Sure, it's better than its predecessor!

Rating: Null/10 (19 March 2002)

Have a flaming flair for non-stop action, gore, and those blood-sucking, fang-teethed humans? Then this flick is definitely for you! Just listen to the silence, with the occasional scream during the screening, and the loud applause at the end, and you'd be wondering how people could possibly dislike this movie! Wesley Snipes gosh, I do like this guy, not only because he's never afraid to take on roles for lessening racially romantic barriers! He is charismatic, even while flexing his muscles!
Hey, I don't know what to think of our new Blade's wisdom! Our hero, ganging up with those Shadow-of-Nation vampires? Got to be kidding! I just rented and saw the predecessor! I wonder whether he's now having a problem with his testosterone-overflow, and Nyssa is the cause of his slacking sapience! (Hey, didn't Cleopatra make Caesar a wimp?)
And society's new threat? Rippers? Nope, not some hooded descendants of Jack the Ripper, or of old Nosterafu unless our genome-dealing organizations are keeping some dark secret from us! Oh well, who cares as long as this flick projects the `good vs. evil' theme of the comics well on to the big screen. And it does! Who says it's never difficult to distinguish the good guys from the baddies? Gosh, I love the stunts; I love the fast actions thanks to Hong Kong for whetting our appetites for martial arts! Yep, the actions are mesmerizing! Yep, the takes are as exciting as when Ellen Ripley's deadly encounter with the alien species!
Overall, the film's character development is mediocre. But as a quixotic action actor, Snipes is phenomenal! Love his indestructible character! Kris Kristofferson's Whistler is very lame not much credibility! And Scud, gosh, he is rather predictable! Yet, there's a definite sense and purpose for every character's presence! Unfortunately, there're too many subplots dumped into the main plot, thus weakening the character development. And the one-liners appear as scatter-brained material to hold strong for worthwhile memorizing! Hello, Coen Brothers, where are you in the development of the script's dialogue? But I DO LIKE the cinematic effects and the creative composite of horrific creatures (truthfully, better than what LOTR has provided!) Whoa, I was jitter-bugging in my seat, and literally playing hide-seek with the screen! Can't say I wasn't enticed with this film! And the hip-hop soundtrack far too loud and sometimes incoherent  definitely prevents the feel of horror and schlock in various scenes!
Go see this flick if you're an action-horror film freak! Rest assured, you won't need a partner to put you in a jitter-bugging mood, throughout this flick! Thumbs up for Guillermo Del Toro (heard he's not e'en a distant cousin to Benicio!) After this flick, and The Devil's Backbone, he sure is my sort of Director one who knows how to thrill and scare me! A solid rating of A- from me and I definitely will encourage my young buddies to keep away from this flick! Not unless, they enjoy having nightmares!