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I wasn't a huge fan of the story. Some of it was ok, but overall I just didn't enjoy it. It took the little bit of creepy element this movie had and completely destroyed it.

It seemed like it was put together alright though, the...
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I wasn't a huge fan of the story. Some of it was ok, but overall I just didn't enjoy it. It took the little bit of creepy element this movie had and completely destroyed it.

It seemed like it was put together alright though, the cinematics are actually pretty good - whatever settting you are in during the movie, you feel it.

I had mixed feelings about this one even after I watched it. It is definitely worth seeing for any fan of the series or vampires.

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Posted may 8, 2008 1:36 am pt

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It's been 4 years since BLADE came out and I have been waiting for this movie to come out for so long, was it worth the wait?? HELL YEAH! Many successful movies that often become franchises always come out with **** sequels (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM...
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It's been 4 years since BLADE came out and I have been waiting for this movie to come out for so long, was it worth the wait?? HELL YEAH! Many successful movies that often become franchises always come out with **** sequels (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET anybody?) but just by watching the trailers for this film I was pumped up to watch this movie let me tell you, this is much better than the first film so you can imagine how this one would be...for one thing the studio hired a director who knew what he was doing and I look forward to more of Guillermo del Toro's films because he has earned my respect as a top notch filmmaker after watching this film...it’s a visual feast and a visceral experience, the first 20 minutes of the movie was intense and as the story progressed, it never let up...the action kept coming like the Energizer Bunny.
Wesley Snipes is back as Blade and this time around he has more fun playing the role, you the man Snipes. The one thing that I really liked in this film was the villains also know as the Reapers, my god those things are vicious killing machines...a good solid formidable opponent to challenge the Day Walker. The action sequences were just over the top and suited this film very well, big up to Donnie Yen (Iron Monkey) as he is credited as the action choreographer for this movie. There really isn't anything negative to say about this movie except the love fling with Blade and the female vampire Nyssa, it could have been more developed but it's kind of difficult to develop the love relationship in an action packed movie like this, after all that's what the filmgoers expected coming into this film...they're going to finish watching the film and leave with a smile on their face just like I did.

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Posted mar 14, 2007 11:42 am pt

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The only reason why this movie doesn't get a 6/10 is because of Guillermo del Toro's amazing directing job, and Ron Pearlman's excellent supporting role. The fight scenes are great, it's extremely bloody, and it's just great...But, the script...
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The only reason why this movie doesn't get a 6/10 is because of Guillermo del Toro's amazing directing job, and Ron Pearlman's excellent supporting role. The fight scenes are great, it's extremely bloody, and it's just great...But, the script isn't all that good, and the villain isn't very good.

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Posted mar 13, 2007 4:04 pm pt

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I really dislike this movie. It was just bad. I love the first and the third movies. They are both great, but this movie was bad. The plot was silly, the acting was ridiculous (by everyone except Ron Perlman who is a total bad ace)

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Posted mar 3, 2007 3:53 am pt

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I think that this movie and the first one are as good as each other. I did not think this movie was completely awful, but it is certainly not better than the first one. I just don't think that this movie explained more and it was kind of the same...
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I think that this movie and the first one are as good as each other. I did not think this movie was completely awful, but it is certainly not better than the first one. I just don't think that this movie explained more and it was kind of the same plot, somehow, just that with some different characters. I am not a particular fan of these movies, so I don't really care.

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Posted feb 24, 2007 1:20 am pt

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Great fight scenes here. I was impressed seeing Ron in this one. I think this movie could stand on it's own. You don't have to see the first movie, though it obviously would help. I actually liked this one better than the first. I liked the story...
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Great fight scenes here. I was impressed seeing Ron in this one. I think this movie could stand on it's own. You don't have to see the first movie, though it obviously would help. I actually liked this one better than the first. I liked the story as well.

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Posted feb 13, 2007 12:27 pm pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
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  To appreciate the movie, you have to be okay with vampire violence. I don't mean subtle little nips at the neck and, ooooh, it's directed by Werner Herzog.

  by Desson Thomson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
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  You can sense the difference between a movie that's a technical exercise ("Resident Evil") and one steamed in the dread cauldrons of the filmmaker's imagination.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  Like the original, Blade II has superior production values and visual and special effects. Snipes and Kristofferson build on the resonance of their original portrayals.

  by Kevin Thomas | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Ghastly yet wonderful at the same time.

  by Stephen Hunter | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  78
  Invades theatres with its fangs bared for action. It's bloody hell and we love every minute.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  75
  It's all speed, movement and blood -- lots and lots of blood.

  by Rene Rodriguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  70
  Because of the movie's wonderful shamelessness, its mordantly funny chills and fights are huge turn-ons. A B picture in love with the zest of its comic-book origins, it embodies that medium's pulse-pounding spiritedness and silliness.

  by A.O. Scott | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
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  The drawing card for Blade II is -- the promise of a blood-soaked action/horror thrill ride, and Snipes and Del Toro get the down-and-dirty job done with style.

  by Michael Dequina | Read Full Review »
• [+] New Times (L.A.)
  
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  Just be advised guys, Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get, so you might want to leave your date behind for this one, or she's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  Everything "Blade" should have been but wasn't: stylish, fast-paced, and comfortable with its own ridiculousness.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  Del Toro lays on the operatic head-trip gore, but his heavy-handed embrace of the ''Blade'' mythology allows Wesley Snipes to give more of a performance than he did in the first film.

  by Owen Gleiberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
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  Though superior to the original Blade, the superiority is mostly in the myriad ways the "suck-head" enemies can be blown up, melted and dismembered.

  by Liam Lacey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Charlotte Observer
  
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  What makes Blade 2 marginally better than "Blade," especially if you thought the first was a hollow spectacle? It has a plot.

  by Lawrence Toppman | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  The film stays true to its unpretentious origins -- it's like a comic book come to life, with an undeniable visual flair, a lot of kinetic action sequences, minimal character development, and a plot that could charitably be called "uneven".

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  May be too grisly to extend its appeal beyond its fan base.

  by Joe Leydon | Read Full Review »