this movie really needed a villain

Rating: 4/10 (3 April 2007)

What I like about the first Blade movie was Deacon Frost. I loved the character and thought he was very well executed. This movie on the other hand just did not have a satisfying bad guy. The action was not bad, and I really liked how they incorporated the wrestling moves into the fighting style. I hated how Scud turned out to be a familiar and that Blade was onto him the whole time. They should have just killed him off and left that part out. It was weak story writing and felt forced. The special effects at times looked really hokey, but I actually did think some of the shots in the final scene had a good vision, but the special effects department just did not pull it off. The fight scene where Blade beats up all those armored guards was boring after a while and I just wanted it to end. The girl was hot, but that was all she contributed. I thought there was a lot of plot potential and great character moments involving the blood pact, but they totally missed out on that. The couple in the blood pact relied on the opening scene where they are seen hugging each other. The fact that they really did not do much else with them between there and when they actually die together it was sad. By the way Wesley Snipes is just not that funny. He tried, but just could not make me feel for the character at all. The one good thing was the reapers looked amazing, but beyond that not much there. Overall the movie just did not have the script and I felt bad by Del Toro and I know he can do much better work, and if given a better script I feel as if it would have turned out better.