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Blade 2
Distributed By: Newline Cinema Directed By: Guillermo del Toro Running Time: 117 Minutes Released: 29 March 2002
Cast:
Blade - Wesley Snipes Whistler - Kris Kristofferson Reinhardt - Ron Perlman Nyssa - Leonor Varela Scud - Norman Reedus Damaskinos - Thomas Kretschmann Nomak - Luke Goss Chupa - Matt Schulze Asad - Danny John-Jules Snowman - Donnie Yen Kounen - Karel Roden Verlaine - Marit Velle Kile Priest - Tony Curran Lighthammer - Daz Crawford Rush - Santiago Segura
Story:
Blade 2 sees Wesley Snipes make his return as daywalker Blade half man half vampire he has all of their strengths and none of their weaknesses. In this sequel Blade hears of rumours that old friend Whistler who was thought to have been brutally murdered in the last film is being kept alive by the vampires so he goes on a rescue mission but shortly after saving Whistler and returning home Blades hideout is infiltrated by two masked messengers who bring news from the vampire council of a truce with Blade and tell of a new breed of vampire that has recently emerged which they have named the reaper strain, A new species that not only feeds on humans but also on vampires and whose numbers are increasing such at an alarming rate that they could threaten to wipeout both races completely.
Reluctantly Blade agrees to work with the vampires to eliminate the reaper threat and is introduced to his team a group called the Bloodpack lead by vampire Reinhardt who have been training to take Blade out for the last 2 years now forced to fight side by side its not long before betrayal is in the air and soon Blade realises that the truce was nothing more that a front and the only person he can trust is himself. As Blade digs deeper into the mystery surrounding the sudden appearance of reaper strain he discovers that there is a lot of information that everyone has been neglecting to inform him and suspects the vampire council may know alot more than they are letting on but hey you know the saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Review:
Blade 2 is action packed throughout and its story has enough intricate twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout and with excellent performances from the whole cast it makes a worthy sequel to the original film. Newcomers to this film series need not worry though as all references to the original are coupled with a voiced over video explaing them so you wont be left wondering whats going on throughout the whole film!The special effects in Blade2 are really good throughout especially the flame effects as the bodies of his vampire victims spontaneously combust and the transformation effects of the reapers mouths as they feed splitting down the middle and opening horizontally and i thought that this did look quite realistic. However there were also a few scenes where the CGI went too far and it became blaitantly obvious what was and wasn't real which did let it down a bit but thankfully Blade 2 has enough action and a good enough story to recover effortlessly from these minor flaws.
The Soundtrack for Blade 2 much like the first mainly consists of hard house and techno and does help set the pace for the action scenes and together with really good use of sound effects add alot of tension and depth to the film. All of the fight scenes look well made and look quite reallistic with exception to one near the start of the film where the CGI took over a little too much.
Overall Blade 2 not only makes a good sequel but is really good as a stand alone film as well so is really good for fans of the original and newbies alike and is recommended to all horror / action fans.
Price & Availabilty:
You can buy Blade 2 on DVD from Amazon for around £7 on its own but it is also available as a box set with the other 2 instalments for £14 so is pretty good value for money.
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