Blade II (2002)
- The original script for Blade II was written over a decade before production finally began in 2002.
- The incredible score for Blade II was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
Blade II is a 2002 American superhero action horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Wesley Snipes returns as the half-vampire Daywalker who is forced into an uneasy alliance with the vampire nation when a new breed of super-vampires called Reapers โ mutated creatures that feed on both humans and vampires โ threatens to exterminate all life. Blade must lead the Bloodpack, an elite squad of vampires originally trained to hunt him, against the Reapers, knowing that his temporary allies will turn on him the moment the common threat is eliminated.
Guillermo del Toro brought his signature creature design imagination to the Reapers, whose splitting jaws and parasitic biology were genuinely horrifying, and his action choreography โ incorporating Hong Kong wire work and martial arts โ was the most visually inventive in the franchise. The sewer fight sequences and the nightclub battle were standout set pieces that demonstrated del Toro's ability to blend art-house visual sensibility with pure action spectacle. Blade II earned $155 million worldwide on a $54 million budget.
