

Whistler disappears and Scud is attacked by several Reapers, which he drives off with UV lights. Priest is bitten and mercy-killed, and Lighthammer is bitten but conceals the bite. He tries to recruit Blade to his cause, citing their mutual hatred of vampires. The Reaper leader, Jared Nomak, arrives and holds Nyssa hostage. They investigate a vampire nightclub where they encounter the Reapers and discover they are immune to most vampire weaknesses. Reinhardt hates Blade, and challenges him to fight, but in response Blade implants an explosive on his head to keep him in line. The pack consists of Asad, Nyssa, Reinhardt, Chupa, Snowman, Priest, Verlaine, and her lover Lighthammer. He teams up with the Bloodpack, an elite group of vampires originally assembled to kill him. In order to combat the Reapers, vampire overlord Eli Damaskinos sends his minion, Asad, and daughter Nyssa to strike a truce with Blade who reluctantly allies with the vampires. Whistler meets Scud, Blade's young new technician and stoner.Ī pandemic is turning vampires into "Reapers", primal, mutant creatures with a ravenous thirst for blood and a highly infectious bite that transforms both human and vampire alike. It received mixed reviews from critics, earning praise for its performances, atmosphere, direction, and action sequences, although its script and lack of character development have been criticized.īlade searches Prague for his mentor Abraham Whistler, who was thought dead after being attacked by Deacon Frost, but was instead turned into a vampire and held prisoner for two years. Blade and his human allies are coerced into joining forces with a special elite group of vampires.īlade II was released on Maand was a box office success, grossing over $155 million. The film follows the human-vampire hybrid Blade in his continuing effort to protect humans from vampires, finding himself in a fierce battle against a group of mutant vampires who seek to commit global genocide of both vampire and human races. A sequel to Blade (1998), it is the second installment in the Blade franchise, followed by Blade: Trinity. Blade II is a 2002 American superhero horror film based on the fictional character Blade from Marvel Comics, directed by Guillermo del Toro and written by David S.
