Four years after scoring a box-office touchdown with Blade (1998), actor
Wesley Snipes returns to portray the Marvel Comics character again in
this sequel that teams him with Mexican horror director Guillermo del
Toro. A half-vampire, half-human hybrid, Blade (Snipes) is a merciless
vampire hunter bent on destroying the bloodsuckers that feed on
humanity. The keys to Blade's success are a serum that allows him to
resist the urge for blood and an array of inventive, deadly weapons,
both of which
were once
supplied by his mentor, Whistler (Kris Kristofferson). Since Whistler's
death, Blade has relocated to Prague and recruited the pot-smoking
slacker Scud (Norman Reedus) to take the place of his father figure, but
then he discovers that Whistler's not dead after all: He's been
infected with the vampire virus. Reunited with Whistler, Blade is dealt
an even bigger surprise: His greatest enemy, vampire leader Damaskinos
(Thomas Kretschmann), wants to make peace with him. It seems that the
vampires are facing a greater threat than Blade and hope to persuade him
to fight the Reapers, a mutated super-race of vampires on a rampage of
murder, indiscriminately killing both humans and their fellow
bloodsuckers while sucking their victims dry. Blade agrees to a truce
and joins the Bloodpack, an elite squad of commandos originally formed
to fight Blade himself. Soon, the vampire soldiers discover that the
virus responsible for creating their enemies is spreading rapidly and
can be traced back to a mysterious "Patient Zero." Blade 2 (2002)
co-stars Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, Donnie Yen, and Matt Schulze.
Directed By:
Guillermo del Toro
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