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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This movie is one the best movies ive ever seen it had a pretty good story line and wesely snipesis awesome if you like the old vampire killer movies get this movie youll love it.
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Summary: ARE YOU KIDDING?
Review: Okay Blade fans, before you punch in that this review wasn't helpful I ask that you hear me out. Blade 1 was a fantastic movie full of invention. That movie was a great introduction to the charactor. So, when Blade II was released I hoped to expect somthing similar. My bad - where the first movie introduced Blade and his battles against the undead, Blade 2 offers a 20 second voice over in the beginning (apparenlty to get us all up to date) and jumps right into action. The director was so anxious to show off his nifty computer graphics, which looked cheesy anyway, that he forgot to develope a story. I stuck with it for about 45 minutes, which was 45 too long.
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Summary: Deep bite but draws no blood
Review: I will try and keep this short. If you liked the introduction of Eric Blade in the first film then you will probably like this. I think it is a good film but by no means a better film than the first. On the plus side the DVD is loaded. It has got all you expect to see on a successful box office film DVD. What is very evident from watching the DVD is that they had more money to spend this time and I think that some of it was well spent. I am very impressed by the special effects (most of the time). But the special effects were over used and one bit did really spoil it for me. When it comes pretty obvious that a scene is computer generated or is actually a stunt man it spoils it for me. However what really lets this film down is the weak story. Vampire films are pretty much predictable. We all know the main premise, we all know how to kill them and so on. The story could have been a lot better if the characters were developed more. The cast gave excellent performances with the material given to them. But you can't help but feel that the characters could be developed even more. A major downer for me however, was the commentary on the DVD's. All I will say is that some of the language used was frankly vulgar and rude. It did not strike me as having the professional touch. Even though it was not as good as its predecessor, it definitely is worth a watching and (having for us Blade fans). Wesley Snipes is perfect as the dark avenger. Lots of action and lots of horror to satisfy all.
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Summary: action packed movie
Review: i saw this movie as soon as it came out on dvd and i bought it the next day. every thing you see in this movie is so much better then the first the story,the action,special effects,.
wasley snipes is the man he did a great job playing blade.but lets not forget the villen he cant get killed but he can only buy sunlight I DEFENETLY RECOMEND THIS MOVIE
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Summary: Blade 2: The World is Full of Vampires
Review: Do you remember the vampire movies pre 1990? These vampires preferred to go solo. Usually, someone was foolish enough to open a long-sealed crypt and let loose the undead, usually Bela Lugosi or Christopher Lee. The released vampire would generally spread havoc until he was staked through the heart. He did not have to worry about competition from other vampires. Doctor Van Helsing would keep him busy until the climax. But times have changed and so has Hollywood's vision of the undead. No longer is the vampire the well-dressed stalker who strikes at night. Now, Hollywood has given the MTV generation a cooler and hipper set of vampires. Director Guillermo Del Toro in BLADE 2 continues his own tradition as presenting not one but hundreds of vampires dancing in discos and acting like the spike-headed punkheads that Hollywood seems sure represent the bulk of the paying audience. Wesley Snipes is Blade, a half-human martial-arts vampire who is immune to the sun and to garlic. In the first BLADE, he rips apart legions of vampires, who promptly dub him Daywalker, since he fears not the sun. In BLADE 2, Snipes reprises his role that permits him to engage in non-stop action from the opening to the closing credits. When he reaches a moment that in another film another lead might pause for reflection, Snipes wastes not one moment in idle thought. He uses his considerable physical presence to dominate each scene with breathtaking special effects that the audience has since come to expect. And therein lies the problem with this movie and others of its ilk. Believability and cause and effect were deliberately excluded from the script. The world of BLADE 2 seems peopled exclusively by vampires of various sorts. The garden variety vampires look, act, and speak like the middle class wannabe punkheads that they truly are. If the script did not inform us they were vampires, I might never have guessed. The only surprising variation was the introduction of a new breed of uber-vampires, who look more like the classical vampires of the past. These uber-vampires feed exclusively on the 'normal' vampires and are immune to the garlic and silver weaponry that used to work in the American International pictures. These new vampires generally lope after their undead victims as if they were more chimpanzees than vampires. Snipes battles both types of vampire before he agrees to focus his efforts only on this new breed. There is absolutely no logic to his actions. Both breeds of vampires are set up as straw men, only to be knocked down, while all the while the audience is oohing and ahhing over each more spectacular battle. Kris Kristofferson is wasted as Whistler, Snipes' buddy, as only one of two humans in the movie. The other human is a sleazy lawyer who allies himself to the undead in a way that critiques the often heartless profession of attorneying. The plot bounces from one pyrotechnic display of blood and martial arts to the next with nary a thoughtful moment in between. By the movie's end, I had long since ceased to care which breed of vampire would reign supreme over a world that seemed to lack non-vampire residents. That both Blade movies have proved to be rousing financial successes has filled me with regret that the day of the solo vampire has passed away to be replaced by non-thinking types whom surely Bela Lugosi would not have called kin.
