Blade (1998) Movie Script
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[Gasping]
Policefound her in the street.
Looks like she was bitten.
Some kind of an animal.
WOAAN: Jesus!
Her water's broken!
She's going into
uterine contractions!
We'll have to do
a C-section!
[Heartmonitor beeping]
[Baby crying]
[FlatLine tone]
What you got down there,
little man?
Oh, that's
my heat seeker.
I'll bet this.
Aah!
Ha ha ha!
So, where are we going?
It's a surprise,
baby.
Yeah, I like surprises.
Yeah.
DENNIS: Whoo!
Oh, my God!
What the fuck
are we doing here?
Whoo! Look at all that.
Ha ha ha!
What the fuck is that?
Hey!
[Speaking
Slavic language]
[Speaking
Slavic language]
What did you just say?
[Techno music playing]
Wow.
Whoo! Hey, what's up?
Unh! Aan!
Whoo!
All right.
Ha ha ha!
Yeah.
Whoo!
Ha ha ha!
What's happening?
Unh!
Whoa!
Aan.
Fuck.
Fuck. I need a drink.
Ahh!
[Cheering]
No! No!
Aah!
What's wrong, baby?
Aah! Aah!
No! No!
[Growling]
Aah! No!
Ha ha ha!
[Cheering and clapping]
Is that him?
Jesus, that's him.
It's Blade.
It's the daywalker.
[Snarling]
Come on, daywalker!
[Screaming]
Aah!
Hey! I'm gonna rip
your fucking head off!
Unh!
[Click]
Aah!
Aah!
That's him!
That's him! Get him!
Fuck him up!
We're gonna jack you up.
Aake him hurt bad.
Whoo!
Yaah!
Yaah!
[Screaming
in Slavic Language]
Quinn...
I'm getting a Little tired
of chopping you up.
[Beeps]
Thought I might try fire
for a change.
[Speaking
Slavic Language]
Give my regards to Frost.
[Screaming]
No! Please don't!
[Radio crackles]
Put him out.
Yes, sir.
Paramedics.
Got a charred cadaver here
for you. Still warm, too.
[Sizzling]
Oh, Jesus, that's rank.
Paramedics said
he was still screaming
when they found him
stapled to a wall.
That's very pretty.
CURTIS: Did you check
the chem count?
His sugar's
phosphorus and uric acid
are off the charts.
KAREN: You took this
off a D.O.A.?
Yeah.
But this doesn't
make any sense.
The red blood cells
are biconvex,
which is impossible.
Look at the polys.
They're binucleated.
OK, Curtis, it's3.00
in the morning--
This is not a joke.
I've got the body sitting
in the morgue right now.
I thought you promised
to give me some distance.
I just wantyouto come down
andtake a Look.
OK. Show me the body.
And I don't want to hear
a word aboutus.
Done.We've had
that conversation.
You haven'tstarted on
the internal organs yet?
Justa blood sample
through the pericardium.
The maxilla Looks
a Little deformed.
There's some odd muscle
structure aroundthe canines.
I'm going
to start the "Y"
and check
the tracheal mucosa.
Letme ask you
something.
Honestly...
you ever have second
thoughts aboutus?
[Sighs]
Sometimes.
But then I remember how much
of an asshole you were.
Want to cutme
some slackhere?
You asked for some time off,
I gave you some time off.
Look, Curtis--
I'm trying.
It's over.
Yaah!
[Snarling]
Aah!
KAREN:
Call security!
Aah!
Came back
tofinish you off.
Get out of my way,
youfreak!
Freeze!
Motherfucker, are you
out of your damn mind?!
Aah!
Aah!
Yaah!
[Siren]
Aah!
[Snarling]
Hey, you! Freeze!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Freeze!
Hold it right there!
[Gunshot]
Aah! Aah!
Ay shoulder.
It's dislocated.
Aah!
Uhh!
[Power toolwhirring]
[Radio playing
rock music]
BLADE: Whistler.
Whistler.
[Turns off machine
and radio]
Bringing home
strays now?
She's been bitten.
Should've
killed her, then.
Yeah, I know.
But I didn't.
You watch her close.
If she starts to turn,
You finish her off.
Or I wlll.
KAREN: Uhh.
She's borderLine.
Another hour, she'd be
well into the change.
Dr Karen Jenson,
Listen close.
I'm Going to inject you
withAllium sativum--
garlic.
This is going
to hurt--a Lot.
It was Quinn.
Frost's Little
errand boy?
You get
a lead on him?
No.
Too bad.
Uhh!
Hold her.
[Laboured breathing]
I give herfifty-fifty
if she makes it
through the night.
[Radio playing
rockmusic]
Blade...
the daywalker--
still pursuing
his ridiculous crusade.
How many died?
We don't have
an exact count.
Apparently, he used
a Lot of sliver.
We're having
difficulty--
Send in Frost.
Deacon Frost.
You can come in now.
[Sniffs]
[Speaking Slavic Language]
These nightclubs of yours
are dangerous.
Are they?
They draw needless
attention to our kind.
You know our policy.
Your policy,
notmine.
GITANO:
Our livelihood...
depends on our abllity
to blend in
and our discretion.
Aaybe it's time we forgot
about discretion.
We Should be ruling
the humans,
not running around
making back-alley treaties
with them.
For fuck's sake,
these people are our food,
not our allies.
You're out of Line, Frost.
Am I?
Or maybe I'm just
The first to say outloud
what we've
all been thinking.
We have existed this way
for thousands of years.
Who are you
to challenge our ways?
You're not even
a pureblood.
Like itmatters.
I was born a vampire,
as was every other member
of this house,
butyou, Frost...
you were merely turned.
The world belongs to us,
not the humans.
You know that.
Do we have any other
business to discuss?
Well, uh...
there's the matter of
our offshore accounts.
We're having
difficulty--
And have you made
the transfer to the--
Gitano...
you may wake upone day
and find yourself extinct.
[Door opens]
You're a week early.
Yeah.
Whistler says I'm building up
a resistance to the serum.
Yeah, I figured
that might happen.
You take care, all right?
[Mechanical whirring]
WHISTLER: I must be getting
softin my old age,
Letting you bring home
a stray like that.
It was damn stupid of you.
Aight've Lucked out,
though.
I checked her background.
It turns out
she's a haematologist.
She mightbe usefulto us.
I doubt it.
I'm serious.
I took a Look
at that notebook of hers.
She's onto something.
I hadto increase
the dose.
It's over
That's getting
dangerous.
Just do it,
old man.
Ahh.
Uhh...
[Groaning]
[Laboured breathing]
Wander off
the beaten path, Doctor?
Who are you people?
Ay name's
Abraham Whistler.
[Lands sllently]
You've met Blade.
So, am I
a prisoner here?
[Exhales]
Notatall.
We just had to take
certain precautions
before we Let you go.
You got to understand,
they're everywhere.
Vampires--
the Hominus nocturna.
We hunt them, you see--
movingfrom one city
to the next
tracking
their migrations.
They're hardto kill.
They tendto regenerate.
And I'm supposed
to beLleve allthis?
Well, you already met
Ar Crispy at the hospital.
What do youthink?
So, what do you use, then?
Stakes? Crosses?
Crosses don't do squat.
Some of the Legends
are true, though.
Vampires are severely
allergic to sliver.
Feed them garlic,
and they go into
anaphylactic shock.
Then, of course,
there's always sunLight,
ultraviolet rays.
I got this sucker
running.
Youwant to give it
a try tonight?
It's still heavy.
Well, you're so big.
If you want to Live
to see another day,
you'll be out of town
by nightfall.
So where am I
Supposed to go?
You've been exposed to them.
One way or another, somebody's
Going to take you out.
There's a war going on
out there.
Blade, myself,
a few others,
we've triedto keepit
from spllLlng over
onto the streets.
[Car engine starts]
Sometimes,
people like yourself
get caught
in the crossfire.
I have blood samples.
I can go to the police.
They own the police.
You have to understand,
they're everywhere.
Chances are you've
seen them yourself
and didn't know it--
on the subway
or in a bar.
So that's it?
You guys just patch me up
and send me on my way?
Here.
Vampire mace...
sliver nitrate,
essence of garlic.
You keep your eyes open.
Be careful.
One other thing...
buy yourself a gun.
If you start getting
sensitive to day light...
if you find
you're thirsty
regardless of how much
you had to drink,
then I suggest
you take that gun
and use it on yourself.
Better that
than the alternative.
[Music playing
at low volume]
You have been warned
before.
These archives
are restricted
to members
of the House of Erebus.
[Scoffs]
You are wasting your time.
It's a dead Language.
The ancient texts
can never be translated.
You wouldn't even
Understand them.
Damn it, Frost!
I'm talking to you!
Shh.
Keep your voice down,
Gitano.
[Turns off music]
We're in a library.
You dont need
to shout.
What are you up to,
Frost?
[Sighs]
What are you
Going to do, hmm?
What?
You bore me.
[Turns music back on]
[Sighs]
[Tyres squeal]
Hey!
BLADE: Remember
what we told you.
You keepyour eyes open.
They're everywhere.
[Tyres squeal]
Butit's daytime!
