Script problems bring it down

Rating: Null/10 (29 May 2002)

I was rooting for this to be a first rate action/horror movie, but it never really gets around its kung fu and techno music fixation enough to satisfy in that department. I blame this largely on the script, which does little to develop Blade as an interesting hero. Snipes just deadpans a lot and spouts tired old cliches like "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer". The plot is too much of a rehash from Blade 1 (Blade gets captured and has to suck blood to escape etc). And I didn't really see a pressing need to bring back Kris Kristofferson for part two (As good as he is in general). I think that action movies as a genre need to branch out and take a few more risks than this film does.