Blade 2

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Blade 2 movie

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Blade II is a 2002 American superhero horror film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Blade. It is the sequel of the first film and the second part of the Blade film series, followed by Blade: Trinity. It was written by David S. Goyer, who also wrote the previous film, directed by Guillermo del Toro, and had Wesley Snipes returning as the lead character and producer.

The film follows the dhampir Blade in his continuing effort to protect humans from vampires, while dealing in a fierce battle against an extremly savage, monstrous powerful vampire who seeks to committ global genocide of both vampire and both the human race as he also needs to join forces with a special elite group of vampires. It takes place two years after the events of the first film.

Blade II was released on March 22, 2002, and was a box office success with grossing over $155 million, but not as the first film, it also received mixed to positive reviews from critics, praising Snipes and the other actors' acting, its dark atmosphere, direction by del Toro as well as the action sequences. It is considered to be the highest-grossing film in Blade film series and to be the best-reviewed film in the series.

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A crisis has arisen in the vampire community: a mutated strain of vampirism, the "Reaper virus," originated from Jared Nomak is sweeping through them. The Reapers are stronger and harder to kill than common vampires, being almost invulnerable to any weapon with the exception of sunlight. They have a ravenous hunger, requiring more feeding than vampires, and anyone they bite, Human or Vampire, becomes a Reaper. In order to combat the mutants, the vampire overlord Eli Damaskinos sends his minion, Asad, and daughter Nyssa to find and strike a truce with Blade, who reluctantly allies with the vampires. He teams up with the Bloodpack, an elite group of vampires originally assembled to kill him. The group consists of Asad, Nyssa, Reinhardt, Chupa, Snowman, Verlaine, her lover Lighthammer and Priest. Blade plants an explosive on the back of Reinhardt's head to keep him under control.

The group starts at a vampire nightclub while Whistler acts as a sniper to guard Scud in the team's transport. The group finds out the Reapers are immune to silver, stronger than normal vampires, and resistant to normal crippling injuries. Priest is bitten, transformed and mercy-killed, and Lighthammer is bitten but conceals the bite. Whistler disappears and Scud is attacked by several Reapers, which he drives off with UV lights. Blade fights Nomak, who is immune to Blade's anti-coagulant spikes. After a stalemate battle, Nomak retreats because of the sunlight. Whistler returns and reveals his finding of the Reaper Nest down in the sewer. Nyssa dissects a dead Reaper to learn more about them. Scud and Whistler make ultraviolet weapons for the team.

Upon entering the Reaper nest, the group spreads out. Lighthammer transforms into a Reaper and kills Snowman. He then chases down Verlaine who sacrifices herself to kill him by exposing themselves to sunlight. Chupa and Reindhart appears to taunt Whistler, in which Chupa begins to physically assaulting Whistler, who sprays Chupa with a Reaper pheromone. This attracts a horde which kills Chupa, while Whistler runs off. Asad and Nyssa walk into a nest, but they are ambushed, with Asad being pulled underwater and killed. Blade saves Nyssa and uses a UV-emitting bomb which destroys all of the Reapers except for Nomak. Nyssa and Reinhardt manage to evade the blast, though they are seriously injured.

Damaskinos' forces betray and capture Blade, Whistler, and Scud. It is revealed that the Reapers' exist as a result of Damaskinos' efforts to create a stronger breed of vampires. Nomak, the first Reaper, is his own son. Scud reveals himself to be one of Damaskinos' familiars after admitting that the explosive he made to be placed on Reinhardt's head was a dud. In turn, Blade reveals that not only has he known since Scud was turned but that Reinhardt's bomb wasn't a dud. He then presses the detonator, killing him. Believing the Reapers are gone, Damaskinos plans to dissect Blade to learn the secret behind Daywalkers. He has Blade placed to drain his blood. Whistler escapes Reindhart and frees Blade, killing Damaskinos' human lawyer Karel Kounen. Whistler takes Blade to the blood pool where Damaskinos drinks blood. Blade falls into the pool, restoring his strength and fights his way through Damaskinos' henchmen and kills Reinhardt.

Nomak enters Damaskinos' stronghold seeking revenge on his father. Nyssa betrays Damaskinos by sealing off their escape route to the heliport. Damaskinos is killed by Nomak after failing to negotiate with him. Nomak then bites Nyssa, infecting her with the Reaper virus while drinking her blood. Blade confronts Nomak in a brutal fight. Blade stabs Nomak in his only weak spot. With his revenge complete, and wanting to end the suffering, Nomak pushes the blade further in, killing himself. Blade carries Nyssa outside, fulfilling her wish to see sunshine with her own eyes, and she dies peacefully. Blade goes to London where he tracks down Rush, a vampire he had previously met in Prague, and kills him.

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Cast

Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks / Blade: a half-vampire "daywalker" who hunts vampires. Wesley Snipes stated that while such a character is not going to have much emotional depth, he then stated: "there's some acting involved in creating the character and making him believable and palatable."[3]
Kris Kristofferson as Abraham Whistler, Blade's human mentor and weaponsmith.
Ron Perlman as Reinhardt, leader of the Bloodpack, who bears a particular grudge against Blade. He also seems to be a racist, cracking a joke about Blade's skin color. Guillermo del Toro also referred to him as a "Nazi" in the movie's commentary.
Leonor Varela as Nyssa Damaskinos, an unapologetic, natural-born vampire and daughter to Damaskinos. She is unaware of his darker activities, and does not realize that he values his experiments more than her.
Norman Reedus as Josh / Scud, a young, pot-smoking weaponsmith who aids Blade in Whistler's absence.
Thomas Kretschmann as Eli Damaskinos, an ancient vampire who is obsessed with creating a superior race of vampires as his legacy.
Luke Goss as Jared Nomak, Patient zero and carrier of the Reaper virus. He bears a grudge against his father, Eli Damaskinos for creating him.
Matt Schulze as Chupa, a pugnacious member of the Bloodpack who bears a particular grudge against Whistler.
Danny John-Jules as Asad, a "well-mannered" member of the Bloodpack. He seems to be the least volatile and most intelligent member.
Donnie Yen as Snowman, a mute swordsman and member of the Bloodpack. Yen also served as the fight choreographer for the film.
Karel Roden as Karel Kounen, a "familiar", Damaskinos's human agent and lawyer.
Marit Velle Kile as Verlaine, a red-haired member of the Bloodpack and the lover of Lighthammer.
Darren "Daz" Crawford as Lighthammer, a hulking, hammer-wielding member of the Bloodpack with Māori facial tattoos. He and Verlaine seem to be romantically involved. However, he is infected during the attack on the House of Pain, and subsequently turns.
Tony Curran as Priest, an Irish-accented member of the Bloodpack. He is the first Bloodpack member to be infected by the Reaper Virus, and begins to turn. Blade exposes him to sunlight to finally kill him in an act of mercy, as his transformation into a Reaper is agonizing.
Santiago Segura as Rush, a vampire flunky in Prague. He seems to be much more timid and cowardly than most vampires.