History Film / BladeII

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: When Whistler is explaining his anti-vampire arsenal to the Blood Pack, he notes the shotgun-mounted stake gun and claims it has a muzzle velocity of 6000 feet per second. For comparison, this is comparable to the kinetic penetrator of an '''M1 Abrams tank gun'''. And it can apparently do this with ''compressed air''. Forget pinning a vamp to the wall, this would plow through every squishy body in its path, regardless of how superhuman it is.

* KillEmAll: Only Blade and Whistler survive the film.

* UpToEleven: When Whistler is explaining his anti-vampire arsenal to the blood pack, he notes the shotgun-mounted stake gun and claims it has a muzzle velocity of 6000 feet per second. For comparison, this is comparable to the kinetic penetrator of an '''M1 Abrams tank gun'''. And it can apparently do this with ''compressed air''.

* 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.

* PlayingWithSyringe: [[spoiler: Damaskinos intends to harvest Blade's blood, organs, and bone marrow to turn all vampires into daywalkers.]]

* 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. The fact he DidNotGetTheGirl makes this a subversion. [[spoiler:She chooses to [[DiedInYourArmsTonight die in Blade's arms]] after she's been infected]].

* 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.

* 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), 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.

* UnwittingPawn: Subverted. Nyssa mocks Blade for agreeing to a meeting with his enemies too easily, but quickly shuts her trap when it's revealed he was prepared to kill them all with a LOT of carry-on explosives at the first sign of treachery. Later in the movie, when [[spoiler:Scud]] reveals himself and gloats at the heroes' gullibility, Blade corrects him by stating that he knew of his duplicity from the beginning, a fact he illustrates in [[YourHeadASplode explosive fashion]].

** 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."

* {{Expy}}: Lighthammer is a direct one to the character of Nolt Marcus from ''[[LightNovel/VampireHunterD Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust]]'', while his partner Priest resembles strongly the 90s "vampire" professional wrestler [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]]. Snowman, being an aloof, katana-wielding Asian vampire who hunts other vampires as part of an international organization, could be considered a gender-flipped expy of Saya from ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire''.

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

* OnlySaneMan: The Reapers are clearly portrayed as feral animals who do little more than snarl and roar after being changed. Nomak is the only Reaper shown to have enough control of himself to make plans and talk, to the extent that [[spoiler:he spares Whistler's life so that the human can deliver a message, where any other Reaper would have just torn Whistler's throat out the moment it had the chance]].

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Reinhardt has a neo-Nazi look about him and asks Blade if he can blush. This was based on a real incident experienced by Snipes.

* AlasPoorVillain: The death of [[spoiler:Nomak]], who was driven to [[CallingTheOldManOut kill his father]] out of revenge for making him the first [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Reaper]]. In a final battle, he is stabbed in the heart and chooses to drive the blade in further to end his suffering. Tellingly, he does so [[GoOutWithASmile with a smile]].

** 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.
** Blade drawing his stake and slapping Reinhardt, then taunting him before doing it again, is a homage to a scene in the Western comedy ''[[Film/{{Trinity}} Trinity Is Still My Name]]''; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd8TpzioY6k&t=0m34s here's the original scene]].

* SoLastSeason: The anti-coagulate "exploding blood" compound devised in ''Film/{{Blade}}'' is made into a close-combat gauntlet weapon. It would be particularly nasty to any regular vampire but Nomak's abnormalities make him immune. He's shown reacting with the chemical and eventually expelling it.

** After she's infected by the Reaper virus, [[spoiler:Nyssa Damaskinos]] asks Blade to carry her out in the open just before dawn so she can see the sunlight and die while she's still a vampire. When the sun comes up she disintegrates in his arms.

* 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]]. The explosive is pulled out 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 Blade from the start, while Nyssa and (possibly) Asad show a degree of respect for Blade and give no sign that they intended to betray him once the Reapers had been dealt with]].
* 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.

* WouldHarmASenior: Chupa, Scud and Reinhardt all take turns in beating up Whistler. They all get sweet karma shortly afterwards.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Blade busts out a vertical suplex. Later, Nomak hits Blade with the [[Wrestling/RandySavage Savage Elbow Drop]].

-->'''Blade:''' You obviously... do not... know who you are ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' with!
* YouWillBeSpared: As listed in BrickJoke, Rush is let go as Blade says that he'll see him later. In the very last scene he does it, with hilarious results.

