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2002
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Positive Reviews
57
Negative reviews
14
Average Rating
3.3
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3.5
The films plot functions as little more than a loose framework for impressive setpieces and energetically choreographed martial arts sequences, but di ..
Av Club
4.5
But despite the films humor and playful social satire (not too overt, mind the censors), at its core is the tender, exquisite pain of Andula.
Austin Chronicle
3.5
Blade II delivers the goods better than any new action film released in the last several years.The story is pure comic book material emphasizing blood ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Gruesome and ghastly violence, state of the art special effects, fast moving action and stylish cutting and framing cant conceal the fact that theres ..
Screen Daily
4.5
Blade II is an incredibly upbeat picture, and rather than focus on Blades loneliness or how hes humanitys protector and yet can never truly be one of ..
Collider
4.4
Remember the claws on the steam shovels in those prize games at the carnival, where you manipulated the wheels and tried to pick up valuable prizes.No ..
Rogerebert
4.0
The Daywalker returns with a top notch sequel.Chalk up Blade II as a sequel worthy of its predecessor.
IGN
0.5
But only a fan of this kind of mayhem could find a way into the story.
Ny Daily News
4.0
If so, get ready for lots of blood, action and ass kickings!.Critique: There arent many sequels that can actually improve on their originals, but this ..
JoBlo
2.5
Del Toros overripe style may fit the films comic book milieu to a T, but the only dread it inspires is in the possibility that its director prefers tu ..
Village Voice
2.0
The sequences are handsomely designed, but frankly, you might as well be watching someone play a video game.
Tv Guide
3.5
But its so much adrenaline pumped B movie fun, its nearly worth full price.
Combust Ible Celluloid
3.8
It creates an action/horror hybrid thats both exciting and scary.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.1
It delivers well choreographed fight scenes, great stunts and great special effects.
Lariat
3.2
It culminates in some pretty amazing fights and plot twists, and you may rest assured that good eventually triumphs, none the worse for wear except be ..
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Tweet Blade II Mark Halverson By This article was published on 03.28.02 Advertisement Garden variety vampires lose their prominence at the top of the ..
News Review
3.0
While it has zero character substance and isnt remotely scary, Blade II at least unapologetically delivers the requisite amount of attitude, splatter ..
Radio Times
1.5
Could the director take a pre existing franchise and turn it into something special
Screen It
2.0
The action scenes are also well orchestrated coherent and energetic.Sadly, the whole doesnt equal the sum of its parts, as the film is so loud and bom ..
Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Fans of blood soaked, kick ass, action packed vampire flicks need look no further.
View London
5.0
The lead actors give meaningful performances, and moments of delightful humor offset the drama.
Cs Monitor
3.0
In fact, theres so much action that the film lacks almost all sense of subtlety.
Film Journal
3.0
Its not meant to be anything but a really fun live action comic book a beautiful, shiny thing that moves and constantly amuses us, Allder declares.Bea ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l ..
Q Network
1.0
Nothing spreads as fast as the pornography of screen violence: considering the sort of audience it aims to attract, it will soon be as unsafe to be in ..
Daily Mail
3.5
A superior, exciting, and creepy if somewhat flawed sequel to the original box office hit and a hoot to watch.
Cinema Crazed
3.0
Blade II doesnt have quite as much of the wit that enlivened its predecessor, though two wonderfully disgusting toss away gags involve the vampire ove ..
Salon
5.0
This is the rare comic book blockbuster thats better in the scenes without special effects.
Slate
4.0
Popcorn nonsense for sure, but shot with a wit, skill and understanding of its audience all too rarely seen in the genre.Strong
Empire
0.0
Its a bad action movie because theres no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring.
Sf Gate
4.0
Action is punctuated with subtext, sinister imaginings, and sardonic humour throughout, largely due to some skilful direction.Del Toro employs some of ..
Bbc
4.4
What first seems like a cut and dry moral dilemma becomes an awesome, cautionary tale against cultural homogenization.
Slant Magazine
4.0
Its also amazing how much an actor can contribute, even to an overabundantly effects driven piece like this.
Washington Post
3.5
WESLEY SNIPES owns the Marvel Comics Blade character the way Clint Eastwood owns Dirty Harry.In Blade II, a second entertaining foray into the underwo ..
Washington Post
3.8
If Disneys 1950 favorite Cinderella proved that a dream is a wish your heart makes, then Cinderella II: Dreams Come True proves that a nightmare is a ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
All Snipes is asked to do is brood and look like a force who shouldnt be messed with, but is boring in the process.
The Movie Boy
3.1
Blade II may be seriously lacking in the substance arena, but its never boring.
ReelViews
3.0
Nonetheless the non stop action is guaranteed to keep you glued to the screen except when youre cringing behind your hands.
Hollywood
2.2
Momentary flashes of visual wit and sanguinary slapstick aside, this is a thoroughly humorless bloodbath, as grim as the films faux gothic, haunted du ..
Seattle Pi
3.5
But pic may be too grisly to extend its appeal beyond its fan base, and it could fade faster than Dracula at daybreak after posting solid opening week ..
Variety
3.5
The antagonistic relationship between Whistler and Scud provides some of the films humor.And there is humor.