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Summary: Excellent, better than the original
Review: Wesley Snipes stars as the title character in the sequel to the 1998 movie of the same name. This time around the story and the movie are more gritty and horror oriented, but Snipes is still fighting his own demons and the vampires. You need not have seen the first Blade to see this one, both movies stand on their own. Blade teams up with a vampire crew this time to fight the evil, scary Reapers and destroy this creepy strain of vampires before they get out of hand. The DVD is full of extras....be sure to watch the deleted and alternate scenes with the director's commentary! Guillermo Del Toro, the director, is funny and insightful and does an excellent job on this movie, and the commentary. There's also plenty of behind-the-scenes looks at the movie that will keep you busy for about as long as the movie is. Overall Blade II is fun, scary, and entertaining.
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Summary: del Toro Served Fans Right
Review: There was never a thought in my head that a sequel to Blade could be just as fun, dark, witty, and great as the original. I was wrong. Blade returns in his justly commendable sequel with just as must action and more bite than the first. More bite is mucho thanks to the events that takes place in the film. Blade is forced to join teams with a group of highly trained vampires to rid of a new breed of vampire called Reapers. These reapers, woo, they were some ugly freaks. They not only feed on humans, but plan to rid the world of vampires too. In Blade 2, it's basically good vs. evil vs. evil vs. good. This whole agenda made for some great plot twists which I didn't see coming at all, and a few I did, but they still were effective. The action is up a notch from the original, and it's all good. Most notable is the "House of Pain." Ouch. Wesley Snipes becomes Blade once again, and adds more depth to the character. Kris Kristoffersoon returns as Whistler. Yep, thought he died in the first one too, but his return is simply and quickly explained. The estrogen in the film comes from Leonor Varela as the daughter of a respected vampire leader. Great actress, and her last scene is quite poetic. Guillermo del Toro must have known exactly what he wanted, and he must have known what the fans wanted. He pulled all of the right punches, made a great cast of characters (It's all about Scud!), and gave the Blade storyline another level. Here's to a third . . .
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Summary: monotonous action film
Review: I seem to recall a time, in the not too distant past, when vampire movies actually made a little effort to be scary. This is no longer the case, apparently, for nowadays the vampires themselves have become so image-conscious that they just can't seem to be bothered with anything as mundane as conjuring up a few goose bumps for a thrill-starved audience. These modern-day Draculas need to devote all their time and energy to proving just how hip, cool and trendy they really are. Take the bloodsuckers in "Blade II." In this sequel to the highly successful 1998 original, the vampires all talk in the vernacular of streetwise thugs and sport the very latest in grunge attire (one would think that there would be at least a few old timers in their ranks who would rather don a Bela Lugosi-type tuxedo than a torn jeans and leather ensemble, but, apparently, in this day and age, vampirism has become strictly a young person's game). In this film, Wesley Snipes returns as Blade, the laconic "half-vampire" who, unlike his full-blooded brethren, can move around in the daylight. Blade has dedicated his life to defending mankind against the deadly assaults from the world's apparently enormous vampire population. However, in "Blade II," a new twist has been added. Blade learns that a new form of vampire - a "super vampire," one that feeds on vampires as well as humans - has suddenly been unleashed onto the earth, and the mere conventional vampires are forced to enlist the aid of their own archenemy to help defeat this new strain. Because "Blade II" ends up substituting action for suspense, the movie quickly turns into a monotonous series of nonstop chase scenes, gun battles and kickboxing sequences - all filmed so darkly that it is often hard to fully see what is happening on screen. I guess we are paying the price for the success of "The Matrix," since every action movie worth its salt now has to feature at least half a dozen martial arts sequences to make the action-hungry audience feel it is getting its money's worth. The makers of "Blade II" also rely so heavily on gross-out effects and state-of-the-art gizmos and gadgets that they all but drain the life's blood out of the film. With no one for us to identify with or care about, there is really no way for the story to generate any actual suspense. We sit and watch, admiring of the technical aspects of the film, perhaps, but completely unabsorbed in the action on screen. In "Blade II," the vampires, super-vampires and pseudo-vampires, by waging what is little more than a two-hour long gun battle, end up boring us long before the sun peeks over the horizon.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I loved Blade and was very much anticipating the release of Blade 2. Unfortunately this movie didn't live up to my expectations.
I hate giving this a bad review but I found it completely implausible and had trouble getting lost in it like I did for it's predecessor.
I think the acting was severely downgraded, the story was weak and the action was the sole basis for this getting 2 stars.
Hard core fans will enjoy it, but I have a hard time believing some of these reviews saying it was better than the original.
I've even rented it to make sure that I wasn't in a bad mood that day- nope just another poor follow up sequel that they had hopes to launch into a franchise. No word of Blade 3 because this one did so poorly.
Only die hard fans need apply, all others will be left wanting so much more.
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Summary: Vampire's, kung-fu fights and LOUD techno!
Review: This movie is great! It has everything I could have asked for in an action/horror movie. Great special effects, sweet fights, hardcore rap/techno soundtrack, could it get any better than this? I actually think Blade 2 is better than the original and here's why. Take everything you liked about the first one and then add some! This movie is great on every level. The special effects are amazing. The fights look real and painful. And the film work is dark and grizzly. Like the Matrix mixed with vampires it has somthing for everyone! See Blade 2 NOW! Buy this DVD!
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