[Elevator bell dings]
How you doing?
[Buzzer sounds]
Hithere. Hey.
I'm sorry. Whoa, whoa!
Whoa. Hold on,
Hold on, Hold on.
Police officer.
I'm sorry, OK?
Police officer. I didn't
mean to scare you.
The front door was open.
What are you doing in here?
I'm just here
on a routine check.
Look, I'm--
I'm Officer Krieger,
You're Karen Jenson,
right?
Yeah.
Your co-workers
at the hospital
said that you were
kidnapped last night.
Are you OK?
KAREN: What happened to
the other doctor I was with?
Curtis Webb?
Um, he died.
No, Look,
don't worry about that
right now, OK?
Why?
Because you're dead,
too, you bitch.
Aah!
Bitch!
What is it?
[Sniffs]
[Laughs]
What is this, garlic?
Yeah. He said it would
work againstvampires.
Vampires?
Who said I was
a vampire, huh?
Nobody.
[Groans]
He's afamlliar--
a vampire wannabe.
If he's loyal enough
and he proves himself, maybe
his master wlllturn him.
Wait a minute.
You used me as bait?
Get over it.
Is all that necessary?
BLADE: That's a glyph--
a vampire cattle brand.
It means that Officer Krieger
is somebody's property.
Another vampire tries
to bleed this Little hooker,
then they have to answer
to his owner.
Deacon Frost.
We've been tracking him
for a long time.
All right.
Officer Krieger,
you Going to be a good
Little bloodhound, huh?
Tell us what your master's
been up to.
Oh, great,
now you're robbing him.
You going
to robme, too?
How do you think that we
Fund this organization, huh?
We're not exactly
the Aarch of Dimes.
It's fake.
Well...
Looks like our friend here
has been blood running, huh?
Hlllbarn CLlnic.
I know this place.
It's a blood bank.
Owned by vampires,
and there's one
in every city.
And they always deliver.
So, where were you
taking it?
I don't know what
you're talking--aah!
Ooh!
Look, take it easy.
I'm only Going to ask you
one more time.
Where were you taking it?
Go fuck yourself.
Fuckme?
No, you fuck this.
[People screaming]
You better wake up.
The world you Live in is
Just a sugar-coated topping.
There is another world
beneath it--
the real world.
And if you want
to survive it,
you better learn
to pullthe trigger.
Wait a minute.
I'm comingwith you.
You're useless.
I have to stick with you.
It's the only way that
I'll stay alive long enough
to find a cure for myself.
There is no cure.
He's not going
to come back.
Nobody's thats stupid.
When you understand
the nature of a thing,
you know what
it's capable of.
[Car engine starts]
It's Krieger.
I'm at 16-0-0-9.
DISPATCH: Yes?
Get me through.
[Tyres squeal]
KRIEGER: I got a delivery
in progress here,
and I just had a run-in
with Blade.
I got to clear out
that clinic on Hlllbarn now!
[Roars]
BLADE: Looks like
we hitpay dirt.
That's a vampire mark.
It means that
there's a safe house
around here somewhere--
a place they can go
with donors coming.
See the valets
over there?
They're vampires.
So is the doorman
and the whore
on the corner.
How can you tell?
By the way they move...
the way they smell.
Psst.
It's like a bad dream.
There are worse things
out tonight than vampires.
Like what?
Like me.
OK, Vampire Anatomy 101.
Crosses and holy water
don't do dick,
so forget what you've seen
in the movies.
You use a stake, sliver,
or sun light.
You know how to use
one of these?
Nope...
but I'll damn sure
learn quick.
The safety's off,
rounds already chambered--
sliver hollow point
filled with garlic.
You aim for the head
or the heart.
Anything else is your ass.
[Speaking
Asian Language]
Do you have
an invitation?
[Speaking
Asian Language]
[Dance music playing]
[Women rapping
in Asian Language]
What you got?
Kenji!
[Chef speaking
Asian Language]
Ohh!
Where's the entrance?
I can't tell you
that, man.
Uhh!
I'm Going to ask you
one more time.
Where's the entrance?
OK. OK.
It's in the freezer.
Come on, man!
I told you!
It's in the fridge!
OK.
You give Frost
a message from me.
You tell him it's
open season on suckheads.
Some kind of archive.
This must be where they keep
most of their records.
Isn't this just
a Little high-tech?
They've got their claws
into everything--
politics, finance,
real estate.
They already own
half of downtown.
[Dance music playing]
Frost throws a good party.
WOAAN: Yeah...
but where is he?
Come on, baby.
Don'tkeep everyone
waiting.
AAN: Deacon,
there's someone here
to see you.
I got to talk to you,
Frost.
KRIEGER: I'm sorry.
I had to come here.
It's a mistake
Going to Pearl's.
I know that.
Dumb fucking me.
I know you're
disappointed.
Am I that
transparent?
You want
to meet him?
Yeah.
I can get you guys
in with him,
because we're tight.
We're like brothers.
Fuck.
Aw, fuck. Frost.
Hey.
Yeah.
Deac. Deac.
I've been telling these
bitches all about you, man.
They've been dying
to meet you.
They are so psyched.
Bad ass bitches.
They--
Hi.
Deac?
Frost, it's about Blade.
Aw, he's busy, you know?
Because, like, when
he's focused on business...
Look, Frost,
this is important.
Blade was waiting for me,
using the girl as bait.
WOAAN: And you were stupid
enough to take it.
Shut up, bitch.
I didn't know he was
Going to be there.
It was a trap, see?
But don't worry
About it.
It's no problem. We can
still get the girl.
[Grunting]
Yeah!
[Quinn laughs]
Whoo!
[Grunting]
[Squeaks]
Forget the girl.
I want Blade.
WOAAN:
I know you do.
You hear me, Quinn?
I want him alive.
What?
Wait a minute, man.
[Laughs]
You want him alive?
KAREN: What's that smell?
HIGH-PITCHED VOICE:
...image carefully, Frost.
You will need 12 purebloods
to make the ritual work.
Krieger, is thatyou?
He--he's here!
He's here!
BLADE:
This mustbe Pearl,
the record keeper.
[Loud flatulence]
He's Going to kill me!
You need me, Frost!
You need me!
Pearl, you're history.
Have the good grace to die
with somefuckin' dignity.
PEARL: Frost.
Ruthless bloodsucker.
Congratulations, Blade.
Frost.
I hear you've
been Lookin' for me.
I'm flattered.
It'll pass.
Fuck.
[Snap]
[Pearl moans]
What is that?
That, biscuitboy,
is a U.V. lamp.
We're gonna play
a Little game
of 20 questions.
Depending on
how you answer,
you may walk out
of here with a tan.
What's that?
Oh, that?
Oh, it's nothing.
It's routine research.
Heh heh.
Actually,
it's a video game.
[Shrlll screaming]
Thatmust've hurt.
It's afragment,
a piece of the prophecy!
Whatprophecy?
Oh, I'm notreally sure.
There are so many out--
[Screaming]
Andthere is nothingyou
can do aboutit, daywalker!
Is thatso?
Well, that's
whatFrostsays.
Then youwon'tmind me
borrowingthis
for a while, will you?
If he moves,fry him.
What's in here?
Nothing.
It's a--a storeroom.
Butyou're
wastingyour time.
There's nothing
of importance to anyone.
Then you won'tmind
if I take a peek.
No!
[Screaming]
[Flesh bubbles]
[SizzLlng]
[Whimpering]
He moved.
What is this?
These are the pages
from The Book
of Erebus,
the Vampire Bible.
It contains everything...
their entire history.
La Aagra mustbe
one of their Legends.
Why is Frost
so interested in La Aagra?
Shh!
[Footsteps]
[Footsteps]
Give me your hand.
Do you remember me?
QUINN: Give it to him!
QUINN: Hey! Hey!
Nice one.
Heh.
Well, well, well.
Youtookmy arm, man.
Remember?
Butit's cool.
I gota new one.
[Laughs]
Think I'll ever
play piano again?
[All laugh]
You can sLlce him,
you can dice him,
but the Quinn man
justkeeps on comin'!
Checkit out.
I've gothis pigsticker.
Ah ha ha ha--
Ohh! Aah!
You're afuckup, Crease!
Ha ha ha ha!
[Snarls]
You're afuckup!
"I gothis pigsticker!"
Ohh.
You're just
full of surprises,
ain'tyou, chief?
[Panting]
Stay with me, sweetness...
'cause I'm notfinished
with youyet.
Ah, Looky here.
Sliver.
Nice craftsmanship, huh?
Probably costyou
a pretty penny.
Now, this here is a man
who takes his job...
justa Little too seriously,
don'tyouthink?
Come to think of it, Blade,
I owe you one.
Actually, if you want
to get technical, Blade...
I owe you two.
[Laughing]
Oh, what's sofunny,
bright eyes?
I'm expecting company.
[Auffled radio
transmission]
Catch youfuckers
ata badtime?
No! No guns!
No! No! No!
No! Fuckin' this way!
Drop the guns!
I need him!
He wants Blade alive! Go!
KAREN: You've been
Listening in the whole time?
Keeping
radio contact.
Think I'd let him run loose
withouta chaperon?