Cnn
2.5
This picture might pass muster as low expectation popcorn fare, but thats not enough to earn it a recommendation.
Spliced Wire
2.5
It takes the original story to an entirely new level, rather than just repeating it.It seems ideal for a sequel.
Movie Habit
5.0
Relieved of the action stalling expository responsibility that dogs so many movies based on superhero comics, Blade 2 goes straight for the jugular.
The Star
3.8
In fact, this horror/action thriller a sequel to the surprise 1998 hit is so extremely graphic and gory in its depiction of vampire violence that its ..
Deseret News
3.8
Snipes keeps the cheesy one liners to a minimum and the fighting fresh.
E Online
3.5
Del Toro knows how to stage action and the outstanding production design of longtime Cronenberg associate Carol Spier provides all the grime and decay ..
Urban Cine File
1.9
Id say this movie was like a comic book or a video game, but most of them have better writers.Which is sad really, because the premise of this series ..
Three Movie Buffs
4.0
Granted, the spin dry visuals and hectic tempo mean the style is the content but what style, what energy and what a bloody great sequel.
Games Radar
4.0
The sequels been a long time coming, but its been worth the wait and how.Re uniting Snipes with co star Kris Kristofferson and adding Mexican director ..
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.5
But a competitor is asking for decreases that could be almost as big.
Kansas City
4.5
The best installment of the saga and one of the clearest examples of the splendid handling of the cinematographic narrative treasured by the Mexican f ..
2.5
Knowing little else about the sequel other than it was a Wesley Snipes action flick ..I strolled into the screening.
Ross Anthony
2.5
The most chilling thing about this wildly violent and life draining sequel is the prospect of millions of moviegoers watching it in a state of stupefa ..
Wsj
5.0
But it blasted badass bits of blaxploitation sounding music with a trilled and plunged trumpet.
The Filmy Ap
1.5
So even if Blade II doesnt hold up, its still an important moment for one of fandoms favorite directors.
Io9 Gizmodo
4.0
The action is pretty thrilling.Several new vampire killing gadgets are introduced that provide spectacular deaths for the bloodsuckers.
ComingSoon
4.5
Twenty years ago, Wesley Snipes and Guillermo del Toro paved the way for everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to Twilight...
The Ringer
2.5
Watch the first movie again and pretend they never even made this sorry excuse of a sequel.
Montreal Film Journal
3.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie.
Window To The Movies
2.8
And Stokers vampire bore little resemblance to the Balkan vampire legends from which it grew.Vampires have been among the most enduring of monsters pr ..
Chron
4.0
Peter Bradshaw: The fight sequences that Del Toro unleashes are outrageously exciting, the punch up equivalent of crack cocaine horribly gripping, hor ..
Film Guardian
4.5
It doesnt have a whole lot of horror until the third act, though.
Polygon
3.0
Indeed the film works much better as a tongue in cheek comedy than a thriller, but I doubt del Toro intended that.
Film Quips Online
3.5
Bloodbath that it is, it is largely free of the extreme, lingering sadism that characterized the first film and threatened to overwhelm Snipes iconic ..
La Times
4.2
It must be the end of the world: the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes.
Flip Side Archive
2.5
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Freep
1.9
Digital graphics are most effective when they blend into the films production design and narrative.
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.5
In the inventive fight scenes, sword clangs, and there are sluicing sounds when it finds its target, all in keeping with the unapologetic bang! blam! ..
People
2.5
We want you to be happy!.What if I do a mailing and get returned mail
Movie Eye
2.5
If the idea behind the first movie a half man, half vampire hero waging a blood feud against a race of full blooded vampires made you want to giggle, ..
Ap News
3.5
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Tulsa World
2.5
And thats where the haircut makes so much sense, along with the big guns and sword, the tortured psyche and the comic book heros mythos.Blades conflic ..
Nitrate Online
3.0
This movies greatest strengths and weaknesses are in its action scenes.As mentioned, theyre coherent and even exciting.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
1.5
With surprisingly dull fight scenes and an unconscionable squandering of Donnie Yen, Blade IIs Blades blade doesnt make the cut. ***
Geek Girl Authority
2.5
But del Toro makes it hard to follow the most simple and repetitive plot lines.
Articles Baltimore Sun
2.5
The plot is riddled with improbabilities and abandons its own internal logic, but the supporting cast plays their characters as if they really believe ..
Articles Sun Sentinel
3.0
If villainous vampires are your cup of blood, Blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest.
Fantastic A Daily
1.9
Movie Review Blade II Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual content.
Paloalto Online
2.8
Blade II isnt interested in drama, after all.Drama is not its purpose, and its not what the people lined up at the ticket booth are interested in seei ..
About Film
1.5
The original Blade movie was a chilling, gory vampire story, energetic and stylish all in all, a bloodthirsty success. The second ones chaotic and dum ..
Jackson Ville
4.0
The battles between the vampires and the Reapers should have been deadly monsters fighting even deadlier monsters.
Movies Radio Free
2.5
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Charlotte
3.0
Nonetheless, theres plenty here to enjoy, and fans of Hong Kong style action should be reasonably happy.
Cleve Scene
3.0
But, that said, its also a pretty good movie.Blade II is the rare sequel that improves upon its original, offering a stronger sense of neo gothic styl ..
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