Having previously watched Blade, then almost immediately watched this sequel, can see the differences among the two films. Found only the original to be decent but after watching Blade 2, may think life highly of the original.
The magic and great style we saw in Blade isn't evident here in the sequel. The budget is bigger so the picture quality does look better, and the violence in gore is also a step up. Some of the vampire scenes we see directly are rather gross to look at.
The plot is less than great and what makes this film worse than the original is the addition of more people. Here Blade teams up with a team to track down more vampires. Which means there is less focus and screen time of Blade. Less dialogue in this sequel coming from Blade as well.
Also no consistent villain, where as in the original it was well established that Frost was the villain. Here there are some twists in the end but most of which are predictable.
Although the "love interest" is better this time around, as the character of Nyssa is better than the character of Karen from the original. The addition of Norman Reedus (from the Walking Dead) was rather awful, as his character was irritating from the start. Ron Pearlman does a solid job.
There was some action but overall the film moves at a slow and rather boring pace- and the running time is less than the original. Blade 2 just wasn't as fun as the original and as expected.
The magic and great style we saw in Blade isn't evident here in the sequel. The budget is bigger so the picture quality does look better, and the violence in gore is also a step up. Some of the vampire scenes we see directly are rather gross to look at.
The plot is less than great and what makes this film worse than the original is the addition of more people. Here Blade teams up with a team to track down more vampires. Which means there is less focus and screen time of Blade. Less dialogue in this sequel coming from Blade as well.
Also no consistent villain, where as in the original it was well established that Frost was the villain. Here there are some twists in the end but most of which are predictable.
Although the "love interest" is better this time around, as the character of Nyssa is better than the character of Karen from the original. The addition of Norman Reedus (from the Walking Dead) was rather awful, as his character was irritating from the start. Ron Pearlman does a solid job.
There was some action but overall the film moves at a slow and rather boring pace- and the running time is less than the original. Blade 2 just wasn't as fun as the original and as expected.