Christ!
I'm too old for this.
Somebody getme
a god-damn wheelchair.
[Beepbeepbeep]
[Screaming]
Whistler!
He can take care
of himself.
Jump!
[Rall hums
with electricity]
[Train brakes]
[Horn blows]
Aah!
QUINN: Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
What are you
gonna do?
Oh, my God.
What's wrong?
It's dislocated.
Ah!
Let me help you.
Aah!
Letme give you--
No! Getaway.
[Injects needle]
You're one of them,
aren'tyou?
No.
I'm something else.
WHISTLER: I found him
when he was 13.
He'd been Llvin'
on the streets,
feedin' off
the homeless.
His needfor blood had
taken over atpuberty.
I took him
for a vampire at first.
Almost killed him, too.
Then I realized
what he was.
Blade's mother was
attacked by a vampire
whlle she was pregnant.
She died, buthe Lived.
Unfortunately,
he'd undergone
certain genetic changes.
He can withstand
garlic, sliver,
even sunLight,
and he's got
their strength.
This time tomorrow,
allthose wounds of his
will be healed.
He still ages
like a human, though.
See, vampires
age slower than us.
Unfortunately...
he also inherited
their thirst.
I thought the serum was
supposed to suppress that.
Time's runnin' out.
[Sighs]
His body's
startin' to rejectit.
Sofar, all my efforts
tofind a cure havefalled.
Why do you hunt them?
I had a family once--
wife andtwo daughters.
Then a drifter came
callin' one evenin',
a vampire.
He toyedwith 'emfirst,
triedto make me decide
which order
they'd die in.
We kill as many of 'em
as we canfind,
butit's gettin' worse.
Because of Frost.
There's somethin'
happenin'
in the vampire ranks.
It's somethin' big...
and I'd stake my Llfe
thatson of a bitch
is at the centre of it.
KAREN: Blade.
Whistler told me
what happened.
He told me
what you are.
You don't know me.
You don'tknow
anything about me.
I'm not human.
You Lookhuman
to me--
Humans don't
drink blood.
That was
a longtime ago.
Maybe you Should
let that go.
I have spent
my whole Llfe
Lookingfor that thing
thatkilled my mother.
It made me what I am.
And every time I take
one of those monsters out,
I geta Little piece
of thatLlfe back,
so don'tyoutell me
aboutforgetting.
...my fault he took us
by surprise!
Two of them againstyour
entire security force?
Don'tput thatshit on me, OK,
'cause you were there, too!
I'm sure Deacon
wlll appreciate--
...stabbed in the balls
for it, all right?!
Aah! You Little skeez!
Don'tsee the Llfestyle
really suits you.
I Should put this stump through
that shit-eating grin of yours.
Face it, angel.
You were sloppy.
You got
whatyou deserved.
QUINN: Deac, let me
take this guy out, man.
Look. Look what
hefuckin' did!
He tookmy hand again!
Listen to me.
Iwant him alive.
What the fuck
are you taIk--
you want him alive?
We've been tryin' to kill
this motherfucker for years.
Are you out of
your fuckin' mind? Shh.
Big guy, relax.
CAPTIONED BY AUTHORITY OF NCI
COPYRIGHT 1991
FAllS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
Be patient.
Now, we gota Lot
to do here.
I need you, man.
Heh.
Heh.
I need you.
Yeah.
[Auffled grunting]
Aorning.
How youfeeLln'?
Look at that.
Whew. Gettin' a Little
toasty outhere, huh?
Heh heh.
[Clears throat]
When was the last time
you stoppedto appreciate
a good sunrise?
Oh, that's right.
You were born a vampire,
so you never had
the pleasure, have you?
That's OK.
It's all right.
Least we're here together.
Share the moment,
which means a Lot to me,
by the way, really.
I mean that.
[Groans]
'Cause actually, you know,
when you get to know me,
I'm afairly
sentimental type of guy.
Bit of an innocent,
you mightsay.
[Gasps]
Do whatyou want,
Frost.
Doesn'tmake
any difference.
You just don't
fuckin' getit.
You're never
gonna be a pureblood.
Hold him.
You will never rule us.
[Groaning]
Aah!
Aah!
Ow.
Jesus Christ.
Have a nice day.
Sorry, you old dog.
You just gota Little
too long in the tooth.
[Quinn laughs]
What, man?
That wasfunny.
''Long, tooth.''
Funny.
Did I tell you
the one about...
Aah!
[Screaming]
Whathave you done
with Dragonetti?
Let's get down to business,
shallwe?
I need 12 volunteers.
Tkktkk.
Whistler.
What is this?
[Sniffs]
Smells like a vampire
wiped his ass with it.
I took it
from the archives.
It's written in blood.
It's from
The Book of Erebus.
I think it's what Frost
has been workin' on.
It's somethin'
about the Blood God,
the spirits of the 12.
I--I don't know.
I can't make out
the rest of it.
Aaybe this'll help.
I'll figure out something.
So what's allthis?
Took a trip to
the hospital last night,
borrowed some equipment.
For your
miracle cure?
This is E.D.T.A.
It's an anticoagulant.
We use it
to treatblood cLots.
Now Look whathappens
when I introduce it
onto a sample
of vampire blood.
Take a stepback.
The reaction's
energetic.
[Snickers]
Some cure.
I didn't say E.D.T.A.
was a cure.
Butmaybe
you could use it
to explode
some vampire heads.
Wait a minute.
I need a sample
of your blood.
Later.
Gotta go downtown.
Need some serum.
Serum can wait.
This is important.
[Coughing]
[Whistler coughing]
Is he sick?
Cancer.
You have a Lot of love
for him, don'tyou?
We have
a good arrangement.
He makes the weapons.
I use 'em.
You know,
my mother usedto say,
''A cold heart
is a dead heart.''
[Footstep]
You don'tLook so good.
I'm justa Little tired.
You know we've been...
workin' all night.
I guess we didn't
catch itin time.
You gotanother day,
two at the most.
For whatit's worth,
I'm sorry.
You make itsound
like I'm already dead.
Blade.
How you doin', chief?
Easy.
[Softsobs]
Wouldn't want
our Littlefriend here
to wind upon the back of
a mllk carton, now wouldwe?
Ah, it's nice
tofinally meetyou, man.
Had my eye on you
for years.
I know all aboutyou--
your serum, Whistler--
everything.
Sunblock.
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'tyou?
All our strengths...
none of our weaknesses.
Well, maybe I don't
see it that way.
Oh, so it's back
to pretendingwe're human again?
Come on. Spare me
the Uncle Tom routine, OK?
You can'tkeepdenying
whatyou are, man.
Heh.Youthinkthe 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 afuckin'
maniac.
Look at'em.
They're cattle,
pieces of meat.
What difference does itmake
howtheir world ends?
Plague...
war...
famine.
AoraLlty doesn't even
enter into it.
We're justafunction
of natural selection, man,
the new race.
Looks like
your mascara's running.
I'm offering you a truce.
I want you with us.
What do youthink,
I'm stupid?
You'refamlliar
with the Blood God.
Frost...
you're nothing
to me...
butanother
deadvampire.
You're an idlot.
You know that?
I came down here
offeringyou an easy way out,
andyou spititrightback
in my fuckin' face.
Careful.
What do I care?
They're nothing
but cattle...
justlike you said.
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
cutyoufrom your mother's--
aah!
Go home.
It was simple.
Why do vampires
needto drinkblood?
'Cause their own blood
can'tsustain haemoglobin.
Right. So it's
a genetic defect,
justlike
haemolytic anaemia.
Thatmeans that
we have to treatit
with gene therapy,
rewrite the victim's DNA
with a retrovirus.
They've been using it
on sickle cell anaemia.
Are you sure
that's safe?
I have no idea,
but I don't have
a choice, do I?
You actually think
this could work?
On me...
yes.
On Blade,
I'm not so sure.
See, he didn't
contractvampirism
from a bite
like I did.
He was born with it.
It's--it's part
of his DNA.
I'm sure I can cure
his thirst,
butit's gonna
take time.
Ah, we're out of time.
You saw what was
on that disc.
[Laughter]
[Laughs]
Damn.
Get out of here.
[Laughter]
[Chuckle]
[Laughter]
I said get out of here!
Nice place.
Took us a whlle
tofind it!
Bite me
and getit over with.
I ain't gonna bite you.
Do your thing.
Whistler.
Ohh.
Frost tookher.
Listen to me.
The disc.
He decoded it.
Frostis tryingto...
trigger afuckin'
vampire apocalypse.
There's some kind of...
Vampire God he's trying
to resurrect.
La Aagra.
You're the key.
He needs
your blood.
The blood
of the daywalker.
You're the chosen one.
Listen to me, Blade.
You can't
go after him.
Bullshit.
If Frost gets
his hands on you,
it's all over.
There'll be armies
of the motherfuckers.
[Groan]
Shit.
You're gonna have
tofinish me off.
Don't wantme
coming back.
We can treat
the wounds.
It's toofar gone.
You know that.
Give me your gun.
No.
Give me
the god-damn gun.
Now walk away,
you stupid
son of a bitch.
Walk the fuck away.
