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Being a fan of super heroes, I decided that I would celebrate Black History Month in a unique sort of way. I came up with the idea while writing my review of the "Black Panther" TV series which was released on DVD earlier last month. Why not celebrate through honoring the best black super heroes in movies? It certainly isn't really hard to choose them, considering that, tragically, there hasn't been many made. Right now, though, I don't want to concentrate on the negative but the positive. Let's get going! Blade I would have to say that Blade is probably the most successful of all the black super heroes on film. This series of films is loosely based on the Marvel Comics series that was launched in 1973. Three films have been made so far that all feature actor Wesley Snipes in the lead role. Famed "The Dark Knight" screenwriter David S. Goyer basically cut his "comic book adaptation" teeth on the "Blade" films. The first film, "Blade," was released in 1998 and tells the story of "a semi-human African-American superhero who battles evil, bloodsucking vampires. Blade is half vampire but has devoted his life to killing vampires, with the help of Whistler, a human vampire hunter. His nemesis is Frost, a vampire who aims to take over the world, enslaving humanity. With the help of hematologist Karen, Blade battles Frost and the evil Blood God." "Blade" was a great action / horror flick that also had a very gritty and atmospheric tone to it. The movie was directed by Stephen Norrington, who went on to also helm the comic book movie "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Other actors that were involved in the film include Stephen Dorff and Kris Kristofferson. It was pretty well received by both critics and moviegoers alike. "Blade II" followed the first film in 2002. It was directed by the now critically-acclaimed and very talented Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth," the "Hellboy" films, "Mimic"). Obviously a comic book fan himself, del Toro added his extra sprinkle of darkness to this adrenalin-powered sequel. In this continuation of the "Blade" saga, our super hero is "consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth and save the human race from a blood-drenched Armageddon. Blade must align himself with a high-powered team of vampires to take on a greater evil than either has ever faced--a new kind of super-vampire that is itself on a vicious hunt to eradicate both races." The movie starred Kris Kristofferson, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, and Ron Perlman who went on to work with del Toro as Hellboy in those extremely successful big-screen comic book adaptations. While "Blade II" was a worthy successor, this reviewer still doesn't feel that it had the complexity or elaborate storyline that the first one did. Critics disagreed, however, giving this sequel a better rating overall while moviegoers basically thought it was as good as the original. 2004's "Blade: Trinity" proved to be the last entry into the movie series. This time around, screenwriter David S. Goyer took over direction working from his own script. Even though I actually liked the film, it did have what some hardcore fans of the character would consider a rather silly storyline. The story revolves around "vampire leaders deep in a remote desert (who) are resurrecting Dracula, the horrific creature who spawned their race. Now known as Drake, this awesome vampire has unique powers that allow him to exist in daylight. To make things even more difficult for Blade, the vampiric leadership launches a smear campaign against him, targeting him as a murderous monster and sending the FBI after him. After Blade and his mentor, Whistler, have an explosive showdown with FBI agent Cumberland and his men, it's evident that the Daywalker will need some assistance. Blade reluctantly teams up with the Nightstalkers, a group of human vampire hunters led by Whistler's beautiful daughter, Abigail, and the wisecracking Hannibal King. While their blind scientist Sommerfield works on creating a final solution for the vampire problem, the Nightstalkers launch a relentless series of battles against Dracula's gang of the undead, led by the powerful vampire Danica Talos and her fanged acolytes Asher and Grimwood. Ultimately, Blade finds himself taking on the greatest vampire of all time, as his own fate and that of humanity hang in the balance." "Blade: Trinity" featured some very well-known actors that probably helped to pull in a little bit of a different audience. You had Ryan Reynolds, who is quickly becoming a regular in super hero movies like "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and the upcoming "Green Lantern," "Deadpool," and "R.I.P.D." It also featured Jessica Biel and Parker Posey, who also starred in "Superman Returns." That didn't help the critics from being less than kind to the film even though moviegoers were once again pleased with the finished product. Spawn If the 1997 movie "Spawn" deserves recognition for only one reason, that reason is definitely good enough. It was the first movie to have an African American portray a major comic book super hero. That actor was Michael Jai White, who has since been seen in movies like "The Dark Knight," "Why Did I Get Married," and "Black Dynamite." "Spawn" tells the story of "Al Simmons, (who) five years after he was murdered by his own colleagues in a covert government operation, makes a pact with the devil to be resurrected so that he may see his wife Wanda once more. In return for the favor, the devil requires, in typically Faustian fashion, that Simmons lead Hell's Army for the destruction of humankind. Blessed in life with extraordinary killing skills, Simmons is even more deadly with the backing of his new master and the changeling powers he has at his disposal. As he begins to discover and exercise