Blade 2

December 11, 2004

Rated: R Runtime: 137 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Blade promised us a guy movie, and delivered on exactly what it promised. If there had just been some skin, we would have given it a 5th star.

Blade 2

Wesley Snipes is back as Blade, a half-human, half-vampire creature who is known as “daywalker” among the vampires for his ability to survive in sunlight. Blade isn’t on good terms with the vamps since he pretty much hunts them for sport. Sure, there’s a motive there… but let’s be serious, he just likes it.

The movie starts off by reminding us how much of a badass Blade is as we watch him rescue Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) from the vamps. Yeah, we though he was dead too, but apparently he didn’t kill himself in the first movie and as captured instead. Doesn’t matter, it sets up some great action and lets Whistler come back for the sequel.

Back at the Batcave… wait… back at the warehouse we meet Scud, Whistlers replacement for the last few years. He’s a cocky kid, but he does make some nifty hardware. While everyone gets acquainted the alarm system goes off, setting up another nice fight sequence. This time the visitors turn out to be friendly vampires who are asking for Blade’s help in killing a new breed of vampire called “Reapers”. These guys are seriously tough, and quite nasty when they feed.

The plot is really there just to sting together some fight sequences, so much so that you start to feel like this movie was made in Hong Kong. For the most part the fights are excellent, but they did use a little computer animation in the fights that I found slightly distracting. Hardly enough to mention here, but I would have preferred they stick with just using wires. There is also a good amount of gore in this movie. Blood we expected, but the gore… ever seen the inside of a mutant vampire?

Don’t bother taking a date unless she’s more tolerant of blood and guts than any girls I’ve ever met. Grab some friends and head to the theater, you’re gonna have a blast.

Posted by John | Filed Under 4 Stars, Action, DVD, Daz Crawford, Kris Kristofferson, Luke Goss, R, Tcheky Karyo, Wesley Snipes