Blade II: The Re-Watchening

I got a great response to my re-view of Blade, the first movie, mostly in the form of comments about the second movie. “Sure, Blade was a’ight. But #2 is the GOAT.” “That fight scene with the ninja vampires in front of the spotlights is one of the most slept on fight scenes of all time!” “He did the stalling suplex on dude! Where was his Oscar?” With comments like that, I bought Blade II with a quickness.

For starters, I love Wesley Snipes. He was the first, perhaps only, darker-skinned brother sex symbol/action hero of my younger years. He was always smooth and classy. I’d have watched a Snipes movie any time, no questions asked, back in 2002 when Blade II came out. Second, looking at the cast and crew list for this movie is like a nerd dream casting list. The new sidekick, Scud, is played by Norman Reedus. He was in this little movie called Boondock Saints and is currently starring as Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead TV series. Ron Perlman, who plays the racist vampire unwillingly helping Blade in this adventure, goes on to star in Hellboy and do voice-overs for Teen Titans and Fallout. Oh, and is that Asian guy on the team… yes, that’s Donnie Holy Shit Yen, of Ip Man! And he’s the fight choreographer, too! And THEN I see that the whole thing is directed by Guillermo “I know what you like” del Toro. Damn! I’m not even going to give you his filmography. Click the link and let IMDB show you what you’ve been missing. With this list of talent before and behind the camera, thi…