History Film / BladeII

* AchillesHeel: The Reapers have two. Firstly they're still vulnerable to sunlight, and in fact may be even ''more'' vulnerable given that UV light makes them violently explode. The "sunlight bomb" detonated late in the film kills dozens of Reapers yet only manages to give Reinhardt what look like second-degree burns (assumed to have avoided the brunt of the light like Nyssa did by going underwater). Secondly, their metabolism is so fast that unless they feed regularly they starve to death within a few days.

* DropTheHammer: Bloodpack member Lighthammer carries a huge two-handed maul with a retractable spike as his primary weapon, using his firearm as a backup.

* AchillesHeel: The Reapers have two. Firstly they're still vulnerable to sunlight, and in fact may be even ''more'' vulnerable given that UV light makes them violently explode. The "sunlight bomb" detonated late in the film kills dozens of Reapers yet only manages to give Reinhardt what look like second-degree burns (assumed to have avoided the brunt of the light like Nyssa did by going underwater). Secondly their metabolism is so fast that unless they feed regularly they starve to death within a few days.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:The Vampire Government recruits Blade to help them fix their own mess. Nomak and the entire Reaper sub-species were the result of the Vampire Leadership trying to genetically erase the typical vampire weaknesses. The Reapers are immune to garlic and silver, and their hearts are surrounded by solid bone ("Try and get a stake through THAT!"), but they're still just as vulnerable to sunlight[=/=]UV rays. What they don't expect is that the Reapers can turn humans ''and'' regular vampires into Reapers through mere sharing of sweat, let alone blood and vampire bites.]]

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The Reaper strain was engineered to make a DaywalkingVampire like Blade immune to all vampire weaknesses. Instead, it created a vampire variant with almost all of the worst qualities of vampires amplified, ''and'' made them even harder to kill. In a bit of irony (or poetic justice) Reapers are even ''more'' vulnerable to sunlight, tending to burst like fireworks when presented with even the slightest glimmer.

* {{Homage}}: In the commentary, Guillermo del Toro said he paid homage to [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] and ''Literature/IAmLegend''. A reaper explodes similarly to the way Dr Manhattan explodes and the heroes were bombarded by reapers, much like the zombies' bombardment.

* LooksLikeOrlok: Damaskinos and the Reapers are all pale and bald with pointy ears.

* ObviouslyEvil: The blood donation center at the beginning might as well have a flashing neon sign that says "run by vampires who will kill you for your blood" on the outside, from the dingy interior to how clearly pleased the administrator is by Nomak's (ostensible) lack of anyone to care if he goes missing.

* RealMenWearPink: The vampire Chupa is shown watching ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Whistler nicknames him "Buttercup."

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Nyssa Damaskinos is the daughter of Overlord Eli Damaskinos, one of the rulers of the vampire nation. Despite this, she is a member of the Blood Pack, an elite team of vampire warriors trained to hunt Blade. She actually gives him a pretty good run during their first encounter. It is also made clear that her father does not put a lot of stock in family (and therefore wouldn't have given her the job if she wasn't competent).
* RuleOfSymbolism: On the commentary, del Toro notes that Reinhardt staking a reaper's hand's to the wall before frying him is this.

* SamusIsAGirl: This ''may'' have been the idea behind Nyssa's first scene (though even before we see her face, it's reasonably easy to see that she has breasts, and her grunts of effort are higher-pitched), but it was fairly easy to see coming regardless. In fact, it would probably count as a genuinely surprising subversion of this trope if an armored antagonist were to wordlessly, facelessly appear, go toe-to-toe with the male protagonist using acrobatic moves, and then be revealed to ''not'' be female.

* TransformationAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The Reaper transformation is shown to be incredibly quick, about 20 minutes or so from the bite. [[spoiler:Lighthammer]], bitten at the same time as the first test case, lasts hours without showing any outward sign of infection, although he may have received a more limited 'dose' of the Reaper strain since his bite was interrupted.
* UnskilledButStrong: Nomak clearly has martial arts training, but his Reaper-augmented strength and agility are the reason why he can hold his own against and occasionally dominate Blade.

* WhenHarryMetSvetlana: Blade ends up working with a team of vampires led by Princess Nyssa Damaskinos against the [[EnemyMine far greater Reaper threat]]. Blade (a {{dhampyr}} himself) grows closer to Nyssa during their time together, more than any other woman he's been acquainted with throughout the films. [[spoiler: He DidNotGetTheGirl. She chooses to [[DiedInYourArmsTonight die in Blade's arms]] after she's been infected]].

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Blade busts out a vertical suplex. Later, Nomak hits Blade with an extreme version of the [[Wrestling/RandySavage Savage Elbow Drop]].

-->'''Blade:''' You obviously...do not...know who you are ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' with!

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Reinhardt has a neo-Nazi look about him and asks Blade if he can blush being black (which was based on a real incident experienced by Snipes). Blade even derisively calls him "Adolf".

** A species whose lower jaw is not functional, but merely a container for an internal proboscis, shouldn't have any use for masticatory muscles like the masseter. Nyssa's explanation that the Reaper's masseter muscles are "bifurcated and overdeveloped, allowing for a much stronger bite" is absurd for the obvious reason that Reapers don't bite, but sting.
*** From what we see however, the Reapers use their split jaw to clamp down on victims, to keep grip, so it's possible she simply meant the jaw muscles have mutated in a way to keep a stronger grip to compensate for their unusual mouth structure.

** There is really no way the needle glove the vampires were going to use on Nomak in the opening scene would be useful for getting blood out of the human body, because you can't reach five important veins at the same time with the needles positioned that way...but it ''does'' look really cool.

** A couple to anime. Lighthammer is a whole one to the character of Nolt Marcus from ''[[LightNovel/VampireHunterD Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust]]''. Snowman, being an aloof, katana-wielding Asian vampire with weird eyes who hunts other vampires as part of an international organization, could be considered a gender-flipped version of Saya from the ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' franchise.

* PowerWalk: Blade and the Bloodpack walking into the House of Pain, with Music/MassiveAttack blaring on the soundtrack.

** Nyssa gets two moments of this as part of her character development. When Blade shows off a Semtex-laden vest as his insurance policy for coming along, she can't help but smile in amusement. She does the same when she see's Blade's reaction to the rave going on in the House of Pain.

* ActionGirl: To last more than ten seconds in a fight with Blade makes anyone in this series a badass, and Nyssa takes on Blade in a sword fight. Despite Blade showing a strength superiority, she shows her fallen brethren how it's really done! In fact, excluding the final villains of the movies, she's the one to give Blade the most trouble, ending their fight in a draw.

* RealMenWearPink: The vampire Chupa is shown watching ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''...a ''lot''. Whistler nicknames him "Buttercup."

* SameLanguageDub: Much of Karel Roden's dialogue is dubbed by an uncredited English actor since audiences found his Czech accent too thick.

* GroinAttack: Blade kills one vampire by staking it in the crotch in the opening scene.

* BrickJoke: The fate of [[spoiler:Rush]]. This also happens midway through in a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink and you'll miss it]] encounter in the House of Pain.

* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Only Blade and Whistler survive the film.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Priest resembles strongly the 90s "vampire" professional wrestler [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]].

* ShutUpKirk: Nyssa calls out Blade for his unabashed hatred of all vampires, pointing out that she was born a vampire and didn't have a choice in the matter. As such, she had to make peace with what she was. Notably, Blade appears to take this to heart. He's much kinder to her from that point on, warning her of the ten-second delay on the UV grenades, saving her when [[spoiler: Assad is killed in the sewers, and comforting her in her final moments as he carries her into the sunrise.]]