Despite this, Blade proved to be a box office success story and spawned two sequels. Still, it’s hard to imagine the MCU adding a hard R-rated movie to its library.
The original Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington and starring Wesley Snipes, is R-rated and, as such, it didn’t shy away from the explicit violence that pretty much comes with the rating.
I mean, its opening scene is a vampire blood rave.