History Film / BladeII

* 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. And despite Blade showing a strength superiority, 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 in a draw.

* 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. Secondly their metabolism is so fast that unless they feed regularly they starve to death within a few days.

Following on from the first film, Blade (Creator/WesleySnipes) continues to hunt down vampires in Central Europe and is reunited with Whistler after the vampires kept him alive on life support and moved him around to evade Blade's pursuit. The vampire leadership contact Blade to ask for [[EnemyMine his help to battle an even greater foe]]. A new breed of supervampires named the Reapers have spawned from Jared Nomak, the original carrier, and have started devouring and turning vampires en masse. Blade teams up with the special vampire unit, the Bloodpack, to destroy the Reapers before they have finished with the vampires and move on to wiping out mankind.

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The Reapers don't necessarily have ''more'' teeth than a human being, but their odd placement sure makes it look that way.

* AchillesHeel: The Reapers have two. Firstly they're still vulnerable to sunlight, and in fact may be even ''more'' vulnerable given that the "sunlight bomb" detonated late in the film kills dozens of Reapers yet only manages to give Reinhardt what look like second-degree burns. Secondly their metabolism is so fast that unless they feed regularly they starve to death within a few days.

* NonActionGuy: Scud, in contrast to the BadassNormal Whistler.

* SequelGoesForeign: The film takes place in Prague. Justified, as Blade mentions that he's been tracking Whilstler for two years. The final scene takes place in London.

* KeepingTheEnemyClose: [[spoiler:Blade knew that Scud was a traitor the whole time, but kept him around for this reason.]]

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: Played with. Reinhardt has a small explosive in the back of his skull, courtesy of Blade. [[spoiler: It is revealed that Whistler's replacement, Scud, is TheMole and the supposed explosive he provided is a dud]]. Scud pulls out the explosive for some quality gloating time. Blade promptly [[spoiler:reveals that he knew Scud was a traitor, "and no, it's not a dud." He hits the detonator and Scud is killed in the explosion]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: It's more a matter of "token good teammate". The film is an EnemyMine scenario in which we already know that every one of Blade's collaborators except Whistler and Scud is evil and it's question of ''when'' rather than ''if'' they'll betray him. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Scud was also planning to betray him from the start]].
* 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.

** Scud refers to Blade as "[[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} The Man Without Fear]]". He also quips "ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns The Dark Knight Returns!]]" when Blade walks back in the shop early in the movie.

** Scud refers to Blade as "[[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} The Man Without Fear]]".

** Nomak is a "carrier" for the Reaper condition, but carriers by definition are not affected by their carried disease/gene defect, yet Nomak clearly has at least some of the traits of the other Reapers (he has their general appearance, split jaw, heart shield, physical skills, and drug addict-like appetite for blood; the only difference seems to be that he has retained his intelligence). A more correct term would be a "patient zero" or "index case.:

* LaserSight: Chupa draws his pistol and aims at Blade's heart, thinking how easy it would be to shoot him. Turns out Blade has already done the same to him. We're let in on exactly what they're thinking by their laser sights.

* BaitAndSwitch: In the opening, Jared appears to be crying out of fear that the vampires will take his blood. Then he starts laughing, leaving the vampires confused.

* ConspicuousCG: Blade and Nyssa's initial fight, as pointed out by Creator/GuillermoDelToro on his DVD commentary.

%%* MonsterMouth: The reapers have type 3 MonstrousMandibles, which via NestedMouths hides a protrusile FlowerMouth.

* MonsterMouth: The reapers have type 3 MonstrousMandibles, which via NestedMouths hides a protrusile FlowerMouth.

* ShoddyShindig: The Bloodpack take Blade to a hidden daytime vampire party in order to find the supervampires. A seemingly impressive Gothic party, Blade and the Bloodpack think the party is absurd, juvenile, and beneath them.

* 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, and despite Blade showing a strength superiority, 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 in a draw.

-->You're human?
-->Barely; I'm a lawyer.

* AntiVillain: Some of the Blood Pack. Nomak is also a bordering example... while distinctly villainous, his danger to humans is more incidental than intentional, as he focuses on vampires whenever he can.

** Nomak is a "carrier" for the Reaper condition, but carriers by definition are not affected by their carried disease/gene defect, yet Nomak clearly has at least some of the traits of the other Reapers (he has their general appearance, split jaw, heart shield, and drug addict-like appetite for blood; he only difference seems to be that he has retained his intelligence), a more correct term would be a Patient Zero or Index Case.

** Pheromones don't come from the adrenal glands, nor are they "nut juice" (we can forgive the latter, as it comes from a foulmouthed non-scientist).
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: Novak stands at the top of a staircase that is littered with fallen security guards. Director Guillermo del Toro acknowledges it as an homage to Frazetta in the commentary.

* BodyHorror: The transformation into a reaper is very painful (provided the victim has been bitten for long enough to properly drain them, as happens to Priest), a victim's hair falls out, their skin goes deathly pale, their jawbone dissolves, their chin separates into two pieces and sprouts fangs, and their tongue turns into a sucker. That's just what we see on the outside, and from what Nomaks final words are just existing is painful.

* MixAndMatchWeapon: Reinhardt carries a pair of Beretta pistols that have huge blades extending from the grips to the end of the barrel, allowing them to be used as guns or knives. According to the weapon's designer [=TyRuben=] Ellingson the weapon was originally designed for Blade but was given to Reinhardt during production.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even Chupa finds Blade already pointing a gun Reinhardt funny.

Following on from the first film, Blade (Creator/WesleySnipes) continues to hunt down vampires in Central Europe and is reunited with Whistler after the vampires kept him alive on life support and moved him around to evade Blade's pursuit. The vampire leadership contact Blade to ask for [[EnemyMine his help to battle an even greater foe]]. A new breed of supervampires named the Reapers have spawned from Jared Nomak, the original carrier, and have started devouring and turning vampires en masse. Blade teams up with the special vampire unit the Bloodpack to destroy the Reapers before they have finished with the vampires and move on to wiping out mankind.

** Nomak is a "carrier" for the Reaper condition, but carriers by definition are not affected by their carried disease/gene defect, yet Nomak clearly has at least some of the traits of the other Reapers (he has their general appearance, split jaw, heart shield, and drug addict-like appetite for blood; he only difference seems to be that he has retained his intelligence).

* BodyHorror: The transformation into a reaper is very painful (provided the victim has been bitten for long enough to properly drain them, as happens to Priest), a victim's hair falls out, their skin goes deathly pale, their jawbone dissolves, their chin separates into two pieces and sprouts fangs, and their tongue turns into a sucker. That's just what we see on the outside.

* ActionGirl: Nyssa.