Blade II

R

Released Mar 22, 2002

1 hr. 56 min.

Horror

Action

Fantasy

List

57%

150 Reviews

Tomatometer

68%

250,000+ Ratings

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Exploding from the pages of Marvel Comics comes the thrilling follow-up to the blockbuster "Blade." Half Man ... half vampire, and consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth and save the human race from a blood-drenched Armageddon. In this newest action-packed adventure, Blade (Wesley Snipes) is forced to team up with the very vampires he hates in order to overcome a new type of monster which threatens to eradicate both races.

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Critics Consensus

Though Blade II offers more of what worked in the original, its plot and character development appear to have been left on the cutting room floor.

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Howard H

Great sequel that displays a different direction that is very enjoyable to watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/24

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Derek L

Even though the sequel to 1998's Blade slightly edges its predecessor, the film's plot still underwhelmed and its characters lacked any opportunities to develop nor shine.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/22/24

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Audience Member

Over 20 years later and serves as one of the most fun, sequels for comic book films This was the second dvd I ever purchased too This introduced me to the comics character and Wesley Snipes as a mainstream actor It also revived Guillermo del Toro's directing career after Mimic flopped; you can see his passion for comics and monsters throughout Picking up a few months after the original Blade is searching for his mentor Whistler after he was supposedly killed by vampires He manages to track him down saving him from turning and Blade has a new hideout along with his new partner Scud Then he discovers a new strain of vampires are loose on the streets; The Reapers who are like crack addicts and will infect everyone in a matter of weeks feeding on not just humans but vampires as well Their leader is Jared Nomak so Blade will need the help of old enemies known as the Bloodpack whom have trained to take him out But a deeper conspiracy is revealed as Blade tries to wipe out this ravenous group of Reapers This is just as fun as the first movie with incredible action scenes, creative vampire designs with the Reapers, and a cool soundtrack My first introduction to Ron Perlman and Norman Reedus too Some of the CGI is quite noticeable and it is derivative in spots I remember playing the video game on my ps2, it was fun and short Still crazy this came out 2 months before Spider-Man and thankfully paved the way for the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe even 'Twilight' It's a shame Snipes faced so many legal troubles with tax evasion and Blade 3 was a disaster during production But Blade 2 made Wesley Snipes huge in his career at the time with del Toro showing his craft for creatures and action

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/23/24

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Legendaryrey y

This is so much better than the first thank you Guillermo del Toro

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Gaming N

young daryl dixon is in this

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Alec B

Guillermo del Toro gives the franchise exactly what it needed, a clearer sense of it's world and fantastic make-up effects while still delivering absurd violence and action.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Guillermo del Toro

Director

Wesley Snipes

Blade

Kris Kristofferson

Whistler

Ron Perlman

Reinhardt

Leonor Varela

Nyssa

Norman Reedus

Scud

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David Edelstein

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There's no script to speak of, but del Toro devises every battle to wow even the most jaded martial-arts mavens; the dissolutions and implosions are beautiful.

Jul 14, 2015

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

It is directed by Guillermo del Toro: by "directed" I simply mean he turned his camerawork over to the computer graphics surgeons who cut, slice, dice and vivisect the material to mount a gross eyeassault of CG sequences.

Jul 14, 2015

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Del Toro is a stylish horrormeister, and he has created an evocative, foreboding atmosphere. But only a fan of this kind of mayhem could find a way into the story. And only a critic, sworn to serve, could stick it out to the end.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 14, 2015

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John Wilmes

The Ringer

Twenty years ago, Wesley Snipes and Guillermo del Toro paved the way for everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to ‘Twilight’...

Mar 23, 2022

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Matt Patches

Polygon

It's a movie with real stakes - and not just the ones Blade throws through vampiric hearts.

Oct 20, 2021

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Matt Goldberg

Collider

Blade II is an incredibly upbeat picture, and rather than focus on Blade's loneliness or how he's humanity's protector and yet can never truly be one of them, del Toro gleefully jumps into the action scenes.

Oct 18, 2018

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Synopsis

Exploding from the pages of Marvel Comics comes the thrilling follow-up to the blockbuster "Blade." Half Man ... half vampire, and consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth and save the human race from a blood-drenched Armageddon. In this newest action-packed adventure, Blade (Wesley Snipes) is forced to team up with the very vampires he hates in order to overcome a new type of monster which threatens to eradicate both races.

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Executive Producer: Michael De Luca, Lynn Harris, Stan Lee, Toby Emmerich, Avi Arad, David S. Goyer
Screenwriter: David S. Goyer
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Production Co: Milk and Honey Productions Ltd, Marvel Enterprises, Amen Ra Films, New Line Cinema, Imaginary Forces, Linovo Productions GmbH & Co. KG
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Drug Use|Strong Pervasive Violence)
Genre: Horror, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA): $81.6M
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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