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Blade II (soundtrack)

Blade II
Blade ,standing in front the viewer ,wearing his traditional black special suit and coat, with his sunglasses on his eyes, holds his sword ,and has dark white-purple cloud background around him with the face of an evil vampire, underneath the film's name, credits ,billing and below; Wesley Snipes' name.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Produced by
Written by David S. Goyer
Based on Blade
by Marv Wolfman
Gene Colan
Starring
Music by Marco Beltrami
Cinematography Gabriel Beristain
Edited by Peter Amundson
Production
company
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date
  • March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)
Running time
117 minutes
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • Czech
  • Norwegian
  • Romanian
  • Russian
Budget $54 million
Box office $155 million
Blade II: The Soundtrack
Blade II OST.jpg
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released March 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)
Genre Electronica, Hip-Hop, Alternative Rock, Industrial Metal
Length 55:52
Label Immortal/Epic/Virgin/EMI
Producer
Blade soundtracks chronology
Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
(1998)
Blade II: The Soundtrack
(2002)
Blade: Trinity – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2004)
Marvel Comics film series soundtrack chronology
X-Men (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2000)
Blade II: The Soundtrack
(2002)
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars

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 vampire Blade in his continuing effort to protect humans from vampires, finding himself in a fierce battle against an extremely savage, powerful mutant vampire who seeks to commit global genocide of both vampire and human races. Blade and his human allies are coerced into joining 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 grossing over $155 million. It also received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, earning praise for its performances, atmosphere, and action sequences, although its script and lack of character development has been criticized.

Two years after the events of Blade, a pandemic known as the "Reaper virus" has spread through the vampire community. Infected vampires are turned into Reapers, mutants immune to all vampire weaknesses with the exception of bright light, who kill humans and turn any vampires they feed on into more Reapers. Unable to contain the Reapers, Vampire Lord Eli Damaskinos sends two emissaries, Asad and his daughter Nyssa, to seek the aid of vampire hunter Blade and his team, consisting of weaponsmith Abraham Whistler and Blade's new assistant Scud. Blade has since recovered Whistler, who has been tortured and held captive by the group of vampires. Whistler had been turned into a vampire by them and after returning to their headquarters, Blade gives Whistler an anti-virus vampire serum to turn him back to human. After meeting with Damaskinos and his human familiar, lawyer Karel Kounen, they cautiously agree to help due to the danger of the Reapers' uncontrollable hunger and rapid mutation. Asad then introduces them to The Bloodpack, a group of vampires trained for the sole purpose of killing Blade. In addition to Asad and Nyssa, The Bloodpack consists of Reinhardt, Chupa, Snowman, Verlaine, her lover Lighthammer, and Priest. To keep them in line and after Reinhardt's racially-charged remark, Blade humiliates Reinhardt and plants an explosive charge on the back of Reinhardt's head.


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