Blade II (2002) BOMB

Rating: 1/10 (4 October 2006)

Dreadful. Everything is wrong with this sequel to the enjoyable BLADE, and its faults are typical of what's wrong with a large number of modern "horror films": all action and assaulting sfx and practically nothing else. I'm generally not a fan of CGI, but the computer graphic effects here are exceptionally amateurish and fake-looking. The characters on screen fight each other and leap about, looking as fake as those unreal computer game people the kids love to play with. In fact, when I saw this pathetic excuse for a movie in the theater I was so insulted that in my frustration I uncharacteristically leapt up for a few seconds for all to see, angrily pretending that I was manipulating Nintendo joysticks in some silly video game. My wife was embarrassed by this, as it's something I'd never do in the middle of a movie. I sat down quickly, but she wasn't nearly as red-faced by my behavior as I felt while watching this garbage. It's also a dark and dingy experience, very long, and all of its characters are equally uninteresting. Boring as hell in spite of all the mindless action bombarding you at every angle. Oh, and there also is some lousy Rap "music" tossed into the toilet with regularity too. This movie is the absolute epitome of everything I despise in so many horror films of this period. 0 out of ****