It's a white knuckle cracking, head slicing, runaway locomotive. Review by Tim Bradstreet

Rating: 9/10 (22 March 2002)

Hat's off to Del Toro. Blade 2 left me gasping for breath and wanting more. Don't delude yourself. Del Toro did not set out to make Citizen Kane. Blade 2 may be a bit short on story but the plot is diabolical and the action almost never stops. It's full of horrific images that are like a grizzly kind of fine art. The Reapers are both nasty as hell and yet horribly tragic. When you are not looking at lush images of Vampire warriors you are watching them and Blade performing a balletic and crisply choreographed tour de force of violence. Ash flying, bones splintering, bodies twisting. It is like a hyper live action comic book that hit's you like a punch in the throat. From the ghastly sewers beneath Prague to the underground lair of the ancient Vampire lord, the sets blend high tech Vampire technology and centuries old gothic architecture which makes for some stunning eye candy. The colors are lush in their limited pallet, sodium yellows, ambers, greys, greens and subdued blues. There is more to this film than meets the eye on a first viewing. It's horror/action yes, no doubt about it. But it's anything but a one dimensional vision. In my opinion it ranks as one of the best comic book movies ever. Is it for everybody? Certainly not. but if the above overview appeals to you, this is your movie. These are my feelings and impressions of the film, to tell more would be to spoil this wonderful danse macabre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .