Gotta love those rapping Japanese schoolgirls!

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2002)

I'll say it upfront: I LOVE this movie. A half-human, half-vampire walking around slaughtering vampires without any kind of second thoughts. Now that's not to say that I run around dressed like Wesley Snipes, putting stakes in people after kicking them in the head a couple of times. It's just that, there's a lot to like in this movie. I normally don't dig Wesley Snipes too much but he is the man in this flick. His intro is one of the best as far as these kinds of movies go. That's another thing: that club scene in the beginning, who doesn't think it's an amazing scene? It sets the tone so perfectly and yet, the rest of the movie manages to stay on the level without dropping off. Kris Kristofferson is much better used here than he was in the sequel. N'Bushe Wright is great, I'm hoping she comes back for the third outing as she was missing from the second. I really dug Stephen Dorff and Donal Logue; they were great villains. Genuine menace and humor from both. There were genuinely scary moments in this, crazy plot twists, great splashes of gore, exciting action sequences, funny one liners, awesome special effects, mindless entertainment... Finally, a mature-themed comic-book movie that was done right! Seriously, what do people expect when watching this? It's not a perfect movie but it's damn well-made! Not to mention the DVD is still one of the best buys at the time of this writing. Rating **** out of *****.