Fails the Bechdel test
Blade: Trinity
2004. Directed by David S. Goyer, written by David S. Goyer and Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
9 women characters. 6 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
Blade finds himself alone surrounded by enemies, fighting an up hill battle with the vampire nation and now humans. He joins forces with a group of vampire hunters who call themselves the Nightstalkers. The vampire nation awakens the king of vampires Dracula from his slumber with intentions of using his primitive blood to become day-walkers. On the other side is Blade and his team manifesting a virus that could wipe out the vampire race once and for all. In the end the two sides will collide and only one will come out victorious, a battle between the ultimate vampire who never knew defeat, facing off against the greatest vampire slayer.
- Released
- 08 Dec 2004
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 5.8 / 10
- Metascore
- 38 / 100
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- King 89 lines, man
- Blade 71 lines, man
- Abigail 40 lines, woman
- Danica 40 lines, woman
- Drake 33 lines, man
- Vance 27 lines, man
- Sommerfield 17 lines, woman
- Whistler 14 lines, man
- Cumberland 13 lines, man
- Asher 9 lines, man
Full cast, 47 people
- Wesley Snipes as Blade
- Jessica Biel as Abigail Whistler
- Ryan Reynolds as Hannibal King
- Kris Kristofferson as Whistler
- Dominic Purcell as Drake
- Parker Posey as Danica Talos
- Natasha Lyonne as Sommerfield
- James Remar as Ray Cumberland
- John Michael Higgins as Dr. Edgar Vance
- Patton Oswalt as Hedges
- Callum Keith Rennie as Asher Talos
- Paul Levesque as Jarko Grimwood
- Mark Berry as Chief Martin Vreede
- Françoise Yip as Virago
- Paul Anthony as Wolfe
- Michael Anthony Rawlins as Wilson Hale
- Ginger Page as Zoe
- Eric Bogosian as Bentley Tittle
- Clay Cullen as Stone
- Shannon Powell as Woman Bystander
- Birkett Turton as Dingo
- Christopher Heyerdahl as Caulder
- Ron Selmour as Dex
- Scott Heindl as Gedge
- John Ashker as Campbell
- Steven McMichael as Denlinger
- Paul Wu as Ellingson
- Kimani Ray Smith as Doh
- Darren McGuire as Emond
- Jill Krop as Reporter
- Jordan Hoffart as Squid
- Cascy Beddow as Flick
- Simon Pidgeon as Proof
- Michael St. John Smith as FBI Agent
- Stephen Spender as Agent
- Kwesi Ameyaw as Agent
- Alex Rae as Goth Guy Wannabe
- Erica Cerra as Goth Vixen Wannabe
- Garvin Cross as Hoop
- Raymond Sammel as Security Guard
- John Ulmer as Security Guard
- Justin Sain as Security Guard
- Darryl Scheelar as Doctor
- Camille Martinez as Hysterical Mother
- Michelle Stoll as Vance's Assistant
- Dawn Mander as Biomedica Technician
- Brian Steele as Drake Creature
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 4 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 6% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 182
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 to 8 | 10 | 11 |
| 9 to 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 to 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 to 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 to 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 to 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 to 32 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 to 36 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 to 40 | 1 | 7 |
| 41 to 44 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 to 48 | 0 | 21 |
| 49 to 52 | 1 | 11 |
| 53 to 56 | 0 | 8 |
| 57 to 60 | 6 | 17 |
| 61 to 64 | 0 | 6 |
| 65 to 68 | 8 | 20 |
| 69 to 72 | 3 | 13 |
| 73 to 76 | 0 | 4 |
| 77 to 80 | 4 | 7 |
| 81 to 84 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 to 88 | 9 | 24 |
| 89 to 92 | 0 | 2 |
| 93 to 96 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 to 100 | 0 | 7 |
| 101 to 104 | 0 | 5 |
| 105 to 108 | 0 | 3 |
| 109 to 112 | 1 | 5 |
| 113 to 116 | 2 | 15 |
| 117 to 120 | 3 | 3 |
| 121 to 124 | 8 | 9 |
| 125 to 128 | 4 | 18 |
| 129 to 132 | 3 | 1 |
| 133 to 136 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 to 140 | 3 | 3 |
| 141 to 144 | 11 | 12 |
| 145 to 148 | 4 | 5 |
| 149 to 152 | 8 | 21 |
| 153 to 156 | 3 | 2 |
| 157 to 160 | 0 | 4 |
| 161 to 164 | 0 | 1 |
| 165 to 168 | 3 | 2 |
| 169 to 172 | 0 | 0 |
| 173 to 176 | 3 | 3 |
| 177 to 180 | 10 | 2 |
| 181 to 182 | 0 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.
112 lines from women, 321 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
9 women and 32 men in the cast. 6 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 2 of 461.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 40 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 27% of the words (1,640), men 73% (4,347). Women have 26% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
31
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- David S. Goyer (man)
- Written by
- David S. Goyer (man)
- Produced by
- Peter Frankfurt (gender not listed), David S. Goyer (man), Lynn Harris (woman), Wesley Snipes (man)
- Shot by
- Gabriel Beristain (man)
- Edited by
- Howard E. Smith (man), Conrad Smart (man)
- Music by
- RZA (man), Ramin Djawadi (man)
- Production design by
- Chris Gorak (man), Lucrezia Casta (gender not listed)
- Costumes by
- Laura Jean Shannon (woman)
- Cast by
- Ronnie Yeskel (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
13 women, 58 men, 32 not listed
-
Art
4 women, 9 men, 25 not listed
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Production
4 women, 11 men, 18 not listed
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Sound
3 women, 18 men, 6 not listed
-
Visual Effects
2 women, 5 men, 12 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 5 men, 13 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 12 not listed
-
Directing
4 women, 3 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 28 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Jessica Biel 22, Natasha Lyonne 25, Parker Posey 36
Men
Ryan Reynolds 28, Dominic Purcell 34, Patton Oswalt 35, John Michael Higgins 41, Wesley Snipes 42, James Remar 50, Kris Kristofferson 68
Exhibit G: the money
It made 2.0 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $129 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 182 scenes and 461 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
