Blade 2 Reviews

Big Let Down

Nowhere near the quality of the first film. The effects aren't as good, the set pieces are rubbish, the baddies are scary but ultimately pointless, it is just a let down. Shame coz Blade was outstanding but I suppose it was just too much to live up to.

One too many?

The hype suggested that Blade II was going to redefine the vampire genre yet again. In terms of action, the quality of the fight-sequences has remained as good as in the original movie; unfortunately there just seems to be too few sequences.

Blade II tries hard to be a stand-alone movie in its own right. It was always guaranteed an audience, given how much Blade had stunned both critics and public alike; and many reviews would suggest that this film delivers. In fairness, Wesley Snipes was born for the role of Blade and has a lot of fun once again playing the part.

It is the script that lets down the film more than anything else, although the film looks cool, the plot, at times simply disappoints. Whereas Blade kept the viewer guessing; Blade II is far more formulaic and left this reviewer with a somewhat sour taste.

In the film?s defence Leonor Varela, who plays the good-looking female baddie Nyssa Damaskinos is great and the film is well worth hiring just to see Luke Goss (of Bros fame) as a bad-guy. He is actually really good.

If you liked Blade II you may also wish to hire [Blade], [Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon], [Bram Stoker?s Dracula]

A money-grabbing sequel

I really enjoyed the first film. The combination of a thumping dance soundtrack, fascinating choreography and special effects made it a joy to watch.

Unfortunately everything seems watered down in this sequel. None of the things I've mentioned above have been improved upon, despite a three year gap between the two films (I'd at least expect better special effects). The story lacks credibility and the acting from some leaves a lot to be desired.

This film isn't all bad, there are still some fun fight sequences, but I wouldn't bother renting it unless you're a Blade/Wesley Snipes fan.

Poor

I was disappointed by this. It adds nothing to the original Blade movie.

Superior, super-cool action film that pretty much throws reason and logic out of the window and aims for visual panache and incredible stunt-work/CGI trickery (a particularly impressive scene has a live-action Wesley Snipes turn seemlessly into a CGI Blade and back into real Snipes in seemingly one shot). The only let-down is in the narrative which has more potential than is realised on-screen. When the grudge held by the new breed of super-vampires against their vampire creators is explained, it seems like things are gonna get interesting as well as exhilirating. But all that is eschewed for one last punch up between Snipes and the guy from Bros. Ah well. It's a good punch-up.

Not as good as the original

Enjoyed it - really easy to watch. But what happened to Stephen Dorff?? I'm aware that he was obliterated in Blade but I still expected him to pop up somewhere along the way. Thought the baddies in this one were a bit rubbish - ugly, but not quite bad enough for me. Wesley Snipes was consistently good though.

Can't wait for Blade Trinity out in December!

[Highly rated reviewer]

Come on baby, don't fear The Reapers

There are two big problems with Blade 2. Snipes is so wooden he could have played a stake and Blade dispatches vampires with such bored insouciance that he ahem, bleeds them of their terrible mystique. There’s a lot of macho posturing in this movie, all the male characters growl their lines like they could do with sucking on a lozenge. Kristofferson is the worst, but even Luke Goss is at it but if his uber-vamp had Bros, s squeaky vocal stylings it wouldn’t have worked. Only vampiress Nyysa gives us a break from the rampant testosterone and she’s only really there to give Blade a token romantic distraction.

Blade teams up with usual vampirish adversaries in order to head off the threat of a new breed of vamp “The Reapers” which attack other vamps, are immune to everything but sunlight and have some interesting eating habits. He revives Whistler with customary ease and with new sidekick Scud and a trained squad of vampires called “The Blood Pack” (Original) sets off to kick Reaper butt..

There’s a minor plot twist, lots of impressive action scenes and some sumptuous sets but the screenplay is so functional that it all passes in a blur of dribbling liquids, wobbling body parts and gleaming high tech weaponry. Characters appear and are summarily dispatched and by making "The Reapers" so mono vulnerable the conclusion is as predictable as a new dawn.

Good sequel

Great Film, good sequel, plenty action. Well worth watching if you liked the first film. Not for the squemish.

A worth watching sequel.

Sequels are hard to get right. They need to have an interesting story and elaborate on characters.

This sequel has a great story but does not really go into the existing character details. Some of the new characters are interesting. Worth watching unlike the 3rd in the trilogy!

Predictable violence

If you like Wesley Snipes then this film will be a hit, if not it's just a high level of predictable violence!