Let's have FUN!

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2003)

Truth be told, I'm not a huge fan of Blade Numero Uno; but still I was very excited to hear that Guillermo del Toro, whose work I appreciate very, very much, was working on sequel. So, yeah, I had some expectations concerning Blade II, but even expecting some good time I didn't enjoy the film. Oh no - I was simply blown right through the roof of our local movie theater!!! It's clear that everyone involved in the project, from actors to FX masters to Del Toro himself set out to enjoy themselves & have some serious fun with this film - and they do, and marvelously so. Everything gets thrown in the mix - from mutant super-vampire breed feeding on both humans & usual vampires with equal thirst to elite vampire team (sort of Aliens-soldiers from parallel universe) trained to hunt Blade but forced to accept his leadership. It's fast, it's loud, it's bloody & violent - and, more importantly, imaginative & atmospheric. The CGI-enhanced fights sometimes seem a bit too caricature, but that's not a big problem, cos there's so much more to compensate for that - some scenes will have you on the edge of your seat, like the lengthy episode in the night club. All in all, a solid coctail of comic-book-action & bloody horror, with enough thrills to make its nearly-two-hour length seem fast & furious.