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A decent movie , Snipes is a great choice to play Blade, I also own 1 and 3.
I don't own a Blade comic, so I'm not sure how accurate the movie is , but I still enjoyed this movie.
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The second Blade film carries a lot of interesting twists and turns which introduces some new characters and problems for Blade, the vampire known as the "Daywalker" who hunts vampires...all the time.
Blade II carries a lot of the same appeal from the first film in that it is heavy on imagery and action, with a small mix of "family drama" that only ends up in a pool of blood anyways, making action the major element of the film. Snipes doesn't have to speak more than a few sentences here and there, continuing to try and bring a brutal, no nonsense appeal to the character of Blade. Ron Perlman is simply perfect as a disgruntled up and coming vampire on the side against blade, and although nobody in this film gets the chance to be the next Gary Cooper, they fortunately don't have to. The world of Blade is one of survival, and with the storyline of a new kind of vampire in their midst, the rays of the rising sun is not going to be the only thing that ruins everyone's day.
The final forty minutes or so are fast paced and heavy on action, with hand to hand combat scenes featuring various weapons and some minor martial arts moves thrown in. The anatomical design of the new vampires is freakish and horrid; adding to the macabre world that Blade and his companions on all sides must endure. Overall, Blade II is not a disappointment as a follow up to the first Blade film.
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Its hard for sequals to follow up on a great first installment, especially as one as good as Blade. There are two direction to go, which is stick close to the first film, so that the 2nd seems too much like the first, or go in a differect direction, which might take the story too far from the first film. Blade 2 does the latter, which doesn't provide as an exciting and tightly-developed story as the first Blade, but the tons of action of the first film remains, along with a lot of fun and excitement.
In Blade 2, a virus is transforming the vampires into a breed of supervampires, who are tougher, more agressive, and feed off of the normal vampires on a regular basis. The leader of the vampire nation calls in an elite team of vampires known as the blood pack, who's leader is played by the impressive Ron Pearlman (Hellboy, Alien: Resurrection). Among the team, is also a member played by Donnie Yen (Kill Zone, Shanghai Knights, Hero) for all you martial art fans out there. The team forms a very uneasy truce with Blade, in order to have some help defeating the supervampires and to seek out the vampire nation's leader's son - who has been turned into a supervampire too. Whistler returns to the scene, which is a little confusing after the first film, since it appeared he shot himself. However, Blade 2 decides to bring back his character and explains this in the beginning of the film.
Most of the movie is action packed, and great action at that. The story isn't as sharp as the first, because a lot of screentime is devoted to hunting out the supervampires. About 2/3 through though, story gets a bit more exciting and takes some twists and turns until the end. As for the action, overall there is even more this time around, but several scenes overdo the cgi a little, and it is evident and distracting. For fans of Donnie Yen, he has one very cool scene with exceptional choreography, and his character (though without any dialouge) is just bad (in the cool way). Blade is not quite as cool as in the first film, but he's still just downright fun to watch. He has a final fight against the leader's son, which is 3 minutes of one of the better fights I have ever seen. I loved it more than the final fight in the first Blade. This fight is even faster, harder, and longer. It is definetly an edge of your seat fight.
Blade 2 may not take itself quite as seriously as the first Blade, but it is almost more enjoyable in a fun kind of way. Tons of action, plenty of gore, and even some frightening moments make it seem scarier than the first Blade. A hardcore fan may be dissapointed with the direction the sequal took, but someone looking for an enjoyable movie will still love this.
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There is plenty of action in the sequel to the excellent Blade,but it just doesn't hold up to the first film. The sequel does have some cool FX,but the story just seems silly. It is better than some other Marvel movie that have been done though.
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There's 334 other reviews so I'll skip the movie comments except to say it was fun.
Snipes and Goyer (the writer) have a good track. Snipes explains the rationale of each of the fight scenes and has stories of stunt mishaps.
The Director, Del Toro and the producer Frankfurt have a party on their track. They mock some of Goyer's dialogue and applaud the stuff that worked just right. A lot of fun.
There's even an isolated score track! (Just the music.)
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