The Blade is still dull.

Rating: Null/10 (11 December 2002)

4 out of 10
Guillermo Del Toro's follow up to the bloody original is slightly superior, with slicker production values, superior lighting, and even more action sequences. The story? The vampire strain has mutated, the result being creatures called the Reapers that like to suck the blood of vampires. Thus, an uneasy alliance is formed between Blade and the Vampire legion to combat this growing epidemic.
Action fans who like their violence bloody with plenty of martial arts and gunfights will probably be pleased. The movie aims to deliver more crowdpleasing battles than its predecessor and in terms of quantity, it certainly succeeds. Quality is another story. While a few of the fights are reasonably exciting (particularly the sewer battle and mano-a-mano showdown), some of it is cringe-inducing because the filmmakers actually employ unconvincing CGI stunts and wrestling moves. The movie's final half-hour manages to take the ludicrousness of the premise and double it with inane plot twists that are obviously only there to give the movie a semblance of a story.