Official Trailer: Blade (1998)
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires. It was followed by two sequels, Blade II (2002) and Blade: Trinity (2004).
Genre: Action | Fantasy | Horror
Directed by,
Stephen Norrington
Produced by,
Peter Frankfurt
Wesley Snipes
Robert Engelman
Andrew J. Horne
Avi Arad
Written by,
David S. Goyer
Based on Blade by,
Marv Wolfman
Gene Colan
Starring,
Wesley Snipes
Kris Kristofferson
Stephen Dorff
N'Bushe Wright
Donal Logue
Music by,
Mark Isham
Cinematography,
Theo Van De Sande
Editing by,
Paul Rubell
Studio,
New Line Cinema
Marvel Enterprises
Amen Ra Films
Imaginary Forces
Distributed by,
New Line Cinema
Release date(s),
August 21, 1998
Running time,
119 minutes
Country,
United States
Language,
English
Budget,
$45 million
Box office,
$131,183,530