[Gun blast]
By the time youwatch this,
yourfriendWhistler
Should be dead.
If it makes any
difference to you,
he putup
quite afight.
You canfind us
at the EdgewoodTowers.
You seem a bit...
tense.
A bitpent-upmaybe,
like you needto
release something.
You know?
Blade not...
givin' it to you
maybe.
I don't know.
I just...
I see such
a beautiful woman.
Greatskin.
I'd like to see you
happy, that's all.
Is this the part where
you offer to turn me?
Well, it's either that
or a body bag.
Go ahead.
Bite me.
I'll just cure myself.
I did it before,
and I can do it again.
There is no cure,
baby.
There is if you've
been bit,
if you were once human.
How'dyou get
thatscar, Deacon?
A born vampire
would have the power
to regeneratefrom birth.
You must've gotten scarred
before you were turned.
Isn't that right?
Vampires like you
aren'ta species.
You're just...infected,
a virus...
a sexually transmitted
disease.
I'll tell you
what we are, sister.
We're the topof
thefuckin' food chain.
The Blood God's coming.
And after tonight,
you people
arefuckin' 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'tmatter
who's pureblood
andwho's not.
How are you gonna cure
the whole fuckin' world?
Hmm?
And Blade's blood
is the key.
We gotan intruder.
[Elevator bell]
[Aotorcycle engine
revving]
[Revving loudly,
all around]
[Tyres peeLlng]
Deac, I don't think
you understand.
I mean, this dude
isfuckin' bad. What?
He's, like, he had
and he's gotshit
he throws atyou--
Yeah, the swords.
Throw itin the air,
catch itunderneath.
Yeah. Shut thefuck up!
[Over radio] There's no
intruder where we are.
Look, make ithappen,
all right?
It's one guy onfoot.
That's him!
Gethim!
Why am I hearing
gunfire? Huh?
Did I tell anybody
to startshooting?
I need him alive.
No!
Please!
I just workfor them!
Jesus Christ.
Lockthis pIace down.
Yes, sir!
Aah!
Aieee!
Aah!
Eric?
Butyou died.
I came back, Eric.
Thatvery same night...
when Deacon welcomed me
into his arms.
[Shockblast]
Uhh!
Jesus Christ. I thought
you'd be happy.
You'refinally being
reunitedwith your mother,
andyou actlike this?
Blade, give itup.
It's over.
She belongs to me,
buddy.
Uh! Uhh!
Don'tLook so surprised.
You spentyour whole Llfe
Lookingfor the vampire
who bityour mother.
Well, here I am.
Who would ever guess
you'd survive
your mother's death?
Butyou did.
And here we are--
one big happy
fuckin' famlly.
I need my serum.
Aaybe when we
get outta this,
I'll take that
miracle cure of yours.
There's one catch.
If it works,
you'll lose
your strength
andyour abllity
to regenerate.
You'll be
completely human.
Uhh!
FROST: Blade, Karen,
glad you could make it.
Hey, man.Thanks
for the shades.
Our ancestors
calledthis place
the Temple
of Eternal Night.
Nice, isn'tit?
Apparently, these geniuses
forgotit ever existed.
Fortunately for us...
I'm what you
might call a...
student of history.
Why are we here?
This temple was bullt
for one glorious moment--
this night,
for the Blood God.
Thanks.
Let's see
this sword of yours.
Well.
Titanium, right?
Acid-etched?
I'll getused
to a weapon like this.
What?
You Look surprised.
I told you, Blade,
I know everything
aboutyou.
Hold outyour arm,
Quinn.
Why, man?
These are--they're,
like, all better.
Hold outyour arm.
Now.
Deac, I--
Justkidding.
Ha ha ha ha!
He wasfuckin'
with me.
He was, like,
fuckin'...
Blade.
Blade.
He can'thear you,
honey.
The thirsthas
gothim now.
What do we have here?
The precious serum.
Am. How long's itbeen
since you shotup?
I bet you're just
dyingfor a drink,
aren'tyou?
What's it feel like?
Is your blood onfire?
Try some.
You mightlike it.
Thanks, but I prefer
the real thing.
In any event,
I don't think you'll be
needingthese any more.
It's a shame, you know?
When I think of what
you've become,
whatyou Should
have become.
I guess
I don't blame you.
I mean, with everything
that's happened,
it's the human
side of you
that's made youweak.
You Should've Listened
to your blood.
Say whatyou want,
but I promise you,
you'll be dead by dawn.
Ooh.
Gethim outta here.
Get thesefucks
downstairs. Now.
Come on. Let's go.
Let's go.
Don't worry,
sweetheart.
We haven't
forgotten aboutyou.
QUINN: Oh, no, baby.
We gotsomething real
special planned for you.
QUINN: That surfer boy
had a nice ass.
I sucked him dry.
Andyou'dfigure
he'dturn, man.
Yeah, buthe didn't
turn, did he?
No. He turned into
some kinda zombie.
It happens
sometimes, cutie.
[Imitating zombie]
He wasfuckin'
tripped out.
FROST: Pathetic.
QUINN: Yeah.These guys
are complete scum, man.
They'll eatanything--
animals, rodents, corpses,
and sometimes...
They'll even
eatvampires.
That's a plus.
And bearingthat
all in mind,
I'd like youto meet
an oldfriend of yours.
Uh!
Uh!
It's too bad.
I kinda liked her.
Whata waste.
[Aoans]
I don't know what's
happening to me.
No pulse.
And, of course,
there's the question
of Llvidity.
Curtis?
Ahh.
Karen?
Karen.
I never thought
Iwould see you again.
Tell me, Karen,
do you ever have
secondthoughts aboutus?
[Roar]
Karen!
Karen!
Karen!
Karen!
Karen.
Karen!
Poor chlld.
You're so sick.
So thirsty.
Don't touch me.
Eric, Look atme.
Vampires are
my people now.
I'm one of them.
Can'tbe.
Yes, it can.
Try to understand,
Eric.
Your mother died
a longtime ago.
I've hunted...
I've killed...
and I've enjoyed it.
Haven'tyou?
I know you have.
Sooner or later,
the thirst
always wins.
Come on.
Spreadthem out.
One on each glyph,
under the towers.
Aake itperfect.
Yeah.
FROST:
Bringthe elevator up.
[Thunder]
VAAPIRE:
You stupid girl.
What do youthink
is Going to happen?
La Aagra?
The Blood God?
That's nothing more
than afairy tale
for pretty
Little vampires.
Then why are you
sweating, pureblood?
You're afraidwe're
gonna steal your soul,
your pureblood spirit.
You Should be.
Readthe prophecy.
It's time you fucks
contributed something
to the cause.
SECOND VAAPIRE: Even
if Frostis right,
you really think
he cares aboutyou?
You're gonna die,
justlike
the rest of us.
Waah!
Blade.
Tonight, the age of man
comes to an end.
No more compromises.
We're gonna be gods.
Of course we are.
Yeah!
I'm gonna be naughty.
I'm gonna be a naughty
Vampire God.
Ha ha ha!
Gotta stop...
stop...
Save your strength.
Blue.
You're hypovolemic.
You're bleeding
to death.
Need...
serum.
[Gasping]
Blade.
Blade.
Listen to me.
I want you to take
some of my blood.
No.
No.
Look, just do it.
Is everybody thirsty?
I hope you're all
very fuckingthirsty.
[Sucking]
[Panting]
[Wind blowing]
KAREN: Ohh...
don'tstop.
Don'tstop.
Don'tstop.
[Karen moans]
Don'tstop.
Aah!
[Low-pitched roar]
How was it?
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Uhh!
Aah!
[All screaming]
[Roaring]
[Roaring]
Aah!
Aah!
[Babbles]
Eric...
I'm your mother.
Youwouldn'thurt
your mother...
wouldyou?
Come here.
I mustrelease you.
[Screaming]
Fuck!
Aah!
[Groaning]
Aah!
Aah!
[Screaming]
Uhh!
Unh!
Unh!
Deacon?
Notanymore.
[Growls]
Frost!
Kill him.
Wait! I owe you, man.
I got two new hands, Blade.
I don't know which one
to use to killyouwith!
Aah!
Yaah!
Frost.
Yaah!
I got struck
by Lightning
Aah!
Aah!
[Kicks]
Aah!
[Laughs]
I'm really Going to
enjoy this now. Haah!
[Shrieks]
Yaah!
Aah!
FROST: Hey, Blade.
Let's do this.
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
You're too late, Blade.
Ay turn.
[Laughs]
Look atyou.
You're a Little bitch.
What, your serum?
It can't help you
now, stud.
Nice shot.
BLADE: Aah!
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Some motherfuckers
are always trying
to ice-skate uphill.
Uhh!
[Serum bubbLlng]
Aah!
KAREN: Blade!
Let's get out of here.
[Wind blowing]
I need to getback
to the lab
if I'm Going to cure you.
It's not over.
You keepyour cure.
There's still
a war going on,
and I have a job to do.
Youwant to help,
make me a better serum.
[Woman speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
Uhh!
[Speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
[Blade speaking Russian]
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NEWLINEHOAEVIDEO
AND NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC.
