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PURCHASE THE DVD: Blade: The Series (2006)

Terrible television adaptation of the Blade films staring Wesley Snipes as a half-human, half-vampire who hunts down evil bloodsuckers. While the films had great soundtracks, beathtaking action sequences and a charismatic leading man in Snipes, the series has...Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones as the titularr Blade. Perhaps thinking that mumbling is menacing Jones delivers most of lines so low you're surprised the other characters aren't constantly saying, "Huh?" Jones might have a chance to grow into the role, but the show around him is so bad it wouldn't matter if he were Snipes himself. The show, made for US cabler Spike TV, looks like it was shot on a budget of about a buck fifty. The action sequences are poorly shot and choreographed and most of the scenes seem to be shot in completely darkness, as if hoping that you won't notice how cheap everything looks if you can't see it. The only bright spot is actress Jill Wagner, who's best known for those Mercury car commericals. She doesn't seem like much of an actress, but at least the producers have her in the tightest, lowest cut dresses they can find.