two words: Kick Butt!

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2002)

I am going to make a statement that may tork off you anal movie-goers, so brace yourselves. Blade 2 is the only sequel that with out a doubt blows the first one away (although the first one was great) since Terminator 2. I will say that the plot wasn't as tight and good as T2, but it surpassed its' predessesor on many levels.
The first thing that is great about this film: the character that is Blade. Half-man, half-vampire, (which raises the question, which came first, Blade or Angel?) Blade looks like a cross between a ninja, a biker, and Batman. Finally there is a black action lead character that does not need to spout ebonics, crack wise about everybody else's race, and try to be "the blackest guy on earth" (Learn from this Will Smith, Chris Rock, Chris Tucker...). Wesley plays his role with confidence, and a very cool attitude, and as normal as a vampire-man would be.
Now lets talk about the enemy in this flick, the Reapers. Not since the early 1990's have I seen a better thought out creature than this. The design behind the anatomy of the Reapers is extremely well thought out, and a lot of appriciated detail was put into it. I don't feel like giving away all attributes about them, but just think of them as a cross between Predator and Marilyn Manson during his Holywood phase.
So here lies the plot, these Reapers drink both human and vampire blood, so therefore the Vampire nation calls Blade to lead a team of Vampires (who were origionally trained to kill Blade) to destroy these Reapers before they reak havoc on everybody. It's not extremely complicated, but it works dammit.
The greatest thing in this film is the fights, I knew that Wesley Snipes knew martial arts, I just didn't know he was THIS good at it. I sat in awe as I watched Wesley whip out moves that would make Jet Li jealous. The film does use computer effects during the fights to make Blade and these other super powered creatures fly and get thrown in the air with a grand flow to it all, and it works really well.
Long review short: If you wanna see a action/horror/martial arts/vampire/superhero film (Lord knows how many of those are out there)then go see Blade 2 right now!