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AND NATIONAL CAPTIONING
INSTITUTE, INC.
[Gasping]
Policefound her in the street.
Looks like she was bitten.
Some kind of an animal.
WOAAN: Jesus!
Her water's broken!
She's going into
uterine contractions!
We'll have to do
a C-section!
[Heartmonitor beeping]
[Baby crying]
[FlatLine tone]
What you got down there,
little man?
Oh, that's
my heat seeker.
I'll bet this.
Aah!
Ha ha ha!
So, where are we going?
It's a surprise,
baby.
Yeah, I like surprises.
Yeah.
DENNIS: Whoo!
Oh, my God!
What the fuck
are we doing here?
Whoo! Look at all that.
Ha ha ha!
What the fuck is that?
Hey!
[Speaking
Slavic language]
[Speaking
Slavic language]
What did you just say?
[Techno music playing]
Wow.
Whoo! Hey, what's up?
Unh! Aan!
Whoo!
All right.
Ha ha ha!
Yeah.
Whoo!
Ha ha ha!
What's happening?
Unh!
Whoa!
Aan.
Fuck.
Fuck. I need a drink.
Ahh!
[Cheering]
No! No!
Aah!
What's wrong, baby?
Aah! Aah!
No! No!
[Growling]
Aah! No!
Ha ha ha!
[Cheering and clapping]
Is that him?
Jesus, that's him.
It's Blade.
It's the daywalker.
[Snarling]
Come on, daywalker!
[Screaming]
Aah!
Hey! I'm gonna rip
your fucking head off!
Unh!
[Click]
Aah!
Aah!
That's him!
That's him! Get him!
Fuck him up!
We're gonna jack you up.
Aake him hurt bad.
Whoo!
Yaah!
Yaah!
[Screaming
in Slavic Language]
Quinn...
I'm getting a Little tired
of chopping you up.
[Beeps]
Thought I might try fire
for a change.
[Speaking
Slavic Language]
Give my regards to Frost.
[Screaming]
No! Please don't!
[Radio crackles]
Put him out.
Yes, sir.
Paramedics.
Got a charred cadaver here
for you. Still warm, too.
[Sizzling]
Oh, Jesus, that's rank.
Paramedics said
he was still screaming
when they found him
stapled to a wall.
That's very pretty.
CURTIS: Did you check
the chem count?
His sugar's
phosphorus and uric acid
are off the charts.
KAREN: You took this
off a D.O.A.?
Yeah.
But this doesn't
make any sense.
The red blood cells
are biconvex,
which is impossible.
Look at the polys.
They're binucleated.
OK, Curtis, it's3.00
in the morning--
This is not a joke.
I've got the body sitting
in the morgue right now.
I thought you promised
to give me some distance.
I just wantyouto come down
andtake a Look.
OK. Show me the body.
And I don't want to hear
a word aboutus.
Done.We've had
that conversation.
You haven'tstarted on
the internal organs yet?
Justa blood sample
through the pericardium.
The maxilla Looks
a Little deformed.
There's some odd muscle
structure aroundthe canines.
I'm going
to start the "Y"
and check
the tracheal mucosa.
Letme ask you
something.
Honestly...
you ever have second
thoughts aboutus?
[Sighs]
Sometimes.
But then I remember how much
of an asshole you were.
Want to cutme
some slackhere?
You asked for some time off,
I gave you some time off.
Look, Curtis--
I'm trying.
It's over.
Yaah!
[Snarling]
Aah!
KAREN:
Call security!
Aah!
Came back
tofinish you off.
Get out of my way,
youfreak!
Freeze!
Motherfucker, are you
out of your damn mind?!
Aah!
Aah!
Yaah!
[Siren]
Aah!
[Snarling]
Hey, you! Freeze!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Freeze!
Hold it right there!
[Gunshot]
Aah! Aah!
Ay shoulder.
It's dislocated.
Aah!
Uhh!
[Power toolwhirring]
[Radio playing
rock music]
BLADE: Whistler.
Whistler.
[Turns off machine
and radio]
Bringing home
strays now?
She's been bitten.
Should've
killed her, then.
Yeah, I know.
But I didn't.
You watch her close.
If she starts to turn,
You finish her off.
Or I wlll.
KAREN: Uhh.
She's borderLine.
Another hour, she'd be
well into the change.
Dr Karen Jenson,
Listen close.
I'm Going to inject you
withAllium sativum--
garlic.
This is going
to hurt--a Lot.
It was Quinn.
Frost's Little
errand boy?
You get
a lead on him?
No.
Too bad.
Uhh!
Hold her.
[Laboured breathing]
I give herfifty-fifty
if she makes it
through the night.
[Radio playing
rockmusic]
Blade...
the daywalker--
still pursuing
his ridiculous crusade.
How many died?
We don't have
an exact count.
Apparently, he used
a Lot of sliver.
We're having
difficulty--
Send in Frost.
Deacon Frost.
You can come in now.
[Sniffs]
[Speaking Slavic Language]
These nightclubs of yours
are dangerous.
Are they?
They draw needless
attention to our kind.
You know our policy.
Your policy,
notmine.
GITANO:
Our livelihood...
depends on our abllity
to blend in
and our discretion.
Aaybe it's time we forgot
about discretion.
We Should be ruling
the humans,
not running around
making back-alley treaties
with them.
For fuck's sake,
these people are our food,
not our allies.
You're out of Line, Frost.
Am I?
Or maybe I'm just
The first to say outloud
what we've
all been thinking.
We have existed this way
for thousands of years.
Who are you
to challenge our ways?
You're not even
a pureblood.
Like itmatters.
I was born a vampire,
as was every other member
of this house,
butyou, Frost...
you were merely turned.
The world belongs to us,
not the humans.
You know that.
Do we have any other
business to discuss?
Well, uh...
there's the matter of
our offshore accounts.
We're having
difficulty--
And have you made
the transfer to the--
Gitano...
you may wake upone day
and find yourself extinct.
[Door opens]
You're a week early.
Yeah.
Whistler says I'm building up
a resistance to the serum.
Yeah, I figured
that might happen.
You take care, all right?
[Mechanical whirring]
WHISTLER: I must be getting
softin my old age,
Letting you bring home
a stray like that.
It was damn stupid of you.
Aight've Lucked out,
though.
I checked her background.
It turns out
she's a haematologist.
She mightbe usefulto us.
I doubt it.
I'm serious.
I took a Look
at that notebook of hers.
She's onto something.
I hadto increase
the dose.
It's over
That's getting
dangerous.
Just do it,
old man.
Ahh.
Uhh...
[Groaning]
[Laboured breathing]
Wander off
the beaten path, Doctor?
Who are you people?
Ay name's
Abraham Whistler.
[Lands sllently]
You've met Blade.
So, am I
a prisoner here?
[Exhales]
Notatall.
We just had to take
certain precautions
before we Let you go.
You got to understand,
they're everywhere.
Vampires--
the Hominus nocturna.
We hunt them, you see--
movingfrom one city
to the next
tracking
their migrations.
They're hardto kill.
They tendto regenerate.
And I'm supposed
to beLleve allthis?
Well, you already met
Ar Crispy at the hospital.
What do youthink?
So, what do you use, then?
Stakes? Crosses?
Crosses don't do squat.
Some of the Legends
are true, though.
Vampires are severely
allergic to sliver.
Feed them garlic,
and they go into
anaphylactic shock.
Then, of course,
there's always sunLight,
ultraviolet rays.
I got this sucker
running.
Youwant to give it
a try tonight?
It's still heavy.
Well, you're so big.
If you want to Live
to see another day,
you'll be out of town
by nightfall.
So where am I
Supposed to go?
You've been exposed to them.
One way or another, somebody's
Going to take you out.
There's a war going on
out there.
Blade, myself,
a few others,
we've triedto keepit
from spllLlng over
onto the streets.
[Car engine starts]
Sometimes,
people like yourself
get caught
in the crossfire.
I have blood samples.
I can go to the police.
They own the police.
You have to understand,
they're everywhere.
Chances are you've
seen them yourself
and didn't know it--
on the subway
or in a bar.
So that's it?
You guys just patch me up
and send me on my way?
Here.
Vampire mace...
sliver nitrate,
essence of garlic.
You keep your eyes open.
Be careful.
One other thing...
buy yourself a gun.
If you start getting
sensitive to day light...
if you find
you're thirsty
regardless of how much
you had to drink,
then I suggest
you take that gun
and use it on yourself.
Better that
than the alternative.
[Music playing
at low volume]
You have been warned
before.
These archives
are restricted
to members
of the House of Erebus.
[Scoffs]
You are wasting your time.
It's a dead Language.
The ancient texts
can never be translated.
You wouldn't even
Understand them.
Damn it, Frost!
I'm talking to you!
Shh.
Keep your voice down,
Gitano.
[Turns off music]
We're in a library.
You dont need
to shout.
What are you up to,
Frost?
[Sighs]
What are you
Going to do, hmm?
What?
You bore me.
[Turns music back on]
[Sighs]
[Tyres squeal]
Hey!
BLADE: Remember
what we told you.
You keepyour eyes open.
They're everywhere.
[Tyres squeal]
Butit's daytime!
