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Summary: The best, goriest, most action-packed vampire movie ever!
Review: It only happens once every, say, fifty, no, every hundred, movies when the sequel is better than the orignal. Blade II is one of these sequels to the highest degree. Wesley Snipes returns in his all-star role as the Vampire-human hybrid killer of Vampires, Blade, every Vampire's worst nightmare. Over two years after his last big battle with his old enemy, Deacon Frost, Blade is still looking for his old time mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). His search has led him out of America and into Prauge in the heart of the Czech Republic. He somehow gets hooked up with a pot-smoking loudmouth named Scud (Norman Reedus), the reason is a mystery to all. He rescues Whistler and cures him of the Vampire Virus, the pathogen responsible for turning ordinary human beings into undead parasitic monsters. Upon regaining his old friend, Blade's crusade to wipe the vampires out takes a rather unexpected turn. He is called forth by the very leader of the nation he has sworn to take out and worst enemy, Vampire Overlord Eli Damaskinos (Thomas Kretschmann), his darkly beautiful and warrior daughter, Nyssa (Leonor Varela), and her fellow side-warrior, Asad (Danny John Jules). Blade learns from them that Vampires have an even greater enemy than he is. This new threat are Reapers, a race of mutant super-vampires, who are even stronger, faster, and more viscious than ordinary Vampires. The Reapers feed on both humans and Vampires, and are multiplying rapidly, for they need fresh blood every few hours and will attack any human or Vampire they can to feed. Within a month's time, their numbers will rise into the thousands. Once they finish off the Vampires, the humans will be next. Now Blade is out to wipe the Reapers out and finally face the progenitor Reaper responsible for the very outbreak of the Reaper plague, Jared Nomak (Luke Goss). Along side Asad and Nyssa, Blade leads a team of Vampire warriors called the Blood Pack, Reinhardt (Ron Perlman), Chupa (Matt Schulze), Lighthammer (Daz Crawford), Verlaine (Marit Velle Kile), Snowman (Donnie Yen(, and Priest (Tony Curran), a team that was originally trained to hunt Blade himself. But that will not be easy, for the Reapers are immune to anything that will kill ordinary vampires, except for ultraviolet light. This movie has great special effects. It is faithful to the legacy of creatures of the night in every way and places Snipes as a master actor! It shows that even the deadliest of predators have superiors, sooner or later. Seeing the Reapers, who are more like carnivorous, mindless zombies than humans or ordinary Vampires, at their handiwork of draining their victims of blood will leave even the bravest of vampire movie watchers on the edge of their seats! With lots of martial arts fighting scenes and brilliant swordsmanship, it leaves the hand-to-hand combat scenes of Blade I in the dust! Even Vampires have enemies that don't just hunt them, but eat them, now! The Reapers are a totally out-of-this-world new step into Vampire terror. They're basically what the movie is all about. I frankly think that the Reaper is one of the best movie monsters ever made. They're so original and scary. They are unlike humans or vampires, they don't offer their victims life, or resist any emotion that some Vampires may have, or offer any gifts of new ways of living, or act normal in any way at all. They, as the director puts it, "want to suck ya dry." Some of the most intense sequences in the movie is seeing the Reapers open their mouths into foot-wide yapping maws, where their jaws split into twin mandibals equipped with fangs injecting lethal paralyzing venom, and out comes a barbed, snake-like tougne equipped with a gaping tendril-filled orifice that they use to siphon the life blood from their victims. And just wait till you see them in sunlight. See them burn black, the fierce blue light shine out of the the cracks in thier charred flesh in all directions, and finally explode in a shower of ash. As before, there are a lot of cool weapons and gadgets in the movie. And somewhere along the line, there's betrayl and revenge. But if you want to see where that comes in, see the moive and find out for yourself. Finally, there's the actors themselves. Snipes is great at playing his role as Blade. Maybe it's the role he's best at. The one female character in the cast, Nyssa, is just what was needed for Blade II. She's pretty, she's a fierce fighter and she has feelings that show that she has some humanity even though she's a pure-blood. The relationship between Blade and Nyssa that develops through the movie, is one of the new ingredients to this sequal that makes it better than its progresser. Luke Goss has what I think is the second most important role in the movie. If you see him without his Reaper makeup on, you might think it ironic that he plays the scary, malicous super Vampire because he looks totally different, handsome in fact. But he plays his role as Nomak wonderfully. But, one the best things on the movie is the final showdown. In Blade I, even though Frost was infused with La Magra, Blade had no real trouble putting putting him down. In the final battle of this one, Blade is totally out-matched by his opponent. If you've seen Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, you may be reminded of the battle scenes in that movie where muscular men are thrown around like toys. This final battle is truly well-down. And Snipes really does follow the qoute he makes in the movie. "Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies even closer."
