CCC Reviews

Blade II

The original Blade was an incredibly deep film filled with lore about the vampire world that made it true to form, yet had enough variation upon the hardcore White Wolf lore that made it stand on its own. Wesley Snipes, played Blade, The Day Walker who hunted the vampires that forced him to be what he is. It had a lot of flair in the action sequences but again, had such an amazing story to back it up.

This time around, Blade is still a bad-ass. The movie begins with him searching for Whistler, who we thought died in Blade. Upon rescuing his longtime friend, Blade is approached by the Vampires to help them in destroying a new race of undead, the Reapers. Only the Reapers devoured other Vampires and changed them into Reapers. Assisted by the Vampire group of elite warriors, the Bloodpack, Blade goes hunting for answers to this mysterious new race. 

So yeah, the story is fairly simple and mundane. A typical action flick story, hero is called upon his enemies to defeat a greater foe. This is all fun and good, but what makes Blade II so enjoyable? Probably because each action sequence is too cool to miss. And there's a good number of action sequences with good use of computer generated effects combined with Snipes trait for intense action.

So that's why you really want to go see this movie. To see Wesley Snipes kick some Vampire ass. The plot does have its twists, and does keep the interest of the audience fairly well. However, it's not the rich story that it was in Blade. But an action gem nonetheless. 

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Slacker711 - - "Blade is too bad-ass to pass this up."

Cast
Blade (Eric Brooks) - Wesley Snipes
Abraham Whistler - Kris Kristofferson
Scud (Josh) - Norman Reedus
Nyssa Damaskinos - Leonor Varela
Reinhardt - Ron Perlman
Jared Nomak - Luke Gross
Chupa - Matt Schulze
Lighthammer - Daz Crawford
Snowman - Donnie Yen
Priest - Tony Curran
Verlaine - Marit Velle Kile
Overlord Eli Damaskinos - Thomas Kretschmann

Crew
Director - Guillermo del Toro
Character - Marv Wolfman
Character - Gene Colan
Writer - David Goyer
Producer - Peter Frankfurt
Producer - Patrick Palmer
Producer - Wesley Snipes
Co-Producer - Jon Divens
Co-Producer - Andrew Horne
Associate Producer - Robert Bernacchi
Executive Producer - Avi Arad
Executive Producer - Michael De Luca
Executive Producer - David Goyer
Executive Producer - Lynn Harris
Executive Producer - Stan Lee
Original Music - Marco Beltrami
Original Music - Danny Saber
Cinematography - Gabriel Beristain
Film Editing - Pater Amundson
Casting - Nancy Bishop
Casting - Nancy Foy
Casting - Lance Gilmer
Casting - Jerry Zimmerman