[Elevator bell dings]
How you doing?
[Buzzer sounds]
Hithere. Hey.
I'm sorry. Whoa, whoa!
Whoa. Hold on,
Hold on, Hold on.
Police officer.
I'm sorry, OK?
Police officer. I didn't
mean to scare you.
The front door was open.
What are you doing in here?
I'm just here
on a routine check.
Look, I'm--
I'm Officer Krieger,
You're Karen Jenson,
right?
Yeah.
Your co-workers
at the hospital
said that you were
kidnapped last night.
Are you OK?
KAREN: What happened to
the other doctor I was with?
Curtis Webb?
Um, he died.
No, Look,
don't worry about that
right now, OK?
Why?
Because you're dead,
too, you bitch.
Aah!
Bitch!
What is it?
[Sniffs]
[Laughs]
What is this, garlic?
Yeah. He said it would
work againstvampires.
Vampires?
Who said I was
a vampire, huh?
Nobody.
[Groans]
He's afamlliar--
a vampire wannabe.
If he's loyal enough
and he proves himself, maybe
his master wlllturn him.
Wait a minute.
You used me as bait?
Get over it.
Is all that necessary?
BLADE: That's a glyph--
a vampire cattle brand.
It means that Officer Krieger
is somebody's property.
Another vampire tries
to bleed this Little hooker,
then they have to answer
to his owner.
Deacon Frost.
We've been tracking him
for a long time.
All right.
Officer Krieger,
you Going to be a good
Little bloodhound, huh?
Tell us what your master's
been up to.
Oh, great,
now you're robbing him.
You going
to robme, too?
How do you think that we
Fund this organization, huh?
We're not exactly
the Aarch of Dimes.
It's fake.
Well...
Looks like our friend here
has been blood running, huh?
Hlllbarn CLlnic.
I know this place.
It's a blood bank.
Owned by vampires,
and there's one
in every city.
And they always deliver.
So, where were you
taking it?
I don't know what
you're talking--aah!
Ooh!
Look, take it easy.
I'm only Going to ask you
one more time.
Where were you taking it?
Go fuck yourself.
Fuckme?
No, you fuck this.
[People screaming]
You better wake up.
The world you Live in is
Just a sugar-coated topping.
There is another world
beneath it--
the real world.
And if you want
to survive it,
you better learn
to pullthe trigger.
Wait a minute.
I'm comingwith you.
You're useless.
I have to stick with you.
It's the only way that
I'll stay alive long enough
to find a cure for myself.
There is no cure.
He's not going
to come back.
Nobody's thats stupid.
When you understand
the nature of a thing,
you know what
it's capable of.
[Car engine starts]
It's Krieger.
I'm at 16-0-0-9.
DISPATCH: Yes?
Get me through.
[Tyres squeal]
KRIEGER: I got a delivery
in progress here,
and I just had a run-in
with Blade.
I got to clear out
that clinic on Hlllbarn now!
[Roars]
BLADE: Looks like
we hitpay dirt.
That's a vampire mark.
It means that
there's a safe house
around here somewhere--
a place they can go
with donors coming.
See the valets
over there?
They're vampires.
So is the doorman
and the whore
on the corner.
How can you tell?
By the way they move...
the way they smell.
Psst.
It's like a bad dream.
There are worse things
out tonight than vampires.
Like what?
Like me.
OK, Vampire Anatomy 101.
Crosses and holy water
don't do dick,
so forget what you've seen
in the movies.
You use a stake, sliver,
or sun light.
You know how to use
one of these?
Nope...
but I'll damn sure
learn quick.
The safety's off,
rounds already chambered--
sliver hollow point
filled with garlic.
You aim for the head
or the heart.
Anything else is your ass.
[Speaking
Asian Language]
Do you have
an invitation?
[Speaking
Asian Language]
[Dance music playing]
[Women rapping
in Asian Language]
What you got?
Kenji!
[Chef speaking
Asian Language]
Ohh!
Where's the entrance?
I can't tell you
that, man.
Uhh!
I'm Going to ask you
one more time.
Where's the entrance?
OK. OK.
It's in the freezer.
Come on, man!
I told you!
It's in the fridge!
OK.
You give Frost
a message from me.
You tell him it's
open season on suckheads.
Some kind of archive.
This must be where they keep
most of their records.
Isn't this just
a Little high-tech?
They've got their claws
into everything--
politics, finance,
real estate.
They already own
half of downtown.
[Dance music playing]
Frost throws a good party.
WOAAN: Yeah...
but where is he?
Come on, baby.
Don'tkeep everyone
waiting.
AAN: Deacon,
there's someone here
to see you.
I got to talk to you,
Frost.
KRIEGER: I'm sorry.
I had to come here.
It's a mistake
Going to Pearl's.
I know that.
Dumb fucking me.
I know you're
disappointed.
Am I that
transparent?
You want
to meet him?
Yeah.
I can get you guys
in with him,
because we're tight.
We're like brothers.
Fuck.
Aw, fuck. Frost.
Hey.
Yeah.
Deac. Deac.
I've been telling these
bitches all about you, man.
They've been dying
to meet you.
They are so psyched.
Bad ass bitches.
They--
Hi.
Deac?
Frost, it's about Blade.
Aw, he's busy, you know?
Because, like, when
he's focused on business...
Look, Frost,
this is important.
Blade was waiting for me,
using the girl as bait.
WOAAN: And you were stupid
enough to take it.
Shut up, bitch.
I didn't know he was
Going to be there.
It was a trap, see?
But don't worry
About it.
It's no problem. We can
still get the girl.
[Grunting]
Yeah!
[Quinn laughs]
Whoo!
[Grunting]
[Squeaks]
Forget the girl.
I want Blade.
WOAAN:
I know you do.
You hear me, Quinn?
I want him alive.
What?
Wait a minute, man.
[Laughs]
You want him alive?
KAREN: What's that smell?
HIGH-PITCHED VOICE:
...image carefully, Frost.
You will need 12 purebloods
to make the ritual work.
Krieger, is thatyou?
He--he's here!
He's here!
BLADE:
This mustbe Pearl,
the record keeper.
[Loud flatulence]
He's Going to kill me!
You need me, Frost!
You need me!
Pearl, you're history.
Have the good grace to die
with somefuckin' dignity.
PEARL: Frost.
Ruthless bloodsucker.
Congratulations, Blade.
Frost.
I hear you've
been Lookin' for me.
I'm flattered.
It'll pass.
Fuck.
[Snap]
[Pearl moans]
What is that?
That, biscuitboy,
is a U.V. lamp.
We're gonna play
a Little game
of 20 questions.
Depending on
how you answer,
you may walk out
of here with a tan.
What's that?
Oh, that?
Oh, it's nothing.
It's routine research.
Heh heh.
Actually,
it's a video game.
[Shrlll screaming]
Thatmust've hurt.
It's afragment,
a piece of the prophecy!
Whatprophecy?
Oh, I'm notreally sure.
There are so many out--
[Screaming]
Andthere is nothingyou
can do aboutit, daywalker!
Is thatso?
Well, that's
whatFrostsays.
Then youwon'tmind me
borrowingthis
for a while, will you?
If he moves,fry him.
What's in here?
Nothing.
It's a--a storeroom.
Butyou're
wastingyour time.
There's nothing
of importance to anyone.
Then you won'tmind
if I take a peek.
No!
[Screaming]
[Flesh bubbles]
[SizzLlng]
[Whimpering]
He moved.
What is this?
These are the pages
from The Book
of Erebus,
the Vampire Bible.
It contains everything...
their entire history.
La Aagra mustbe
one of their Legends.
Why is Frost
so interested in La Aagra?
Shh!
[Footsteps]
[Footsteps]
Give me your hand.
Do you remember me?
QUINN: Give it to him!
QUINN: Hey! Hey!
Nice one.
Heh.
Well, well, well.
Youtookmy arm, man.
Remember?
Butit's cool.
I gota new one.
[Laughs]
Think I'll ever
play piano again?
[All laugh]
You can sLlce him,
you can dice him,
but the Quinn man
justkeeps on comin'!
Checkit out.
I've gothis pigsticker.
Ah ha ha ha--
Ohh! Aah!
You're afuckup, Crease!
Ha ha ha ha!
[Snarls]
You're afuckup!
"I gothis pigsticker!"
Ohh.
You're just
full of surprises,
ain'tyou, chief?
[Panting]
Stay with me, sweetness...
'cause I'm notfinished
with youyet.
Ah, Looky here.
Sliver.
Nice craftsmanship, huh?
Probably costyou
a pretty penny.
Now, this here is a man
who takes his job...
justa Little too seriously,
don'tyouthink?
Come to think of it, Blade,
I owe you one.
Actually, if you want
to get technical, Blade...
I owe you two.
[Laughing]
Oh, what's sofunny,
bright eyes?
I'm expecting company.
[Auffled radio
transmission]
Catch youfuckers
ata badtime?
No! No guns!
No! No! No!
No! Fuckin' this way!
Drop the guns!
I need him!
He wants Blade alive! Go!
KAREN: You've been
Listening in the whole time?
Keeping
radio contact.
