What a great story, what a crappy movie.

Rating: 3/10 (29 March 2002)

Blade. The first movie was all in all a good time. Of course that movie was made before the Matrix. Now, every action movie uses that damn bullet time crap. Does Hollywood know that we the public like that great substance known as originality? It was sweet in the Matrix. Blade 2 opens with some narration by Snipes, then busts into an action sequence. I was pumped. Then, the worst happened. Blade fired a gun, and what happens you ask? Bullet timing. "Damn," I thought. Then it went away. The story got good (no spoilers), and then something happened that amazes me made it too the screen. It was a battle between Snipes and a scuba diver outside of water. There were a bunch of flood lights in the background, and they were fighting in front of it. Side note= I saw this movie with someone who couldn't point out a "fake" looking effect if it bit her in the nose. During this scene, the camera angle cut to a medium shot and to my surprise... There was a digital Wesley Snipes fighting a digital scuba diver. I held my mouth shut because most folks hate watching movies with me for this reason. It was then that the greatness happened. My fellow movie watcher leaned over to me and said, "What the hell is that, claymation?" I was stunned. If this person could point out a bad looking effect, then any mindless movie goer could too. Let me tell you folks, it was all down hill from there. It is a shame too. Good story, bad direction. It is ashame too. I liked the first one.