Superior to original

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2002)

This film joins T2 and the Matrix as one of Hollywood's action movie greats.
The special effects are much better than the original (which weren't good), but are also good on there own terms. Fight choreography is more varied, the camera more fluid, the editing precise. More importantly, Blade II's story is much better. Blade is caught in the middle of a war. Who are his friends and who are his enemies? Blade is about two things: trust and compassion.
Not a perfect movie. Whistler's recovery is contrived, and the movie explains more than it needs to. But the FX, action, and story make up for these flaws many, many times over.