Blade II
dir. Guillermo del Toro (2002)
Blade II doesn’t 100% fail in tapping the original film’s vibe, yet lacks for both imperative and character. The faster action scenes play out like sped-up computer games. The vampires spin to extremes of either too easy or too difficult to kill.
Blade
dir. Stephen Norrington (1998)
A dark, oddly persuasive vampire/superhero film. Wesley Snipes could so easily have come off as faintly silly, yet doesn’t. Stephen Dorff and his crew walk a similar line, leaving Kris Kristofferson and N’Bushe Wright to add just the right touch of authenticity.