Blade II 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Blade II 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: I don't know what to think about this sequel, other than this; it isn't in the same league as the previous film title that is for sure [yes even though the previous film to this trilogy does have its problems it is better than this title.] Before I begin this review properly I should just point out that throughout any of my reviews I sometimes add or withdraw different things to make my reviews different or at least fresh now and again and as I have already said many times in different reviews, I don't discuss every element of any project I review and yes there are some occasions where now and again I speak about different elements in slightly the wrong order as it relates to the film or project in question [but as long as it is in the review and it roughly makes sense I tend to leave it where it is.]

Voice-over/Subtitles/Background music/Memory recall: at some point in the opening stage to this sequel we have our lead role giving us the audience this information whilst we have these scenes on screen [from the previous film] at the same time. I am just going to come out and say it this film could have done with some subtitles, because throughout this project we have these characters switching between one language to another language and there are no subtitles. The background music is really quite heavy and it makes itself known consistently, I think there are some memory recall scenes [I say I think because to be completely honest for the first 25 minutes roughly I was getting bored so my interest in this sequel was getting less and less.]

But the fundamental core at some point somehow begins to show life [I don't know when this happens, it just suddenly happens.] Where this sequel pulls itself together and makes this film move better which in turn makes this film become interesting, but this sequel has to work really hard to get my interest going, because as far as I'm concerned this title has to turn my interest from a negative to a positive and as I have already said within the first 25 minutes or so I was getting bored, so in a nutshell this film has to begin from a minus and push forward hopefully gaining my interest throughout the rest of the film.

Snipes as Blade and Perlman as Reinhardt: now the friction between these two characters/performers is the biggest positive to this project by some distance, you see individually these two characters have strong personality traits so when they go head to head on anything there are beautiful sparks of great interest between these two characters/performers.

Action sequences: these elements are okay, there are plenty of weapons being used, many things are happening in these sequences, some feeding and some deaths.

This film receives: 38% approval, in a nutshell I am not too keen on this sequel, I mean don't get me wrong this sequel does have some good elements, but I did find this sequel hard work to watch.