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Blade II

  • 20022002
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  • 1h 57m
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Wesley Snipes in Blade II (2002)
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Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
215K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,560
222
  • Director
    • Guillermo del Toro
  • Writers
    • Marv Wolfman(character)
    • Gene Colan(character)
    • David S. Goyer
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Kris Kristofferson
    • Ron Perlman
Top credits
  • Director
    • Guillermo del Toro
  • Writers
    • Marv Wolfman(character)
    • Gene Colan(character)
    • David S. Goyer
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Kris Kristofferson
    • Ron Perlman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 605User reviews
    • 216Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 10 nominations

    Videos4

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    Who Else Almost Played Blade?
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    Who Else Almost Played Blade?

    Photos228

    Wesley Snipes and Luke Goss in Blade II (2002)
    Ron Perlman, Wesley Snipes, and Danny John-Jules in Blade II (2002)
    Wesley Snipes and Leonor Varela in Blade II (2002)
    Ron Perlman, Wesley Snipes, Leonor Varela, Daz Crawford, Tony Curran, Danny John-Jules, and Donnie Yen in Blade II (2002)
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    Wesley Snipes in Blade II (2002)
    Norman Reedus stars as "Scud" in New Line Cinema's action thriller, BLADE II.
    Wesley Snipes stars as "Blade" in New Line Cinema's action thriller, BLADE II.
    Norman Reedus stars as "Scud" in New Line Cinema's action thriller, BLADE II.
    Scud (Norman Reedus, left) and Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) debate in New Line Cinema's action thriller, BLADE II.
    Blade (Wesley Snipes, left), Nyssa (Leonor Varela, center) and Scud (Norman Reedus) review their new weapons in New Line Cinema's action thriller, BLADE II.

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    Wesley Snipes
    Wesley Snipes
    • Bladeas Blade
    Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
    • Whistleras Whistler
    Ron Perlman
    Ron Perlman
    • Reinhardtas Reinhardt
    Leonor Varela
    Leonor Varela
    • Nyssaas Nyssa
    Norman Reedus
    Norman Reedus
    • Scudas Scud
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Damaskinosas Damaskinos
    Luke Goss
    Luke Goss
    • Nomakas Nomak
    Matt Schulze
    Matt Schulze
    • Chupaas Chupa
    • (as Matthew Schulze)
    Danny John-Jules
    Danny John-Jules
    • Asadas Asad
    • (as Danny John Jules)
    Donnie Yen
    Donnie Yen
    • Snowmanas Snowman
    Karel Roden
    Karel Roden
    • Kounenas Kounen
    Marit Velle Kile
    • Verlaineas Verlaine
    Tony Curran
    Tony Curran
    • Priestas Priest
    Daz Crawford
    Daz Crawford
    • Lighthammeras Lighthammer
    Santiago Segura
    Santiago Segura
    • Rushas Rush
    Samuel Le
    Samuel Le
    • Jigsawas Jigsaw
    • (as Xuyen Tu Valdivia)
    Marek Vasut
    Marek Vasut
    • Golemas Golem
    Pete Lee-Wilson
    Pete Lee-Wilson
    • Blood Bank Doctoras Blood Bank Doctor
    • (as Pete Lee Wilson)
    • …
    • Director
      • Guillermo del Toro
    • Writers
      • Marv Wolfman(character)
      • Gene Colan(character)
      • David S. Goyer
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    Storyline

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    A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations. —Sean Daly
    • black superhero
    • human vampire hybrid
    • infected vampire
    • vampire
    • vampire versus vampire
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • In A World Beyond The One We Know, The Forces Of Darkness Fear One Man...Blade!
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Horror
      • Sci-Fi
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual content
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Over 30 members of the cast and crew were temporarily blinded by the misuse of UV lights in the vampire autopsy scene.
    • Goofs
      Nyssa is a "pure blood" (born a vampire) but she has a scar above her lip and fillings in her teeth. According to the logic of the movie, a pure blood vampire would never scar and, we might infer, would never need dental treatment.
    • Quotes

      Blade: [pulling the pin out of a UV grenade] You obviously do not know who you are *fucking* with!

