As I was
saying, time to wind down with another superhero franchise, and what a topical
time. At time of writing Black Panther just came out and celebrates the first
superhero movie and probably first big budget blockbuster in general to have a
predominately black cast of characters, but NOT as some people try to claim,
the first Superhero movie with a black lead. That honour goes to… I’m not
actually sure, but Blade sure as hell is one of them.
Blade came
out in 1998, and it was sure as hell an adult movie, R rated in the US, rated
18 (the equivalent of NC-17) in the UK. It didn’t have blockbuster budget, only
$45m and didn’t get blockbuster returns, $131m. It was just successful enough
that a sequel was greenlit. It wasn’t exactly a critical smash either, rated 54% on
Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 5.7/10. Here are my thoughts
