Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Leonor Varela

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reaper vampires who feed on vampires.

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R, 2 hrs. 5 min.

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

Release Date: March 22, 2002

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DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002

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  • September 23, 2009
    A great sequel, all the better for having Guillermo del Toro at the helm. If he'd directed the whole series it could have been something special!
  • May 21, 2009
    A kind of Aliens style sequel, an ultra slick group of vamps hunt the mutant vamp killers. Its bloody, techno, dark and very very cool. Goss is very good as the mutant vamp leader but the film does resort to martial arts abit too much. Better than the first and nice and red, does...( read more) the comic proud.
  • May 2, 2009
    Other than the explanation of where he came from, who he and everyone else is, at the beginning, this film stands nicely on its own. for those of you that know the first one, then this opening explanation will be a little irritating (and a tad confusing, but it becomes clear late...( read more)r). The opening does smell strongly of franchise potential, being repeated in all the inevitable sequels still to come. Once past this though, we are lead through a massive fight and action scene that sets up the whole movie. and warns anyone who can't stand Hong Kong action scenes that they are probably watching the wrong screen.

    The movie is essentially a platform for Snipes to have fun with his most renowned character. And he does so with very entertaining results. The movie has reasonably well rounded characters, suspicion piled on top of everyone, some amazing set pieces and a good sense of humour. The impact of all the blood and guts is reduced by the obvious fantasy of the fights (wires and SFX a lot of the time), but its still pretty powerful.

    The lead performances are all very good, although some of the peripheral characters are a little too hammer horror. Luke Goss demonstrates great potential, although you would need to see him without the make up, body doubles, and special effects to really judge. and there is occasionally that urge to shout "when will I be famous." and the pure blood female vampire who takes a shine to blade is well worth being bitten by.

    Overall it feels less like a sequel and more like a stand alone movie. with this in mind, I think its in fact better than the original (a rare example of the exception that proves the rule).
  • February 14, 2009
    "Is the enemy of my enemy my friend or my enemy?"

    The sequel continues straight from where everything was left. Blade is searching for his mentor, Whistler, and finally finds him after some years. When he gets back home, he receives a suprising offer from the vampire Overlord ...( read more)to form an alliance to hunt down Nomak, a vampire who seems to be the next step in vampire evolution...

    "Blade 2" is everything that a comic based movie should be. It's entertaining and fun to watch. Guillermo Del Toro, who is one of the most talented directors of today, has given us a darker "Blade" movie, with more gruesome vampires without forgetting the humor.

    The fight scenes are once again top notch, with long lasting and nicely choreographed battles. The special effects support the fighting in a good way, giving the viewers one hell of a ride.

    The actors do a good job, it's especially nice to watch Wesley Snipes' and Ron Perlman's mouthing at each other. A good bunch of actors who do their parts nicely. There's even a little love story in here but it woun't take the focus away from the action...

    "Blade 2" is a very good sequel and in my opinion one of the best comic book based movies. It's not as good as the more popular "Spiderman", "Batman" or "X-Men" sequels, but it deserves its place among the better comic genre movies.

    "You've been training for two years to take me out, and now, here I am. Whew!
    So exciting, isn't it?"
  • January 1, 2009
    Del Toro does a good job of keeping you interested in this sequel. Climatic fight still looks like it's out of a video game though.
  • November 19, 2009
    Visually, more engaging then the first, same for the story. The stakes feel higher and there's a palptable sense of dread, alot of that this has to do with Del Torro's genius creature designs.
  • November 11, 2009
    Del Toro having fun? Probably... or he was just being lazy. He does everything in his power in order to surpass the original and, despite the fact that he almost achieved such goal, it is not a complete letdown. It shouldn't be considered among the best vampire films of the decad...( read more)e; to declare such statement equals blaspheme. You may blame it on the screenplay stealing the most famous line of The Godfather: Part II (1974) or in the cheesy CGI, but a great opening and a cool final duel compensate its flaws. You must learn how to switch off your mind sometimes.

    52/100
  • November 3, 2009
    good addition to original
  • October 29, 2009
    Better than the first one; loaded with cool action scenes and Wesley is just bad ass.
  • October 28, 2009
    this is a good movie to see.Excellent action movie.you better to see it.

Critic Reviews


March 22, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring. full review

March 22, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

This isn't a horror movie with enough emotional resonance to cause nightmares, but it may inspire you to take a long bath before going to bed. full review

March 22, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

An improvement on Blade (1998), which was pretty good. full review

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Comments


  • djmagicshezzy
    December 4, 2008
    great movie wesley snipes is awesome
  • thedoctor2k7
    August 30, 2008
    the best of the three blade films
  • Zanjum28
    January 23, 2008
    Love all the blade films, i have made a quiz on all three. Lets see how much you really know, so far best score is 50%!

    http://www.flixster.com/user/zanjum28/quiz/blade-trivia
  • al7abib88
    September 22, 2007
    very gooooooooooooood
  • EricEMAN
    August 16, 2007
    Best of the blade series.
  • babytyphoon000
    June 18, 2007
    Oh yes another great movie with Wesley Snipes, this movie is a total thriller! I just added another favorite character besides Blade and that would be, ha ha...Jarrid Nomack. I hate to say it, but I really don't pick sides, Im neutral (a person who doesn't take sides in fighting or anything that has to do with going against something)so I don't care if I have a favorite character that is bad. But anyways this movie is soo intense it will knock the fillings right out of your teeth.
  • MrGrimlock
    May 25, 2007
    Del Toro said a vampire should scare you not look like brad pitt.He delivered what he set out for,the reapers would make a goth kid shit their pants!non stop action
  • jbpelican
    August 9, 2006
    The first had great action and great dark humor, the sequal seems to have traded the humor for more action and violence, and boy has it worked. The reapers are prime for the splattering and i enjoyed this immensly!!! And the climactic battle between Blade and Nomak was like a furiouse street brawl. Awsome!!!

    Justins Best Bit: Cutting off half a guys head, the rest of his body is incinerated, the discovering that the head half.....is still alive!!!

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