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List Price: $19.96 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 13157
Released: February 3, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Get set for more action, more vampires and more Wesley Snipes in this second monster-hit installment in the Blade franchise. When the world is threatened by a new and deadlier breed of super vampires, the legendary Blade and his mentor, Whistler, must join forces with the Bloodpack, an elite team of vampire warriors.
DVD Features:
DVD ROM Features
Other:Dobly Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound; DTS ES Surround Sound; Stereo Surround Sound
Description of Blade II (Single Disc Edition):
Aptly described by critic Roger Ebert as "a vomitorium of viscera," Blade II takes the express route to sequel success. So if you enjoyed Blade, you'll probably drool over this monster mash, which is anything but boring. Set (and filmed) in Prague, the plot finds a new crop of "Reaper" vampires threatening to implement a viral breeding program, and they're nearly impervious to attacks by Blade (Wesley Snipes), his now-revived mentor Whistler (Kris Kristofferson), and a small army of "normal" vampires who routinely combust in a constant conflagration of spectacular special effects. It's up to Blade to conquer the über-vamps, and both Snipes and director Guillermo del Toro (Mimic) serve up a nonstop smorgasbord of intensely choreographed action, creepy makeup, and graphic ultraviolence. It's sadistic, juvenile, numbing, and--for those who dig this kind of thing--undeniably impressive. With the ever-imposing Ron Perlman as a vampire villain. --Jeff Shannon
Blade II (Single Disc Edition) Reviews:
Vampire Heaven 
2008-12-03 - A great follow-up to the original movie. New vampires, new weapons, new tricks. If you're a "sucker" for vampire movies, this one delivers.
A New Breed of vampires 
2008-10-30 - Blade 2 knocks blade 1 out of the baseball field. this blade movie has tons more of action and tougher villians for blade to fight like nomack. this is the best in all of the blade movies. and it has a awesome soundtrack. and awesome characters. this movie rocks.
Not a vampire movie 
2008-07-18 - I like to be entertained, but this movie isn't a vampire movie and is a little weird.
The fight sequences are pretty pathetic, a mix of WWE wrestling movies and bad computer graphics. The fact they are vampires is just a side thing, as they never actually do anything like a vampire (like drink blood, for starters). Also, this film shows that death comes according to emotion. In the first Blade, a vampire exposed to the sun died a screaming and explosive death. In this one, she flakes a way lovingly in his arms as the sun rises.
Besides Blade and Vampires fighting together, the vampires he fights with are cheesy and not warriors. Just because blade carries a sword (which seems to be an effective weapon when fighting vampires), doesn't mean they have to carry battle axes, a katana, and anything that is decidely ineffective against Blade (who they are someone trained to fight) and inferior to guns.
Fighting the "enemies", which seem a bit contrived, is pathetic. They are easily killed with UV light, and cannot be killed with bullets and blades. So, naturally, they tend to pump as many rounds as they can into these creatures when they could just use a blacklight, available at any store which sells hardware (or Amazon, where I got mine...).
Blades sidekick is just a forerunner of the annoying male character in the third movie as well...
It is still entertaining, but only at a discount.
One of the best action movies I've ever seen.
2008-06-08 - The action scenes are exciting, and fast paced. The exciment never dies down for the whole movie. There's nothing new in the plot but I don't care. This is one of the most interesting films starring Wesley Snipes. It's also the best of the trilogy.
Lots of awesome action, but very little content to back it up.
2008-02-27 - Let me make one thing clear: This movie has killer action! I will not deny that and if it weren't for other aspects of the movie it would have gotten a higher rating just for the action. Unfortunately all the bad stuff cancels out the good stuff for me.
There are some things I just can't forgive and one is plain stupidity and lack of continuity. The people in this movie are dumb as dirt. At the beginning of Blade we have him fighting off vampires wearing these neat "day suits" that protect them from UV light. Funny thing is they conveniently forget they have these useful garments when they have to hunt during the day. Talk about stupid. Not only that, it is established that the big bad hybrid vampires that are the main focus of Blade 2 can only be killed by UV light, yet the idiots still pack a ton of firepower instead of a mess of flashlights. Man... brainless testosterone sure does flow thick in that movie. Another thing I felt was overkill was Blade's new chemical formula he laces all of his weapons and bullets with (well the bullets are packed with it... not laced) and the fact that a single drop of this stuff is apparently enough to BBQ a vampire's entire body. Just seems like they are pushing the envelope here.
The plot is somewhat derivative and only gives Blade a reason to kill things. Granted Blade came from a Marvel comic book and the movie does attempt to stick with a comic book styled story, but come on! Give us some depth here! There was a painfully predictable love interest that doesn't do much for the movie at all. There are also a few "surprise" plot twists that are also utterly predictable and bring nothing to the table. And as much as I like Wesley Snipes and as much I like what he brings to the character, the perpetual "cool pose" theme gets old. Just once I would like to see Blade tie his shoe or even just stand still in a non-cool way. Quick Blade! While you answer the phone. Strike a pose!!
Still in all of the story content bashing I make this movie has some of the greatest action scenes ever. The fighting is intense and the choreography is stylish without being campy. I really mean it. The action in Blade 2 is awesome. The special effects are well done for the most part and little things like the lighting, camera angles and sound are also done well. In other words the action scenes and production values are top notch... except for the soundtrack. The soundtrack is nice but it felt forced fed. It seems every time you're in a club and someone turns away for a minute a new song is on (conveniently being a song from the Blade 2 Soundtrack). One scene in this movie seems to pack at least five songs within ten minutes.
If you're into nothing but action, action, and ACTION then Blade 2 is just the movie for you. If you like both action and good story telling then be forewarned; you will have to weigh great action with lame plot and judge for yourself. Of course if you are all about content and care little for action you might as well save your money and wait until it comes on cable or broadcast TV. Blade 2 is a great action film and nothing more.
