_Toys]

I'd been reading Marvel comics since the 80's (when I was a young boy) and I never thought I'd see Marvel characters I knew and loved in really good movies, until Blade, and then the MCU, Blade showed that comic book films could be really good, and that trended continued with the MCU!

[@chrisbrown8748]

As a soon to be 45 year old I vote that we all time travel back to 1998 to see this film in theaters again because it was a fantastic time to be alive and this movie like the Matrix totally rocked and was 100% unexpected.

[@Hobopaladin]

Blade is such a good movie in so many ways. It has excellent action that mixes cool with speed. The first intro scene at the vampire disco club, is still cooler and better than most stuff produced today and its almost 30ish years old. The only issue with the first movie is the CGI at the end. Other than that its as close to perfection in terms of a superhero/vampire movie it can be. While there is CGI that fails in the first movie, The lightning and design is top notch, same with the camera. Plot is a bit of a mess at times in blade 1, But its okay cause its just so cool. Blade 1 and 2 is movies i really enjoy rewatching once in a while. I dont think blade 3 is a good movie. Watchable, but it just feels different.

[@Clift0n]

“Twitter’s gonna have fun with this” iykyk... 😂😂 never change Jeremy

[@dylandlp19]

This was the first rated R movie I was allowed to watch when I was a kid. I didn't even know it was a comic book movie.

[@AscendantStoic]

Most of us didn't know back then it was based on a comic, I only figured that out when I bought the Blade Playstation game.

[@Purge00]

Blade and Dark City gave me such hope for dark genre films after Batman & Robin. The CGI is not as bad as I remembered considering we have had worse then that in the past decade. It is also an impeccable 4k disc, flawless.

[@benm5970]

Blade and X-Men (2000) are like a never ending debate of which one truly started the resurgence of comic book movies in the early 2000’s

[@jameydunne3920]

Blade is to modern comic book movies what little mermaid was to the animation resurgence in the early '90's. I movie that is more legendary than good, but essential to the cinematic conversation

[@Jin_Rambo]

X-Men, Iron Man, and Spider-Man were absolute fire originals. But BLADE/ The Daywalker 😎 was the spark that ignited Marvel's bright future 🔥💥💯

[@jonfreeman9682]

The OG superhero movie that started it all. It still holds up even today.

[@MAGAMAN]

The Sam Raimi spiderman movies were all terrible. Tobey Maguire looked and acted like a retard, MJ was a whore, having Peter Parker do incredibly uncharacteristic stuff in middle of the cafeteria full of students was just idiotic, and changing the web shooters just made the entire movie stupid and lame. The only good part was J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson and the Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin.

[@andrew4233th]

“Who wrote this prophecy? Joesph Smith?” Exmo here, I laughed SO hard 😂

[@tannerreeve3720]

Current mo here, also laughing 😆

[@travismester]

Blade is a 9/10. CGI was the missing 1 point. Such an epic ride.

[@adamm3368]

Another thing that was overlooked was how amazingly choreographed the fight sequences were! Especially, in the opening meat storage night club with how Blade was dispensing visually brutal mayhem, which was a first for it's time. That moment Blade punches and staples a vampire to the ceiling thru his chin was epic! And the sound design for those fights are epic! Definitely one of my top favorite films!

[@zacharyneely]

Love the postive review. I remember going to the movies in 1997 with my WW2 Day paratrooper grandfather. lol he said that was the craziest movie he’s seen.

[@iLiKeGAmes117]

I remember watching Blade for the first time growing up, and asking my teacher to change my name to Blade in school the very next day.

[@thebutterstick8659]

Jeremy got balls of steel for this one. Man has no fear anymore after the Am I Racist? review. Badass

[@TheNotoriousMrDee]

Calling people racist is fake and 🌈

[@bbhjvvbfhvv3357]

He’s just reviewing movies not storming the beaches of Normandy

[@zcvxs]

love you Jeremy, so awesome your reaching for good old... The most epic rave filmed is in Blade...brings back wet fun

[@willemverheij3412]

Please review more older movies, it's nice to hear your thoughts on them. I'd really love to see you dive into movies from before you where born, to see what you think doesn't hold up and what does. Personally I really like seeing how creative they where with practical effects and also a lot of stuff felt more experimental earlier on, that standard formula we see so often today didn't exist yet. Some of the older actors and directors are also remembered as legends for a reason, and inspired a lot of what came after them.

[@watchedbyashley]

Loved the review, Blade will always have a special place in my heart. That rave scene was epic. The characters were well developed without too much exposition. Aside from the special effects and Blade's mom being inconsistent, it's a great movie. Definitely rewatchable.

[@UnNuclear]

This is so weird. On a whim, I just rewatched Blade 2 days ago and now Jeremy is reviewing it? It still holds up and has some amazing camera work for the fight scenes.

[@Colin_]

Wasn't there a deleted scene explaining that Frost had set up loads of blood banks (like the ones seen in Trinity) which would enable the Vampires to have a regenerative food source.

[@iamnotgonnagiveyoumyname1373]

The music sells it. You can thank Mortal Kombat for the high octane of energy. ;)

[@sniktheadthemunki2709]

I've bought this danged movie on every single medium its been release on(yes, even vhs). The original Blu Ray didn't quite have the crispness we expect from high def, but the "film noise" kinda fit the whole vibe regardless. I can happily report that the recent 4K transfer(I think a year or two ago?) is buh-yewtiful. Crisp picture without that modern plasticy filter, great sound, great movie period. If you like Blade, the 4K upgrade is a nobrainer.

[@jamesmcdonough4901]

I can't believe you hadn't reviewed this movie yet! Such a classic!