Think I'd let him run loose
withouta chaperon?
Christ!
I'm too old for this.
Somebody getme
a god-damn wheelchair.
[Beepbeepbeep]
[Screaming]
Whistler!
He can take care
of himself.
Jump!
[Rall hums
with electricity]
[Train brakes]
[Horn blows]
Aah!
QUINN: Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
What are you
gonna do?
Oh, my God.
What's wrong?
It's dislocated.
Ah!
Let me help you.
Aah!
Letme give you--
No! Getaway.
[Injects needle]
You're one of them,
aren'tyou?
No.
I'm something else.
WHISTLER: I found him
when he was 13.
He'd been Llvin'
on the streets,
feedin' off
the homeless.
His needfor blood had
taken over atpuberty.
I took him
for a vampire at first.
Almost killed him, too.
Then I realized
what he was.
Blade's mother was
attacked by a vampire
whlle she was pregnant.
She died, buthe Lived.
Unfortunately,
he'd undergone
certain genetic changes.
He can withstand
garlic, sliver,
even sunLight,
and he's got
their strength.
This time tomorrow,
allthose wounds of his
will be healed.
He still ages
like a human, though.
See, vampires
age slower than us.
Unfortunately...
he also inherited
their thirst.
I thought the serum was
supposed to suppress that.
Time's runnin' out.
[Sighs]
His body's
startin' to rejectit.
Sofar, all my efforts
tofind a cure havefalled.
Why do you hunt them?
I had a family once--
wife andtwo daughters.
Then a drifter came
callin' one evenin',
a vampire.
He toyedwith 'emfirst,
triedto make me decide
which order
they'd die in.
We kill as many of 'em
as we canfind,
butit's gettin' worse.
Because of Frost.
There's somethin'
happenin'
in the vampire ranks.
It's somethin' big...
and I'd stake my Llfe
thatson of a bitch
is at the centre of it.
KAREN: Blade.
Whistler told me
what happened.
He told me
what you are.
You don't know me.
You don'tknow
anything about me.
I'm not human.
You Lookhuman
to me--
Humans don't
drink blood.
That was
a longtime ago.
Maybe you Should
let that go.
I have spent
my whole Llfe
Lookingfor that thing
thatkilled my mother.
It made me what I am.
And every time I take
one of those monsters out,
I geta Little piece
of thatLlfe back,
so don'tyoutell me
aboutforgetting.
...my fault he took us
by surprise!
Two of them againstyour
entire security force?
Don'tput thatshit on me, OK,
'cause you were there, too!
I'm sure Deacon
wlll appreciate--
...stabbed in the balls
for it, all right?!
Aah! You Little skeez!
Don'tsee the Llfestyle
really suits you.
I Should put this stump through
that shit-eating grin of yours.
Face it, angel.
You were sloppy.
You got
whatyou deserved.
QUINN: Deac, let me
take this guy out, man.
Look. Look what
hefuckin' did!
He tookmy hand again!
Listen to me.
Iwant him alive.
What the fuck
are you taIk--
you want him alive?
We've been tryin' to kill
this motherfucker for years.
Are you out of
your fuckin' mind? Shh.
Big guy, relax.
CAPTIONED BY AUTHORITY OF NCI
COPYRIGHT 1991
FAllS CHURCH, VIRGINIA
Be patient.
Now, we gota Lot
to do here.
I need you, man.
Heh.
Heh.
I need you.
Yeah.
[Auffled grunting]
Aorning.
How youfeeLln'?
Look at that.
Whew. Gettin' a Little
toasty outhere, huh?
Heh heh.
[Clears throat]
When was the last time
you stoppedto appreciate
a good sunrise?
Oh, that's right.
You were born a vampire,
so you never had
the pleasure, have you?
That's OK.
It's all right.
Least we're here together.
Share the moment,
which means a Lot to me,
by the way, really.
I mean that.
[Groans]
'Cause actually, you know,
when you get to know me,
I'm afairly
sentimental type of guy.
Bit of an innocent,
you mightsay.
[Gasps]
Do whatyou want,
Frost.
Doesn'tmake
any difference.
You just don't
fuckin' getit.
You're never
gonna be a pureblood.
Hold him.
You will never rule us.
[Groaning]
Aah!
Aah!
Ow.
Jesus Christ.
Have a nice day.
Sorry, you old dog.
You just gota Little
too long in the tooth.
[Quinn laughs]
What, man?
That wasfunny.
''Long, tooth.''
Funny.
Did I tell you
the one about...
Aah!
[Screaming]
Whathave you done
with Dragonetti?
Let's get down to business,
shallwe?
I need 12 volunteers.
Tkktkk.
Whistler.
What is this?
[Sniffs]
Smells like a vampire
wiped his ass with it.
I took it
from the archives.
It's written in blood.
It's from
The Book of Erebus.
I think it's what Frost
has been workin' on.
It's somethin'
about the Blood God,
the spirits of the 12.
I--I don't know.
I can't make out
the rest of it.
Aaybe this'll help.
I'll figure out something.
So what's allthis?
Took a trip to
the hospital last night,
borrowed some equipment.
For your
miracle cure?
This is E.D.T.A.
It's an anticoagulant.
We use it
to treatblood cLots.
Now Look whathappens
when I introduce it
onto a sample
of vampire blood.
Take a stepback.
The reaction's
energetic.
[Snickers]
Some cure.
I didn't say E.D.T.A.
was a cure.
Butmaybe
you could use it
to explode
some vampire heads.
Wait a minute.
I need a sample
of your blood.
Later.
Gotta go downtown.
Need some serum.
Serum can wait.
This is important.
[Coughing]
[Whistler coughing]
Is he sick?
Cancer.
You have a Lot of love
for him, don'tyou?
We have
a good arrangement.
He makes the weapons.
I use 'em.
You know,
my mother usedto say,
''A cold heart
is a dead heart.''
[Footstep]
You don'tLook so good.
I'm justa Little tired.
You know we've been...
workin' all night.
I guess we didn't
catch itin time.
You gotanother day,
two at the most.
For whatit's worth,
I'm sorry.
You make itsound
like I'm already dead.
Blade.
How you doin', chief?
Easy.
[Softsobs]
Wouldn't want
our Littlefriend here
to wind upon the back of
a mllk carton, now wouldwe?
Ah, it's nice
tofinally meetyou, man.
Had my eye on you
for years.
I know all aboutyou--
your serum, Whistler--
everything.
Sunblock.
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'tyou?
All our strengths...
none of our weaknesses.
Well, maybe I don't
see it that way.
Oh, so it's back
to pretendingwe're human again?
Come on. Spare me
the Uncle Tom routine, OK?
You can'tkeepdenying
whatyou are, man.
Heh.Youthinkthe 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 afuckin'
maniac.
Look at'em.
They're cattle,
pieces of meat.
What difference does itmake
howtheir world ends?
Plague...
war...
famine.
AoraLlty doesn't even
enter into it.
We're justafunction
of natural selection, man,
the new race.
Looks like
your mascara's running.
I'm offering you a truce.
I want you with us.
What do youthink,
I'm stupid?
You'refamlliar
with the Blood God.
Frost...
you're nothing
to me...
butanother
deadvampire.
You're an idlot.
You know that?
I came down here
offeringyou an easy way out,
andyou spititrightback
in my fuckin' face.
Careful.
What do I care?
They're nothing
but cattle...
justlike you said.
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
cutyoufrom your mother's--
aah!
Go home.
It was simple.
Why do vampires
needto drinkblood?
'Cause their own blood
can'tsustain haemoglobin.
Right. So it's
a genetic defect,
justlike
haemolytic anaemia.
Thatmeans that
we have to treatit
with gene therapy,
rewrite the victim's DNA
with a retrovirus.
They've been using it
on sickle cell anaemia.
Are you sure
that's safe?
I have no idea,
but I don't have
a choice, do I?
You actually think
this could work?
On me...
yes.
On Blade,
I'm not so sure.
See, he didn't
contractvampirism
from a bite
like I did.
He was born with it.
It's--it's part
of his DNA.
I'm sure I can cure
his thirst,
butit's gonna
take time.
Ah, we're out of time.
You saw what was
on that disc.
[Laughter]
[Laughs]
Damn.
Get out of here.
[Laughter]
[Chuckle]
[Laughter]
I said get out of here!
Nice place.
Took us a whlle
tofind it!
Bite me
and getit over with.
I ain't gonna bite you.
Do your thing.
Whistler.
Ohh.
Frost tookher.
Listen to me.
The disc.
He decoded it.
Frostis tryingto...
trigger afuckin'
vampire apocalypse.
There's some kind of...
Vampire God he's trying
to resurrect.
La Aagra.
You're the key.
He needs
your blood.
The blood
of the daywalker.
You're the chosen one.
Listen to me, Blade.
You can't
go after him.
Bullshit.
If Frost gets
his hands on you,
it's all over.
There'll be armies
of the motherfuckers.
[Groan]
Shit.
You're gonna have
tofinish me off.
Don't wantme
coming back.
We can treat
the wounds.
It's toofar gone.
You know that.
Give me your gun.
No.
Give me
the god-damn gun.
Now walk away,
you stupid
son of a bitch.
