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 BLADE
II Blade 2 is the sequel to Blade that first appeared on our screens in 1998. Wesley Snipes who as Blade is half man and half vampire brought Blade to life from Marvel Comics. After the enormous success of the first film, which sets the idea for the second in motion a lot of things have changed! Whistler, (Kris Kristofferson) is back from the dead but Blade has a new sidekick Scud (Norman Reedus) the new weapons creator who enjoys smoking the odd phat one! J. As whistler and scud are at loggerheads over designs there are some unexpected guests who want to speak with Blade. Nassya (Leonar Varela) and Asad (Danny John Joules- Cat from Red Dwarf) are members of the 'Blood Pack' led by Reinhardt (Ron Periman). Who all reluctantly need the help of the Day Walker (Blade) to destroy a new breed of mutated vampires called the Reapers because of a viral strain that they carry. The infected trail leads back to one mutated vampire ' Patient Zero' Jared Nomak (Luke Goss-from 80's band Bros). So then Blade and the Blood Pack must destroy the Reapers and Nomak before they destroy the human race!! And you can work out the rest! This film is O.K, there is nothing that amazing about it, but there are some very bad things about it especially the computer graphics (CG). For a major Hollywood film with an amazing budget you really should be getting more for your money. The film has an alright idea for a story and plot and does look good apart from some of the CG work but I was left bored and wanting the film to end which is not normal for an action movie with a strong cast. Wesley Snipes was good as Blade but the film did not have the dark edge, which gave the first its viewing appeal. We are supposed to believe that Blade now enjoys what he does with the slaying of the vampires and what ever else there is to kill but that part of the character does not really prevail itself much. Luke Goss as Nomak was actually very good, and with an ending that maybe wasn't quite expected Goss had a chance to shine. The end idea of the story may leave you with a little to think about but if you enjoy going to see a film and not really think then this is a film for you but, if you like computer graphics in films be warned as in this film they may annoy you to the point of not wanting to see it again.
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