Quick Review of Bladde II

Rating: 7/10 (24 January 2012)

Right, this is my first IMDb review, I hope you enjoy it. Blade II has been sat nestled into my DVD collection for a few weeks now, so, I thought it was about time I put it on. Now I know the film was released in 2002 so I'm a little late to watching the sequel to Blade, a film I thoroughly enjoyed. I found that at first the obviously low-budget special effects started to put me off, but then realised being 2002, the graphics weren't going to rival James Cameron's "Avatar" and that I wasn't watching for CGI brilliance, but instead for a bit of an action thrill, and for this, Blade II didn't fail to deliver. Wesley Snipes bringing action fight-scene after fight-scene. Shortly into the film Blade is contacted to help the "Bloodpack" a group of vampires who have spent years training to defeat Blade. Each member of the Bloodpack fits a different action group stereotype, which when they meet the all have animosity towards Blade. The story following their meet and the plot twists throughout the film are nothing spectacular, but like the special effects, I don't always watch action films for the gripping story telling abilities. The only problem I truly found with Blade II was Norman Reedus's character "Scud" constantly playing on the cliché of his character as a the cocky stoner who spent the time since Whistler had been taken helping Blade out, and getting a little to proud of what he's been doing. Some of the gadgets he's created seem quite good but, he still doesn't take over the general bad-ass character that Kris Kristofferson portrays as Whistler. Altogether, I think if you've not seen Blade II you should defiantly think about giving it a watch.