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Summary: Blade II
Review: This film was something else. The producers had clearly thought long and hard about the cultural resonances of the vampire myth, and as a result there were lots of deep red curtains and carpets, tasteful blood-red works of art hanging in the background, and assorted vampires talking to each other in a variety of middle-European languages. The special effects were fantastic, with the new 'Reaper' vampires opening huge, tendril-filled mouths for our edification. I thought that the film was a valid contribution to the legend, although I could have done without the swearing, especially as we watched the DVD as a family, with Grandma keeping up a running commentary!
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Summary: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer."
Review: The horror action genre seems to invite mediocre sequels. Film producers seem driven to repeat as much of the original film as possible, and most story lines are never all that rich in the first place. So I picked up 'Blade II' as lark, not even positive that I would want to review it. What I never expected was a sequel so good that it made 'Blade' look like it was just practice. When the film opens, you discover that Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) never really shot himself in 'Blade'. Instead, he was captured by vampires and has been used as a mobile blood bottle for the past few years. Our first sight of Blade (Wesley Snipes) is Whistler's rescue. Leaving a trail of dusted vampires, Blade takes his old mentor back home and administers vampire anti-venom. There we meet Blade's new partner, Scud (Norman Reedus), who alternates between getting stoned and keeping Blade's supply of technological tricks working. What follows is a spectacular attack by a pair of vampire ninjas who bear a message from Damskinos (Thomas Kretschmann), an ancient master vampire. Vampirish reapers are eating the bloodsuckers of Prague as a snack before starting on the humans, and Damaskinos offers Blade the help of his vampire SWAT team, led by daughter, Nyssa (Leonor Varela), if Blade will consent to clean up the mess. Blade, attracted by the idea of using vampires to kill even worse vampires, agrees. And with that, the good times begin to roll. The story, by David Goyer, is completely engaging. It is full of noir imagery, with an almost Machiavellian plot, pitting modern technology with constant reminders of how ancient the vampire world really is. In addition to the story itself, this film sports some of the most exotic fight choreography and digital imagery I have seen in this genre. Director Guillermo Del Toro spares little to create a world of comic book intensity that draws heavily on anime for it's visual style. The intent was to outdo the original production without imitating it in the least. And that is exactly what he does. If you have seen Blade, you already know that Wesley Snipes is perfect as the human vampire hybrid of few words and many moves. And Kristofferson is equally perfect as the gritty sidekick. Leonor Varela turns in a surprisingly good performance as the beautiful and deadly Nyssa. And then there is Goss, and Kretschmann and Perlman and... In fact, I could write several paragraphs of congratulatory praise for the entire cast, who were exceptional. And then another for the music, the makeup, and the special effects. If that is not enough, this two disk set contains enough 'making of...' and commentary material to make it a complete course in how to create a great horror action film. Del Toro not only likes to talk about the hows and whys of this film, he does a very entertaining and thoughtful job of it. Watching this was pure spooky fun and I heartily recommend it.
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Summary: Excellent sequel shocker!