his new strengths, he encounters two figures who direct him to use his powers in order to serve two different agendas. Cogliostro encourages Spawn to fight the devil and become a new champion for humankind, while Clown goads Spawn into continuing to serve his new master and lead the Armageddon." Although I found the movie to be rather lackluster and the visual effects extremely juvenile, moviegoers worldwide thought differently. "Spawn" ended up being a pretty decent success at the box office domestically earned $54.9 million and more than $87 million internationally. Storm from the "X-Men" Films Although not the central character of the "X-Men" films, Storm is most definitely an integral part of the mutant team. She is highlighted in all three of the films in the "X-Men" franchise and her importance to the 'X' group is stressed heavily throughout. Excellently portrayed by Halle Berry in "X-Men," "X2: X-Men United," and "X-Men 3: The Last Stand," she is shown to be a great leader and teacher for the students at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Using her control over the weather, she helps battle against Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. All three of the "X-Men" big-screen adaptations have been garnered as successes both critically and by moviegoers. Catwoman Since we're on the subject of Halle Berry, I guess we'll go ahead and address her version of Catwoman. Although the 2004 film "Catwoman" was panned by both critics and moviegoers, the blame can't be put on to Ms. Berry. "Catwoman" tells the story of "Patience Philips (who) is a woman who can't seem to stop apologizing for her own existence. She works as a graphic designer for Hedare Beauty, a mammoth cosmetics company on the verge of releasing a revolutionary anti-aging product. When Patience inadvertently happens upon a dark secret her employer is hiding, she finds herself in the middle of a corporate conspiracy. What happens next changes Patience forever. In a mystical twist of fate, she is transformed into a woman with the strength, speed, agility and ultra-keen senses of a cat. With her newfound prowess and feline intuition, Patience becomes Catwoman, a sleek and stealthy creature balancing on the thin line between good and bad. Like any wildcat, she's dangerous, elusive and untamed. Her adventures are complicated by a burgeoning relationship with Tom Lone, a cop who has fallen for Patience but cannot shake his fascination with the mysterious Catwoman, who appears to be responsible for a string of crime sprees plaguing the city." The desecration of the film obviously occurred in post-production, where it was apparently decided that it would be turned into a music video with nothing but flashy editing and dance beats for a soundtrack. I highly doubt that much of the blame would fall on director Pitoff, as this was pretty much his first major directorial job after serving as a visual and digital special effects director on only "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc" and one other film. I don't think the producers or a huge studio would listen to any ideas he had at that time. Halle's performance as Catwoman Patience Phillips is not put into questioning here and she was actually a pretty kick-butt super heroine. Shame on the studio or producers for destroying the finished product. War Machine (Lt. Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes) in "Iron Man 2" Let's be honest. War Machine almost stole the show from Iron Man in the 2010 sequel to the original hit movie. "Iron Man 2" introduced us to Don Cheadle in the role of Lt. Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes, who was played by Terrence Howard in the first film. Cheadle played Rhodey as the conscience or babysitter of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark. He somehow does this while never losing his dry sense of humor. As War Machine, he gives a drunken Iron Man a pretty good run for his money. Then at the end of the film, he more than helps Iron Man in a battle against renegade military drones and villain Vanko in yet another suit of armor designed for war. I think the way that Don Cheadle handled the role of War Machine / Rhodey and the amount of booty he kicked in "Iron Man 2" more than shows that the character could headline his own spin-off film. John Wraith (Kestrel) in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" The teleporting super hero character of John Wraith was barely even in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," but Black-Eyed Peas member and rapper Will.i.am gave the character the attention he deserved as one of the members of Team X. He was also one of the team members Wolverine could count on to help him find his archenemy, Sabretooth. Of course Will.i.am poured his heart and soul into the role as it was his acting debut and he wanted to play a mutant with the same type of powers Nightcrawler had. Although he isn't really a big enough character to carry his own movie, John Wraith as portrayed by Will.i.am would definitely be an important character to have in any movie that featured Team X. It's hard to believe that I couldn't really come up with any other major black super hero movies to focus on for this article. I guess I could give Nick Fury as portrayed by Samuel Jackson in the "Iron Man" movies honorable mention, but he doesn't really do anything very "super" in either one of those. The only other real black super hero movie that's been released is 1997's Shaquille O'Neal-starrer "Steel," which was panned by moviegoers and forgotten rather quickly. As I said earlier, though, I want to keep this article positive and encourage studios and producers to dig into the rich history of black super heroes and put something on the silver screen that can excite and help push the boundaries of our imaginations to a new level. |
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