Blade II

Much of Blade II exists in the dark, in sewers, empty office buildings, or warehouses. There is a sinister aura to most of the settings, because of del Toro's masterful horror experience. Even with all the dark undertones, Snipes has an amusing, almost campy quality. Blade utters little, and does so in a menacing, husky growl. The main limitation of Blade II is that there really isn't a story. Gory fighting scenes substitute for plot. Its hard to develop characters and to pace a story. It's easy to have people shoot thousands of bullets into vampires and to watch them disintegrate into ashes. Yet still, this is a nice mindless action movie. The fight scenes (real and CGI) are complex with nice choreography, and there are tons of nasty looking weapons used for killing vamps. But this only reinforces the fact the Blade II is little more than a guilty pleasure; enjoyable violent eye candy and nothing more.