Review: To fans of Blade, if you haven't seen the sequel then stop reading this review and go get it! Basically. I mean, Guillermo Del Toro directed it, what more do you want? As far as storyline goes it equals the first one (with added complications considering Vampirology, as the narrative will reveal), but the special effects are just *awesome*- and yes, the main anti-hero really is ex-Bros squeaky-clean Luke Goss. I rest my case.
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Summary: Not even in the same class as the original movie
Review: Has the movie-going public sunk to the level that garbage like this can be released and be profitable? The original Blade was a first-rate movie. The story was coherent, the characters had some depth, and some actual thought appeared to go into the script. None of that is present in this movie. It's like watching a John Woo travesty; one dumb action sequence after another, with little or no story in between. This movie flashes before you eyes like an MTV video, and is about as memorable.
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Summary: Blade II Keeps you on the edge
Review: Blade II was wonderfully thought out and I thought they brought back Kris Kristofferson in a believable manner. It put a whole new twist on the Vampire Hunter! It was a great movie. My only warning would be to be ready for much more blood and gore than the first movie. I do think the movie would have been just as good with a couple of scenes not being quite so graphic.
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Summary: I didn't like this one so well.
Review: In Blade II, the Daywalker joins forces with those he hunts to stop a new evil that threatens both. With a few added details, that's it, really. I didn't really enjoy Blade II as much as I did its predecessor. Partly this is because I have a hard time believing the cosmology of the Blade altiverse, which takes a lot of what is commonly accepted about the nature of vampires and throws it out the window. Now, this wouldn't bother me if what replaced the common knowledge made sense, but it often doesn't, and what you're left with is a lot of internal discontinuity and illogic where it seems the filmmakers ignored their own rules or made up new ones to suit themselves whenever the old ones got in the way. Another reason I didn't enjoy this flick as much was the style of the film-making itself. There was something odd about the lighting, particularly in the early parts of the movie, that made the film just plain hard to see. It was dark and monochromatic in a way that my eyes and brain just couldn't deal with. It actually reminded me very much of a low resolution video game, and was just as annoying. The action and fight sequences were also treated poorly, with the camera leaping around so much that you just couldn't see enough of the martial arts to appreciate them, or even tell what was going on at times. I prefer it when martial arts sequences are filmed from a still camera; when the hero's doing an amazing crab kick I want to see it, not suddenly be looking down the villain's ear. Here, too, the lighting did the action a disservice. One early fight sequence that could have been quite interesting was filmed in front of a bank of floodlights so bright that the action was totally lost; others were swallowed in shadow or overpowered by weird reflections. On the other hand, there were several good things about this movie. I always like Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman was chilling as Blade's antagonist, and Kris Kristofferson was worth bringing back from the dead. The costumes and makeup were pretty good (although the latter did have overtones of "Buffy") and the effects were well done. The script, although a little predictable, was for the most part pretty good, presenting a story that made sense and held together well. All these things went a long way to redeeming a movie that could have been a total dud, but still didn't make it as good as the original. Worth Renting on your next movie might.
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Summary: Blade 2
Review: If Blade 2 doesnt deserve 5 stars than what movie does?? I had my doubts when i rented this movie but... It turned out to be sick. The movie is total rush from start to finish very high on the 420 factor. This is probly one of the top five DVDs out there. This movie is a keystone in anyones DVD collection PICK IT UP NOW!!
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Summary: A Well Rounded 2nd Edition To The First Blade!
Review: I thought Blade 2 was well rounded..picked up where the first left off.The 2nd adds even more visual brillience then the first.
there is some of the old school effects brought back from the first..but hey when you have a good thing going why not use it!
Overall if you enjoyed the first blade,I believe you will enjoy the 2nd just as much..if not more!
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Summary: Blade 2, the first Blade was better
Review: All in all roughly put this movie was ok. I didnt like the face That I could spot the weak CG special effects off the movie. And one of the best characters 'Snowman' had a small part in the movie and was killed off. The plot was thin, its like people wanted a Blade movie, and they got this, semi-ok movie. The first one was alot better. All in all go watch a good movie like Black Hawk Down.
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