Click to read the article
Comment
07/20/02
Rate this Movie 
Blade 2 (2002)
57 %
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work
Reviews Counted: 130
Fresh: 74
Rotten:56
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus: Blade 2 takes what works in the original and gives us more. Unfortunately, plot and character development appear to have been left on the cutting room floor.
Theatrical Release: Mar 22, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $81,645,152
Synopsis: In Guillermo del Toro's BLADE II, Wesley Snipes reprises his role as the part-human, part-vampire superhero based on the comic book character. Following a trail of blood that leads to Prague, Blade (aka the Daywalker) slays a legion of... [More]
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Leonor Varela, Ron Perlman
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
DVD Info
Reviews for Blade 2
Top Critic
There's plenty of style in Guillermo Del Toro's sequel to the 1998 hit but why do we need 117 minutes to tell a tale that simply can't sustain more than 90 minutes.
07/04/02
Top Critic
Top Critic
The joy in Blade II simply comes from watching Snipes as Blade doing his thing -- destroying vampires and whipping out martial arts on whomever gets too close.
11/21/08
Does anyone else miss the days when Snipes used to take chances and show his formidable stuff as both a comic and dramatic actor? Doesn't he miss those days?
07/23/07
The borderline-chaotic fight scenes, set to a deafeningly loud rap-rock/heavy metal score, are directed and edited for maximum kinetic impact.
04/18/07
Top Critic Everything gets bogged down in one spectacularly gory action sequence after another.
04/18/07
Popcorn nonsense for sure, but shot with a wit, skill and understanding of its audience all too rarely seen in the genre.
12/30/06
Top Critic Stripped down to such basics as story and dialogue, it's nothing to get excited about.
06/24/06
Gruseome violence, special effects, fast-moving action, and Del Torro's stylish cutting and framing can't conceal the blank space at the center of the screen, created by David Goyer's inept and uninvolving script.
05/29/06
It's so much adrenaline-pumped B-movie fun, it's nearly worth full price.
05/26/06
The fast-paced action is unnervingly fast, almost dizzying. The story is thin, the plot is predictable, but Wesley Snipes carries this comic book character off with enough clever humor and self-indulgent pathos to carry it off.
02/24/04
The addition of just enough original ideas, has been, and hopefully will remain the key to keeping the franchise fresh, original and exciting.
02/01/04
If only as much time was spent on the script as was spent on the fight choreography.
09/27/03
If you are looking for any dialogue beyond 'geeyaghhh...whump...I trusted you with my men, my will, with my life... greahhhhh...smack whump crash greaaahhhhh,' you might want to skip it.
05/20/03
Alas, when you’re handed crap to start with, there’s really no way to dress it up as anything but.
04/05/03
More fun than shooting a cannon full of razor blades into a cattle pen . . . the biggest problem I had, however, was the lack of any real compelling central villain
03/19/03
...The film works much better as a tongue-in-cheek comedy than a thriller, but I doubt del Toro intended that.
02/08/03
Latest News for Blade 2
November 14, 2008:
Five Favorite Films with Guillermo del Toro
RT caught up with Hellboy II director Guillermo del Toro at the DVD/Blu-ray Launch Event for Hellboy II: The Golden Army, where the celebrated fantasy auteur shared his favorite... More...
August 13, 2008:
What The Hell Happened To Wesley Snipes?
In the first part of a new Rotten Tomatoes feature, we examine the career ups and downs of our favorite fallen celebrities -- as charted by the Tomatometer, of course, and... More...
July 13, 2008:
Guillermo del Toro - RT's Dinner and the Movies Interview
We have an extended chat with the director of Cronos, Pan's Labyrinth and this week's Hellboy II to talk about his career past, present and future and tap him for juicy... More...
February 11, 2008:
Tekken Adaptation Finds Its Lead
As an actor, Luke Goss has historically been a man of many sequels (Blade II, Hellboy II: The Golden Army), but for his next project, he'll be joining a franchise on the ground... More...
Related Forums for Blade 2
futuristic blade 3?
by: subliminalinsanity 4/1/03
by: subliminalinsanity 4/1/03
More DVDs
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
 88% |
Hellboy II: The Golden… |
| 89% |
Kung Fu Panda |
 53% |
Get Smart |
| 61% |
Journey to the Center … |
| 67% |
The Incredible Hulk |
| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
|---|---|
| 96% |
WALL-E |
| 83% |
Tropic Thunder |
| 63% |
Sisterhood of the Trav… |
| 93% |
Encounters At the End … |
| 88% |
Gonzo: The Life and Wo… |
What’s Hot On RT
Other News
Comments