There's been something of a quiet backlash against the primary coloured heroes who make the big bucks at the cinemas. It started with the cartoonish brutality of the Kick-Ass series, then Dredd was released teeming with claustrophobic shootouts, drug use and skinnings - next year the two look set to meld into Deadpool. Marvel's merc with a mouth is surely going to be far more outrageous than either of those two films, and will definitely feature more jokes about wanking, but Blade managed to be an adult comic book movie without surrendering to either wackiness or bleakness to justify itself. Instead Blade managed to entertain as an action movie, a human story and almost as a quasi-gang warfare film. Sure there's a lot of violence in Blade (and that's mostly where it gets the R-Rating from) but it also deals with totally different adult themes, such as the loss of a parent, what it's like to be an outcast, friendship, loyalty and the balance of power at the same time. It actually makes the whole thing look pretty effortless across a two hour run time. It also progresses into a natural conclusion with a series of developments that feel earned and not rushed. Still, writer David S. Goyer did go on to work on Nolan's Batman trilogy and Man Of Steel, so the quality of the script shouldn't bee too surprising.
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