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Rating: 6/10 (24 July 2003)

My all-time favorite comic book hero is Batman. Why; because he's dark, cool and constantly has battles with his almost double personality. Blade is in (pretty close) second spot. Why; the same reasons! Love Burton's style, hate (maybe that's a too strong word for "Batman Forever")Schumacher's. From ultra dark to super silly just is just too much Love Norrington's style and approach. Despise del Toro's.
When somebody sets out to make a sequel they want to make it better than the first one. Better is not more! Quantity sure as hell ain't quality here. More guys on blade's side this time (a bunch of cool looking characters that don't get nearly enough screen time for the viewer to feel any emotion for them), more cool action(which in some cases doesn't really serve the story at all), more effects(some pretty good, but the CG Blade looks unrealistic and just plain bad). Plus he jumps all around the place like a monkey on speed, sadly making the movie loose any credibility it was left with after the opening sequence.
Did del Toro even take the time to watch "Blade". An opening scene that has gained an almost legendary and infamous reputation, a scene which will go down as one of the coolest club dance scenes ever is more than enough a reason to make the opener in the second installment at least half as good. Nope, not even a glimpse of effort. As if del Toro intentionally wanted to do this, I just have a feeling he managed to make a big F..K YOU to all "Blade" lovers and threw together a movie that does nothing but the worst with the material. The cinematography (compared to the first Blade) is worth dick and they could barely find some decent electronic tunes to go along. It's pretty hard to find anything better in this sequel except for some really R rated violence scenes and some really funny scenes between Blade and Reinhardt.
An adrenaline-pumped hyperactive movie that doesn't take time to stop and think but instead just keeps going into the wrong direction from the very start. And I'm not talking plot-wise at all, but going from the very cool and smart Blade from the first movie to the cliche filled movie (the first action scene where he almost crashes into his car(which is hardly used in the movie anyway) and then gives it a kiss)with a jumping maniac that should at least have done it with the female vampire.

A bad choice for a director whom I respect for making the choice to take a completely different approach but also despise for failing miserably.
The Blade franchise stands on a limb. 6/10