Blade II (2002)

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

Director:

Guillermo del Toro

Writers:

Marv Wolfman (character), Gene Colan (character)

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

6 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wesley Snipes	...	Blade
Kris Kristofferson	...	Whistler
Ron Perlman	...	Reinhardt
Leonor Varela	...	Nyssa
Norman Reedus	...	Scud
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Damaskinos
Luke Goss	...	Nomak
Matt Schulze	...	Chupa (as Matthew Schulze)
Danny John-Jules	...	Asad (as Danny John Jules)
Donnie Yen	...	Snowman
Karel Roden	...	Kounen
Marit Velle Kile	...	Verlaine
Tony Curran	...	Priest
Daz Crawford	...	Lighthammer
Santiago Segura	...	Rush

Storyline

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 (Yes, he's back) 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.

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Plot Keywords:

prague | black superhero | good man | human vampire hybrid | hybrid | 

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Taglines:

Let the combat begin

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany USA

Language:

English Romanian Czech

Release Date:

22 March 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Blade 2: Bloodlust

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$54,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$32,528,016, 24 March 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$82,348,319

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$155,010,032

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Amen Ra Films, Marvel Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene before while entering the vampire club with the Bloodpack, a large neon sign can be seen on top of a building that says, in large red letters, "Radoo". The history of Vlad the Impaler (whom the legend of Dracula is largely based upon) talks of his brother Radu. This name is also often associated with vampire movies as it is deeply ingrained in the Dracula story.

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Goofs

In the final scene, they enter the skyscraper's helipad through glass doors. The shot behind them shows they are high elevation and there are no trees. But, when the camera is pointed back to the doors you can clearly see the reflection of at least two trees in the left glass.

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Quotes

Blade: [noticing vampire tattoo] You're human.
Kounen: Barely. I'm a lawyer.

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Crazy Credits

The background of the "New Line Cinema" logo is red instead of the traditional black and blue light background.

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Alternate Versions

As of 2013, the SyFy Channel cable TV version of the film did the usual time and content editing and left the ending where Rush is attacked and killed by Blade in the adult entertainment theater venue. As of 2016 and 2017, often re-airings of the film end after Nyssa dies in Blade's arms after he mercy kills her by putting her out in the sun.

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Connections

References Nosferatu (1922)

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Soundtracks

Tonight the Stars Revolt!
(uncredited)
Written by Spider One (as Spider)
Powerman 5000 Performs Courtesy of Dreamworks Records

User Reviews

A sequel that does everything in it's power to top the original and it comes to being as good.

Blade 2 takes what made the first Blade film good and transforms it into a different country with different characters (outside of Blade and Whistler) and a possibly deeper feel, and it works without going into the bad sequel range.

This time, the vampires Blade (Wesley Snipes) has been hunting down for so many years want to make a truce so that he can help them kill a new breed of monsters called reapers, which if you want a brief description are creatures that look like half vampires half zombies and half, whatever, with a chin that opens up a big damn mouth that before attacking it's prey could resemble a mini-sarlac pit (star wars reference). Blade reluctantly agrees, knowing full well that the vampires could turn on him and Whistler if things go wrong.

Overall, Blade 2, for the fans of the first one, will not dissapoint them. It contains enough imaginativeness and gore effects to brighten the most down of horror film and comic book enthusiasts. The film also contains some of the best makeup I've seen in a while in a horror movie. A-