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BLADE II (2002) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| A new blood virus that turns humans and vampires alike into monsters called Reapers, lead by Nomak, leads vampire hunter Blade to form an unlikely alliance with a group of vampires called the Bloodpack. Reapers suck blood, but not through their mouths... instead, they have suckers on the palms of their hands. Rescuing his old friend, Whistler, from vampirism, along with a new machinist sidekick named Scud, Blade is ready to kill mutant vampire scum... |
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| Wesley Snipes (Blade), Kris Kristofferson (Whistler), Norman Reedus (Scud, aka Josh), Leonor Varela (Nyssa Damaskinos), Ron Perlman (Reinhardt), Luke Goss (Jared Nomak), Daz Crawford (Lighthammer), Matt Schulze (Chupa), Donnie Yen (Snowman), Karel Roden (Kounen), Danny John-Jules (Asad), Rey-Phillip Santos (Red Eye/ Reaper), Pete Lee- Wilson (Blood Bank Doctor), Tony Curran (Priest), Marit Valle Kile (Verlaine), Thomas Kretschmann (Olverlord Eli Damaskinos), Bridge Markland (Vampire), Santiago Segura (Rush), Marek Vasut (Lolem). |
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KNOW THE MARK. |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro.
WRITERS: David S. Goyer, and based on the characters created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.
PRODUCERS: Peter Frankfurt, Patrick J. Palmer and Wesley Snipes.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Robert Bernacchi.
CO-PRODUCERS: Jon Divens and Andrew J. Horn.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Avi Arad, Michael De Luca, Toby Emmerich, David S. Goyer, Lynn Harris and Stan Lee.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Marco Beltrami, Danny Saber and Buck Sanders (additional music).
DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema |
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QUOTES |
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Rhinehardt: Like my daddy said right before he killed by mom, "If ya want somethin' done right, ya gotta do it yourself". |
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FACTS |
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RELEASE DATE: March 22nd, 2002 (USA)
DVD RELEASE DATE: September 3rd, 2002 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $32.5 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $81.6 million (USA)
BUDGET: $55 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: March 2001 -- August 2001
- During filming in April 2001, Wesley Snipes was admitted to the hospital for burn treatments. After working for hours under the hot lights of the set, Snipes' skin became inflamed, causing a rushed trip to the emergency room.
- Comic Book Artists Mike Mignola and Tim Bradstreet worked as conceptual artists.
- When Blade returns to his headquarters early in the movie, Scud remarks, "The Dark Knight Returns!" This is a reference to another comic book character that hunts by night, Batman, who was the subject of a classic comic book miniseries. In the theatrical trailer for the film, one of Wesley Snipes' lines is "Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer". This is the line Al Pacino said in The Godfather, Part II (1974).
- In the scene where Blade cuts the vampire, Reinhardt, in half, this is a reference to the anime film Vampire Hunter D in which a similar scene occured.
- In the scene where Blade and the bloodpack are walking towards the house of pain, you see briefly through Whistlers thermal-scope that Blade is hot blooded unlike the other vampires.
- The phrase "a man without fear" is used in this film. This is another comic book reference, this one to Daredevil, which is a Ben Affleck movie. |
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Blade: [noticing vampire tattoo] You're human.
Kounen: Barely. I'm a lawyer. |
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Blade: There's an old saying: Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. |
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Scud: So B-man, what do you think?
Blade: Sounds like a plan.
Whistler: What do you really think?
Blade: They're gonna fuck us the first chance they get. |
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Blade: How do you feel?
Whistler: Like hammered shit. |
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Blade: We'll play along for now. They'll take us in deeper than we've ever been. To show us how their world really ticks.
Whistler: I've had enough of their world. They're shitting bricks just because they're no longer on the top of the damn food chain. |
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Priest: Look at them. Half of these bastards. They're not even pure bloods. I tell you what, why don't we fucking kill everyone just to make sure. |
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Nomak: Is the enemy of my enemy my friend or my enemy? |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"Why spend $9 on the same stuff when you can get for a buck of so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby?" -- Laura Miller, Salon.Com |
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"While the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-drenched Stephen Norrington-directed predecessor, the new script by the returning David S. Goyer is much sillier." -- Lou Lumenick, New York Post |
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"It's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring." -- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle |
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| "The vampire thriller Blade II starts off as a wild hoot and then sucks the blood out of its fun -- toward the end, you can feel your veins cringing from the workout." -- David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune |
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"Ghastly yet wonderful at the same time." -- Stephen Hunter, Washington Post |
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"Everything that was right about Blade is wrong in its sequel." -- Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News |
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| "...Blade II is more enjoyable than the original." -- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times |
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"If you like violence on the silver screen in large dollups, this is the flick for you." -- Eric Lurio, Greenwich Village Gazette |
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| "The fight scenes are fun, but it grows tedious." -- Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper |
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