    • Crazy credits
      No real reapers were hurt during the making of this film.
    • Alternate versions
      The New Line Platinum Series DVD contains several deleted scenes, including: An extended opening scene establishing Prague. A flashback sequence showing Blade's first encounter with Whistler, part of which can be seen in the film's title credits. An extended version of the ninja fight in the warehouse, with Blade using some fencing tactics to keep Asad at bay. A scene of Whistler shying away from the growing daylight outside. An alternate take of Blade's first meeting with Damaskinos, with Damaskinos wearing, according to Guillermo del Toro, a "Michael Bolton wig". A scene in which Damaskinos explains the effects vampirism has had on him. A much longer version of the House of Pain sequence, including a scene with Nyssa finding a room upstairs with a man unpacking human entrails from a box, a scene that was meant for Michael Jackson. A line by Whistler about "the power of the pussy" A Bloodpack "meeting" of sorts, with Chupa attempting to urge the others to kill Blade and go after the Reapers on their own. A scene in a bathroom after the House of Pain sequence of Lighthammer discovering how far his infection with the Reaper strain has gone. An extended scene of Damaskinos' dinner and blood bath, in which he tells of the fate of his human heart. An extended scene of the lawyer's torture of Blade A "dirty" version of the final scene, in which semen is streaked on the windows that was digitally removed in the final cut of the film because test audiences complained.
    • Connections
      Edited from Blade (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Kalinka
      Traditional Russian Folk Song

      Arranged and Performed by Limpopo (as Crazy Russian Folk 'n' Roll band Limpopo)

      Courtesy of Folk 'n' Roll Records

    User reviews605

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    Top review
    Enjoyable dark style with solid action, OK plot and good cast
    Having rescued Whistler from the grasp of the vampires and acted quickly enough to combat the vampire virus in his blood, Blade reforms his team. When his base is infiltrated by two vampires, he is offered a temporary truce that Blade accepts. He meets with the vampire council who ask for his help to track and kill a new strain of the vampire virus called the Reaper. The Reapers feed on vampires and humans, are immune to garlic and silver and threaten to rapidly multiple. Blade agrees to join forces but fighting alongside those he would hunt puts him very ill at ease.

    Opening with the same style that made Blade enjoyable, it is immediately apparent that, if you liked the first film then you should enjoy this one just as much. The plot has quite a few major holes but I can't help eel it's a little unfair to attack a vampire horror movie for being a little illogical at times! What remains is a series of fast and stylish action scenes, held together by a reasonable plot and a nice few little twists and turns to keep it engaging. While the plot may only be average it is probably the dark action that you came for and it is as enjoyable as in the first film. The wirework was pretty good, mainly because the cast members involved could actually do it without looking like they had become members of Thunderbirds! The CGI stuff is not very good and the computerised characters, despite looking good, don't look or move real and thus take away from the energy and impact of the fights. Director del Toro handles the action well and also brings the same dark feel that he brought to Cronos and Mimic.

    However generally the fights are good – good moves but still rather rough. Snipes has certainly worked on his body to the degree that he can perform these moves with a natural feel, only the WWF style moves came across as being rather silly or ill fitting. As a leading man he has really come on since reinventing himself as an action hero, and Blade is his best character in that regard. This film scales back on the complexities of his character and it damages the film a little bit but chances are that isn't what you came here for! Kristofferson is good but his character isn't really used well here. Perlman uses his screen presence well and he holds his own with Snipes. Varela is quite sexy but again the script doesn't use her relationship with Blade as well as it could do. Goss is very good in this role and it bodes well but I'd need to see him play a character (as opposed to a monster) to be able to judge if he has real ability as an actor – all the makeup also helped forget his Bros personae too. Jules is a very strange find but he looks good. Donnie Yen was, as he often is, poorly used – he has one small fight scene but considering the amount of martial arts action in this movie it would have been better to have actually used him in more of the action; wisely the film uses him better as the main fight choreographer.

    Overall this is an enjoyable action movie with a horror twist. The plot is OK and has enough to it to be engaging despite having several themes that it should have done more with. The action is solid and enjoyable and not too hurt by the odd bit of poorly used CGI. A good cast helps and the action flows reasonably consistently to produce an enjoyable two hours of dark style.
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    • May 16, 2004

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 22, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Romanian
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Blade 2: Bloodlust
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Amen Ra Films
      • Marvel Enterprises
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $54,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $82,348,319
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $32,528,016
      • Mar 24, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $155,010,032
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS-ES
      • Dolby Digital EX
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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