Walk the fuck away.
[Gun blast]
By the time youwatch this,
yourfriendWhistler
Should be dead.
If it makes any
difference to you,
he putup
quite afight.
You canfind us
at the EdgewoodTowers.
You seem a bit...
tense.
A bitpent-upmaybe,
like you needto
release something.
You know?
Blade not...
givin' it to you
maybe.
I don't know.
I just...
I see such
a beautiful woman.
Greatskin.
I'd like to see you
happy, that's all.
Is this the part where
you offer to turn me?
Well, it's either that
or a body bag.
Go ahead.
Bite me.
I'll just cure myself.
I did it before,
and I can do it again.
There is no cure,
baby.
There is if you've
been bit,
if you were once human.
How'dyou get
thatscar, Deacon?
A born vampire
would have the power
to regeneratefrom birth.
You must've gotten scarred
before you were turned.
Isn't that right?
Vampires like you
aren'ta species.
You're just...infected,
a virus...
a sexually transmitted
disease.
I'll tell you
what we are, sister.
We're the topof
thefuckin' food chain.
The Blood God's coming.
And after tonight,
you people
arefuckin' 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'tmatter
who's pureblood
andwho's not.
How are you gonna cure
the whole fuckin' world?
Hmm?
And Blade's blood
is the key.
We gotan intruder.
[Elevator bell]
[Aotorcycle engine
revving]
[Revving loudly,
all around]
[Tyres peeLlng]
Deac, I don't think
you understand.
I mean, this dude
isfuckin' bad. What?
He's, like, he had
and he's gotshit
he throws atyou--
Yeah, the swords.
Throw itin the air,
catch itunderneath.
Yeah. Shut thefuck up!
[Over radio] There's no
intruder where we are.
Look, make ithappen,
all right?
It's one guy onfoot.
That's him!
Gethim!
Why am I hearing
gunfire? Huh?
Did I tell anybody
to startshooting?
I need him alive.
No!
Please!
I just workfor them!
Jesus Christ.
Lockthis pIace down.
Yes, sir!
Aah!
Aieee!
Aah!
Eric?
Butyou died.
I came back, Eric.
Thatvery same night...
when Deacon welcomed me
into his arms.
[Shockblast]
Uhh!
Jesus Christ. I thought
you'd be happy.
You'refinally being
reunitedwith your mother,
andyou actlike this?
Blade, give itup.
It's over.
She belongs to me,
buddy.
Uh! Uhh!
Don'tLook so surprised.
You spentyour whole Llfe
Lookingfor the vampire
who bityour mother.
Well, here I am.
Who would ever guess
you'd survive
your mother's death?
Butyou did.
And here we are--
one big happy
fuckin' famlly.
I need my serum.
Aaybe when we
get outta this,
I'll take that
miracle cure of yours.
There's one catch.
If it works,
you'll lose
your strength
andyour abllity
to regenerate.
You'll be
completely human.
Uhh!
FROST: Blade, Karen,
glad you could make it.
Hey, man.Thanks
for the shades.
Our ancestors
calledthis place
the Temple
of Eternal Night.
Nice, isn'tit?
Apparently, these geniuses
forgotit ever existed.
Fortunately for us...
I'm what you
might call a...
student of history.
Why are we here?
This temple was bullt
for one glorious moment--
this night,
for the Blood God.
Thanks.
Let's see
this sword of yours.
Well.
Titanium, right?
Acid-etched?
I'll getused
to a weapon like this.
What?
You Look surprised.
I told you, Blade,
I know everything
aboutyou.
Hold outyour arm,
Quinn.
Why, man?
These are--they're,
like, all better.
Hold outyour arm.
Now.
Deac, I--
Justkidding.
Ha ha ha ha!
He wasfuckin'
with me.
He was, like,
fuckin'...
Blade.
Blade.
He can'thear you,
honey.
The thirsthas
gothim now.
What do we have here?
The precious serum.
Am. How long's itbeen
since you shotup?
I bet you're just
dyingfor a drink,
aren'tyou?
What's it feel like?
Is your blood onfire?
Try some.
You mightlike it.
Thanks, but I prefer
the real thing.
In any event,
I don't think you'll be
needingthese any more.
It's a shame, you know?
When I think of what
you've become,
whatyou Should
have become.
I guess
I don't blame you.
I mean, with everything
that's happened,
it's the human
side of you
that's made youweak.
You Should've Listened
to your blood.
Say whatyou want,
but I promise you,
you'll be dead by dawn.
Ooh.
Gethim outta here.
Get thesefucks
downstairs. Now.
Come on. Let's go.
Let's go.
Don't worry,
sweetheart.
We haven't
forgotten aboutyou.
QUINN: Oh, no, baby.
We gotsomething real
special planned for you.
QUINN: That surfer boy
had a nice ass.
I sucked him dry.
Andyou'dfigure
he'dturn, man.
Yeah, buthe didn't
turn, did he?
No. He turned into
some kinda zombie.
It happens
sometimes, cutie.
[Imitating zombie]
He wasfuckin'
tripped out.
FROST: Pathetic.
QUINN: Yeah.These guys
are complete scum, man.
They'll eatanything--
animals, rodents, corpses,
and sometimes...
They'll even
eatvampires.
That's a plus.
And bearingthat
all in mind,
I'd like youto meet
an oldfriend of yours.
Uh!
Uh!
It's too bad.
I kinda liked her.
Whata waste.
[Aoans]
I don't know what's
happening to me.
No pulse.
And, of course,
there's the question
of Llvidity.
Curtis?
Ahh.
Karen?
Karen.
I never thought
Iwould see you again.
Tell me, Karen,
do you ever have
secondthoughts aboutus?
[Roar]
Karen!
Karen!
Karen!
Karen!
Karen.
Karen!
Poor chlld.
You're so sick.
So thirsty.
Don't touch me.
Eric, Look atme.
Vampires are
my people now.
I'm one of them.
Can'tbe.
Yes, it can.
Try to understand,
Eric.
Your mother died
a longtime ago.
I've hunted...
I've killed...
and I've enjoyed it.
Haven'tyou?
I know you have.
Sooner or later,
the thirst
always wins.
Come on.
Spreadthem out.
One on each glyph,
under the towers.
Aake itperfect.
Yeah.
FROST:
Bringthe elevator up.
[Thunder]
VAAPIRE:
You stupid girl.
What do youthink
is Going to happen?
La Aagra?
The Blood God?
That's nothing more
than afairy tale
for pretty
Little vampires.
Then why are you
sweating, pureblood?
You're afraidwe're
gonna steal your soul,
your pureblood spirit.
You Should be.
Readthe prophecy.
It's time you fucks
contributed something
to the cause.
SECOND VAAPIRE: Even
if Frostis right,
you really think
he cares aboutyou?
You're gonna die,
justlike
the rest of us.
Waah!
Blade.
Tonight, the age of man
comes to an end.
No more compromises.
We're gonna be gods.
Of course we are.
Yeah!
I'm gonna be naughty.
I'm gonna be a naughty
Vampire God.
Ha ha ha!
Gotta stop...
stop...
Save your strength.
Blue.
You're hypovolemic.
You're bleeding
to death.
Need...
serum.
[Gasping]
Blade.
Blade.
Listen to me.
I want you to take
some of my blood.
No.
No.
Look, just do it.
Is everybody thirsty?
I hope you're all
very fuckingthirsty.
[Sucking]
[Panting]
[Wind blowing]
KAREN: Ohh...
don'tstop.
Don'tstop.
Don'tstop.
[Karen moans]
Don'tstop.
Aah!
[Low-pitched roar]
How was it?
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Uhh!
Aah!
[All screaming]
[Roaring]
[Roaring]
Aah!
Aah!
[Babbles]
Eric...
I'm your mother.
Youwouldn'thurt
your mother...
wouldyou?
Come here.
I mustrelease you.
[Screaming]
Fuck!
Aah!
[Groaning]
Aah!
Aah!
[Screaming]
Uhh!
Unh!
Unh!
Deacon?
Notanymore.
[Growls]
Frost!
Kill him.
Wait! I owe you, man.
I got two new hands, Blade.
I don't know which one
to use to killyouwith!
Aah!
Yaah!
Frost.
Yaah!
I got struck
by Lightning
Aah!
Aah!
[Kicks]
Aah!
[Laughs]
I'm really Going to
enjoy this now. Haah!
[Shrieks]
Yaah!
Aah!
FROST: Hey, Blade.
Let's do this.
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
You're too late, Blade.
Ay turn.
[Laughs]
Look atyou.
You're a Little bitch.
What, your serum?
It can't help you
now, stud.
Nice shot.
BLADE: Aah!
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
Some motherfuckers
are always trying
to ice-skate uphill.
Uhh!
[Serum bubbLlng]
Aah!
KAREN: Blade!
Let's get out of here.
[Wind blowing]
I need to getback
to the lab
if I'm Going to cure you.
It's not over.
You keepyour cure.
There's still
a war going on,
and I have a job to do.
Youwant to help,
make me a better serum.
[Woman speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
Uhh!
[Speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
[Speaking Russian]
[Blade speaking Russian]
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