Pretty good sequel

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2002)

I was pretty pleased with "Blade II" for the most part. There was a lot of things that I didn't like, but not enough to ruin the movie for me. Some of the fight scenes were down-right incredible, but a few times the director went a little overboard with the computer effects. Some of the scenes looked a little silly due to the computer effects. This is going to sound a little odd, but I thought some of the fight scenes were a little too much of a comic book (flying all over the place, people getting thrown across the room, impossible martial arts moves, etc). Being a movie made from a comic book, that might sound odd, but they were just too over-the-top. But, like I said for the most part, it was a pretty decent movie. I liked all the characters, and in some cases I was sad to see them die so soon because I thought there was potential for a kick-ass fight with him/her, but that didn't pan out.
Compared to the first Blade, I thought it was probably just as good. I liked the story in Blade II a lot actually, it was pretty interesting, and I loved that Blade and the Vampires were forced to team-up to take on these new breed of vampires called "Reapers". Very ironic! Anyhow, the action is great, the story is great, the characters are great. If you've seen the original Blade and liked it, then you'll probably like this one as well. Be forewarned though, this movie is a lot more bloody than the first film.
As far as a third installment goes, I'm all for it. I'd love to see Blade again in another adventure. Anyhow, I enjoyed the movie, and I hope you will too. Thanks for reading,
-Chris