Hey folks, Harry here... Since there was so much speculation about whether or not Nimble Foot's review was a 'plant' or not, I decided to track down some additional reviews. First up, on Friday DARK HORIZONS posted this review which gave the film 9.5 out of 10 and said it was much better than the first one. In addition to that, some of the talk backers on the BLADE 2 talk back were also at the El Segundo theater when this screening went down and chimed in with their own opinions... Rather than subject you to the horrors of going through the trolls talking shit for and against BLADE as a character... the debate about the thumb-sore-ability of Ron Perlman or Kris Kristofferson or just the random obscenitites of a few rabid ferrets... I've decided to cut out the non-cancerous first hand sightings of the film for your ease and comfort.... One of the things that really seems to be coming out of these reviews is that the film is actually SCARY. That's something that we haven't really been hearing from 'supposed scary movies' in a while.... especially in something that sounds so action orientated.
First up... Here's Nimble Foot who was caught defending his review and expanding further about it in talk back.... It contains some spoilers....
I'm a regular guy who saw a really great movie and loved every minute of it. Okay,... maybe not every minute, there were some problems and every movie has it's flaws.
(spoilers) and that was it! No reason is given as to how or why Whistler survived the gunshot wound (maybe Blade accidentally loaded his machine gun with regular ammo that day).
Also, the character of Nomack (he's the carrier of the Reaper virus and the main villain) wasn't given enough screen time througout the movie! He's talked about like this big badass walking Armageddon and he only appears a few times during the course of the film (except for the big fight scene at the end).
Aside from a few minor complaints... THE MOVIE DID DELIVER!!! I loved the look of the Bloodpack. That guy who played Vince in 'The Fast and the Furious' had two gold fangs that made him look like a trendy gangsta vampire... it was so out there! Also, the action scenes were so much fun!!! I loved it.
Nimble Foot
Next up we had MovieSpy, who I've seen haunting talkbacks for quite some time now. Seems he dug the hell out of it as well....
Well actually the Theater is located in El Segundo. This review is not bogus.
I was at this screening as well and let me tell you all, that this movie is so much better than the original. More Gore, More Action, More Gore. Did I mention there was more Gore. Unfortunately though something tells me that when the MPAA gets a hold of it that the gore will be toned down a bit.
Whoever came up with the concept for the Reapers should be commended, theses things are scary. and for those of you asking why Blade would help vampires to kill the Reapers it is simply that; Reapers feed off of Vampires or Humans. Reapers can not process Hemoglobin and must feed every few hours. Meaning that in a matter of a couple of day there can be thousands of Reapers from just one original Reaper. They could take over the world in less than a month.
Kind of scary isn't it.
And guys, just cause someone accidently puts down the wrong town name in a review dont jump on him. At pacific theaters one side is El Segundo one side is Manhatten Beach and a block away Redondo Beach Starts. Oh and one more thing. I loved that this movie was set in the Checzh Republic. Its very fitting when you think of it. It is the home of Dracula.
MovieSpy
Next up was Psyclops... a real long time Talk Backer who had a couple of postings in the talk back which I've put together for you that got much more into the plot and spoilers than the other reviews. And he seemed to fucking go apeshit over the film. here ya go...
There were some minor complaints that I had at the beginning of the movie (why does it have to be set in Prague?) but by the time Blade started killing motorcycle vamps with that spinning disc thingy... everything was alright!
The Reapers are the scariest things out there, they have a mouth that splits apart from the chin and an extending tongue that drains the blood out of anything that gets in it's way!
The Bloodpack really WERE a bunch of badasses who just ooze coolness... especially Ron Perlman. The chick who plays Nyssa (daughter of Damiskinos and leader of the pack) is a total hottie!!!
The fight scenes at the techno dance club were FUCKING SCARY!!! We get to see a nasty Reaper autopsy (loads of slick gore in this movie) and we get to see Blade kill things. It kicks MAJOR ASS!!!! Oh... and the big hunt in the sewers of Prague was like something out of Aliens.
The fight scenes were decent although the final confrontation wasn't nearly as intense as the Deacon/Blade sword battle from the original!
They weren't too choppy - no Ridley Scott GLADIATOR camera moves - but they did use a lot of CGI mixed in with the live action.
For example, there is one scene where Blade is fighting one of the "badass ninjas" and does this incredible flip move by kicking himself off the ground and running up a wall, that was mostly CGI. It wasn't too distracting though and the movie thankfully didn't use ANY FUCKING BULLET TIME!!!
Donnie Yen was hardly in the movie and actually had more screen time in HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME. He did get to participate in one of the more gruesome Reaper sequences....<< The movie isn't highbrow entertainment but it is entertaining. Del Toro has created a worthy sequel with BLADE 2 and I can't wait to see it again.
Psyclops
