better than expected

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2003)

I didn't have high hopes for this movie, but was looking for some entertainment while I waited for the electricity to be turned on at home after Hurricane Isabel. Some critics tore into the story, but I found the story to be WAY better than the first Blade movie. Some of the fight scenes were cool (the one with the whips, at least at first), but most were disappointing (too short, too much guns or fangs). The creature effects too, seemed a few years behind the times. (They also kept the creature effects budget low with lots of darkness.) I would have liked to have known more about Lucian and Kraven and their whole thing, and more flashbacks with Selene's story and Viktor would have helped give that more life, too. I thought Kate was great. However, it was tiring to see her in the same rubber suit scene after scene after scene. Now, for Scott Speedman, he was a surprise. I knew he looked familiar, but it wasn't until I was able to look him up that I realized, "Holy crap, that's the guy from Felicity????!" He looks SO much better with the long hair (he looks good with close-shaved hair as well), and he's bulked up a bit in this movie. Overall, quite the hottie. His role wasn't fleshed out very much (they never explained any of his personal life), but he did OK with it. I enjoyed this movie and would like to see more of these characters.