Marvel May - Blade II (2002)

        Hey guys, Chuck here, and welcome back to Marvel May . Yesterday, we talked about Blade, and today, we're looking at a sequel that exceeds the original in every way. Blade II, released in 2002, was directed by Guillermo del Toro, and sees the returns of Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson, along with newcomers Norman Reedus, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, and Luke Goss. 

        So, the movie picks up with Blade, now teaming with a new weaponsmith named Scud, finally finding and rescuing Whistler, who has been a hostage of vampires, and curing him from becoming a vampire. 

        Unfortunately, a new plague has emerged within vampire society, and has turned several vampires into Reapers, which are a mutated breed of primal vampires that feast on the blood of humans and vampires alike. So, desperate to keep the Reaper strain from growing into a problem, the vampires approach Blade, their fierce enemy, to join the Bloodpack, which is an elite spec ops unit of vampires, to take down the Reapers and save vampire kind. 

        Okay, so the idea of the Reapers was truly something out of a nightmare, and Luke Goss, who plays Jared Nomak (the Reaper strain's Patient Zero) is a very tense and interesting figure. Thomas Kretschmann is in the movie as Eli Damaskinos, who is a powerful figure in the vampire underworld, and we also have Leonor Varela as his daughter, Nyssa, and she definitely gets a lot to do in this movie. 

      The Bloodpack is a lot of fun as well, and it's neat getting to see guys like Matt Schulze, Donnie Yen, and Ron Perlman as members of the Bloodpack, with Ron Perlman's Reinhardt being my personal favorite. Norman Reedus is a lot of fun as Scud, and it's clear that his report with Blade is different than that of Whistler. 

      Speaking of which, both Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson do an excellent job returning as Blade and Whistler, respectively. Both still have that bone we saw in the first movie, and it's a blast to see in this movie. Ultimately, Guillermo del Toro made a film that took what the original built up and added to it in amazing new ways. And a lot of that can be accredited to screenwriter David S. Goyer, who also wrote the original movie. So, I'm giving Blade II a rating of 5/5. 

      Okay guys, this is Chuck signing off, and I'll be back tomorrow as Marvel May finishes off the Blade trilogy with, quite honestly, the worst film in the series: Blade Trinity.

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