Blade (1998)

Actors: David S. Goyer (writer), Michael De Luca (producer), Stan Lee (producer), Wesley Snipes (producer), Wesley Snipes (actor), Avi Arad (producer), Donal Logue (actor), Traci Lords (actress), Kris Kristofferson (actor), Tim Guinee (actor), Gerald Okamura (actor), Udo Kier (actor), Stephen Dorff (actor), Emily Glatter (miscellaneous crew), Mark Isham (composer),

Plot: In a world where vampires walk the earth, Blade has a goal. His goal is to rid the world of all vampire evil. When Blade witnesses a vampire bite Dr. Karen Jenson, he fights away the beast and takes Jenson back to his hideout. Here, alongside Abraham Whistler, Blade attempts to help heal Jenson. The vampire Quinn who was attacked by Blade, reports back to his master Deacon Frost, who is planning a huge surprise for the human population.

Keywords: 1990s, action-hero, adoption, ambush, arm-cut-off, automatic-pistol, automobile, babe-scientist, bar-brawl, bar-fight
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror,
Taglines: The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero. Against an army of immortals, one warrior must draw first blood. Vampire Hunter Sometimes it takes one to kill one. Have you given blood lately? Part Man. Part Vampire. All Hero.

Quotes:

Pearl: He's going to kill me! You need me, Frost! You need me!::Frost: Pearl, you're history. Have the good grace to die with some fucking dignity.

Dr. Karen Jenson: You used me as bait?::Blade: Get over it.

Deacon Frost: You may wake up one day and find yourself extinct.

Whistler: Christ! I'm too old for this! Somebody get me a goddamn wheelchair!

Quinn: I'm gonna be naughty! I'm gonna be a naughty vampire god!

Dr. Karen Jenson: How'd you get that scar, Deacon? A born vampire would have the power to regenerate from birth. You must've gotten scarred before you were turned. Isn't that right? Vampires like you aren't a species. You're just infected, a virus, a sexually transmitted dis...::Deacon Frost: I'll tell you what we are, sister! We're the top of the fucking food chain. The Blood god's coming and after tonight, you people are fucking history. He's a hurricane. An act of God. Anyone caught in his path will instantly be turned. Everyone you've ever known... everyone you've ever fucking loved... it won't matter who's pureblood and who's not. How you gonna cure the whole fucking world? Hm? And Blade's blood is the key.::Guard: We've got an intruder.

Deacon Frost: How you doing, chief?::[Blade reaches for his gun]::Deacon Frost: Easy.::[pulls in a little girl closer to him]::Deacon Frost: Wouldn't want our little friend here to wind up in the back of a milk carton now, would we? It's nice to finally meet you, man. Had my eye on you for years. I know all about you. Your serum, Whistler. Everything.::Blade: [amused] Sunblock.::Deacon Frost: Hey, it's a start, right? The goal, of course, is to be like you - the Daywalker! You got the best of both worlds, don't you? All our strengths... none of our weaknesses.::Blade: Well, maybe I don't see it that way.::Deacon Frost: Oh, so it's back to pretending we're human again? C'mon... spare me the Uncle Tom routine, okay? You can't keep denying what you are, man. You think the humans will ever accept a half-breed like you? They can't. They're afraid of you. And they should be. You're an animal, you're a fuckin' maniac! Look at 'em. They're cattle; pieces of meat. What difference does it make how their world ends? Plague... war... famine. Morality doesn't even enter into it. We're just a function of natural selection, man. The new race.::Blade: Looks like your mascara's running.::Deacon Frost: [wipes a bit of sunblock from his face] I'm offering you a truce. I want you with us.::Blade: What... do you think I'm stupid?::[in vampire language]::Blade: "The Spirits of the Twelve will awaken La Magra."::Deacon Frost: You're familiar with the Blood God.::Blade: Frost... you're nothing to me but another dead vampire.::Deacon Frost: You're an idiot, you know that? I came down here offering you an easy way out and you spit it right back in my fuckin' face!::[Blade reaches for his gun again; Frost picks up the little girl by the chin]::Deacon Frost: Careful!::Blade: What do I care? They're nothing but cattle... just like you said.::Deacon Frost: If you wanna take the hard road, be my guest, pal. But I promise you by the time this is over, you're gonna wish they never cut you from your mother's...::[Blade shoots and misses Frost as he throws the little girl and runs]

Blade: [to Frost] I promise you, you'll be dead by dawn.

Deacon Frost: Maybe it's time we forgot about discretion. We should be ruling the humans, not running around making back ally treaties with them. For fucks sake, these people are our food, not our allies.

Dr. Karen Jenson: Who are you people?::Whistler: My name's Abraham Whistler. You've met Blade.