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.| Wesley Snipes | Blade |
| Kris Kristofferson | Whistler |
| Ron Perlman | Rienhard |
| Leonor Varela | Nyssa |
| Norman Reedus | Scud |
| Thomas Kretschmann | Damaskinos |
| Luke Goss | Nomak |
| Matt Schulze | Chupa |
| Danny John-Jules | Asad |
| Donnie Yen | Snowman |
| Karel Roden | Kounen |
| Tony Curran | Priest |
| Santiago Segura | Rush |
| Sanaa Lathan | Vanessa Brooks (uncredited) |
Genre/Type Action, Horror, Action Thriller, Comic-Book Superhero Film
Release Mar 22, 2002 (USA)
Released by New Line Cinema
Running time - 116 min.
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