Blade (film)

Blade's History
Erik Brooks' mother was bitten by a vampire while she was pregnant with him. Although she died, Brooks survived, and the vampire bite made him half-vampire, possessing all the strengths of a vampire, but without their weaknesses. Growing up an orphan on the streets of London, Brooks was trained in the art of vampire-hunting by Jamal Afari, a professional who also worked as a jazz trumpeter. Brooks took the name Blade because of his skills with knives and swords, and set out on a one-man crusade to rid the world of bloodsuckers.