Blade II (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Guillermo del Toro

Escritores (WGA):

Marv Wolfman (character) &
Gene Colan (character) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 marzo 2002 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Suspenso | Horror

Frase comercial:

Know The Mark

Plot:

Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reaper vampires who feed on vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Blade | Reaper | Warrior | Daywalker

Premios:

3 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Now Blade has a Soul...

Reparto

Wesley Snipes	...	Blade
Kris Kristofferson	...	Whistler
Ron Perlman	...	Reinhardt
Leonor Varela	...	Nyssa
Norman Reedus	...	Scud
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Damaskinos
Luke Goss	...	Nomak
Matt Schulze	...	Chupa (as Matthew Schulze)
Danny John-Jules	...	Asad (as Danny John Jules)
Donnie Yen	...	Snowman
Karel Roden	...	Kounen
Marit Velle Kile	...	Verlaine
Tony Curran	...	Priest
Daz Crawford	...	Lighthammer
Santiago Segura	...	Rush

También conocida como:

Blade 2: Bloodhunt (USA) (working title)
Blade 2: Bloodlust (USA) (working title)
Blade II (Alemania)
Blade II (Spain) [es]
Blade II: Cazador de vampiros (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and sexual content.

Duración:

117 min | Finland:108 min

País:

USA | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés | Rumano | Checo

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX | SDDS

Clasificación:

Brazil:14 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB (original rating) | Hong Kong:III (DVD rating) | Ireland:18 | Japan:PG-12 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #38848) | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Compañía:

New Line Cinema

Trivialidades:

The character on Snowman's armor is the Japanese kanji 'yuki' which means 'snow'.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Blade is put on the machine to drain his blood, the bed of spikes should pierce everything including his clothes, but later on we see that nothing has been pierced.

Citas:

[after explaining to Blade how to use a UV bomb]
Nyssa: You're not coming?
Scud: No. I'm a lover, not a fighter.

Conexiones de Película:

Editado en The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Gorillas On My Mind

Now Blade has a Soul...

Blade I was what I call a good rental for "popcorn eater": good action scenes, descent acting but nothing more. Blade II is what I call a true motion picture, a cinematic experience. How many sequels (in the horror genre) are better than the original movie? Moreover how many good comics adaptation do we know of? "Few" is the answer for both questions and Blade II might be among those "few". It is a multi-layers movie where the action/horror fanatic will have what they're looking for, a Vampire/Kung Fu flick (and that's fine) however those of us who are asking for more than just another Blade sequel might discover a very thought through movie blend in a myriad of details with extraordinary fight sequences (thanks to Donnie Yen) and a "design" feel to it. Obviously the main critic against Blade II is a very "simplistic" scenario when you know from the beginning what is going to happen: the story is about Blade (Wesley Snipes) who is half vampire, half human and refuses his vampire nature trying to fight the "bloodlust" he suffers. His hatred for the vampire and therefore half of himself is unlimited. In this sequel Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire nation in order to face an even greater enemy: the reapers who feed on vampires as well as on human (who are luckily to us close to Blade's heart). The scenario is simple but not simplistic and Guillermo del Toro "tour de force" is to give volume to this scenario by blending it in a very design atmosphere exploring the notion of "Duality". Blade's duality is obvious: he is fighting half of himself like a metaphoric evil within each and every one of us. The secret of his redemption does not lie in what he is but in what he does and what he feels. His quest for humanity ends at the same time as his hatred for the vampires but moreover for himself. On the opposite the reapers are bodies/corpses, their reasons for being are purely physical, basics (they live to feed) their appearance pushes the limits of horror (reaching the borders of gore) in order to demonstrate how unhuman they really are, in other words how "Essence" (where you come from) in that case human or vampire is not what matters. This gap between the beauty of Blade (Wesley Snipes) or Nyssa Damaskinos (Leonor Varela) and the reapers (Luke Goss etc...) emphasis the gab between "Soul" and "Soulless". Guillermo del Toro delivers his best movie (after Mimic in 1997). Unlike Mimic which was a well directed but average horror movie Blade II is an exceptional horror movie supported by terrific actors (Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlam etc...). Witnessing on screen the birth of a Soul is not a usual thing. Guillermo del Toro managed to do it in a paradoxical beautiful manner.