Speaking of which the Demolition Man himself. After a film-stealing performance as a drug kingpin in New Jack City, and proving his range in comedy-drama White Men Can't Jump, Snipes delivered a series of action roles that saw him rise quickly towards the top of the Hollywood pile. Comic book anti-hero Blade saw his career peak, but after a peak, comes a decline. Its reasonable to say that Snipes descent from A-lister to P-lister (he went to prison you see - p-rison, no?) didnt help his career, it was already a career on the slide with Snipes even suing the producers of Blade: Trinity over what he saw as being side-lined in the finished film. You may get away with a few gun and drug charges in Hollywood (in many ways it seems to help) but tax evasion appears to be something of a no-no. A recent, well-received appearance in The Expendables 3 does seem to have presented an opportunity and if Snipes can capitalise on this we could be about to see a serious revival. So What Next? A recurring role in Stallones aging franchise is most likely but the success of Deadpool could create interest in another Blade film and thats got to be a good thing, right?
Film fan, horror obsessive and defender of found footage; The Blair Witch Project is one of the most important films of all time - fact! Squeeze in the odd book too.