* RealMenWearPink: The vampire Chupa is shown watching ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''...''a lot''. Whistler nicknames him "Buttercup."
* RestrainingBolt: Diverted. Blade slaps one on the back of Reinhardt's melon in response to Reinhardt's FantasticRacism (and to assert his dominance over the Bloodpack). The device eventually makes its way into Scud's hands by the end of the film, [[spoiler:who tells Blade it was fake, "just supposed to make [him] feel in control." Blade tells Scud that he'd been on to him the whole time and detonates it]].

* RuleOfSymbolism: On the commentary, Del Toro notes that Reinhardt staking a reaper's hand's to the wall before frying him is this.

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

* LockAndLoadMontage: Used to show Blade loading up during the opening credits. A second occurs before Blade and the Bloodpack begin the hunt in the sewers, and during this one Whistler and the Bloodpack are shown loading guns, prepping weapons, and donning armor.

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

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The Reapers have a normal number of human/vampire teeth, but the probosces inside their {{Flower Mouth}}s are also visibly lined with extra fangs.

* NobleDemon: Nyssa is the only vampire shown to have any true sense of horror, discussing her diet as just the way she is rather than anything she takes particular pleasure in and expressing horror [[spoiler:when she realises what her father did to Nomak- her brother- in the name of his own agenda]].

* ObiWanMoment: The film gives the same moment to a villain after long, eventful battle with Blade: "It hurts. It hurts no more." -- as he actually slides the knife deeper into his heart himself.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Scud]] is playing with a bomb he thinks is a dud... only it's not a dud, and Blade reveals he was on to him from the start, and presses a second button on the detonator...

* OnlySaneMan: The Reapers are clearly portrayed as feral animals who do little more than snarl and roar after being changed. Nomak is the only Reaper shown to have enough control of himself to make plans and talk, to the extent that [[spoiler:he spares Whistler's life so that the human can deliver a message where any other Reaper would have just torn Whistler's throat out the moment it had the chance]].

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

* IHateYouVampireDad: In a sense. [[spoiler:Nyssa traps both her and her father to face Nomak. As Damaskinos lays dying, she takes off her family ring and drops it near his face.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: Nomak tears a concrete reinforcement bar out of a partly-demolished pillar to wield against Blade during their first fight. It still has a block of concrete at the end, allowing him to beat down Blade's defences.

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

* KryptoniteProofSuit: The Bloodpack's GratuitousNinja outfits from the opening fight scene.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Every kill by Nomak is a public service homicide. We see him kill countless nameless vampires, human mooks working for Vampires, a human drug dealer, Nyssa (who was happy to eat humans), and his dad.

* LockAndLoadMontage: Used to show Blade loading up during the opening credits. A second occurs before Blade and the Blood Pack begin the hunt in the sewers, during this one Whistler and the Blood Pack are shown loading guns, prepping weapons, and donning armor.

** Blade asks Nyssa why Nomak didn't kill her. [spoiler:They're siblings.]]

* FreeFallFight: Blade and Nomak fall off a gantry mid-fight and fall all the way to the floor, each still grappling and punching all the way down.
* 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.

* GunsAkimbo: Blade, Nyssa, Reinhardt, at one point even Scud shows up wielding a gun in each hand.
* GunsAreWorthless: Against the Reapers, yet they use guns instead of just flashlights that can harm them, and even then they're small... [[GunNut and attached to guns]].

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: [[spoiler: Nyssa dissolves gently into sparkles, instead of violently charring away to a skeleton and then dust while screaming like every other vampire exposed to sunlight does.]]
* BigBad: Nomak [[spoiler: seems to be]] the main villain, being the leader of the Reapers. [[spoiler: It turns out that Damaskinos is the true BigBad all along.]]

* 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.

* DyingAsYourself: A variation. [[spoiler: Nyssa has been bitten by Nomak, and will become a Reaper. Blade gently carries her out into the sun, so she can die as a vampire.]]

** During the Reaper autopsy, Nyssa muses that they are different from vampires as vampires are from humans. This implies somewhat early on that [[spoiler:The Reaper strain is not a natural mutation, because it conveniently has so many biological defenses to things that commonly kill vampires.]]

** Blade asks Nyssa why Nomak didn't kill her.

* 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]]. The explosive is pulled out 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]].

--> '''Whistler''': "They're just shitting bricks cause they're no longer top of the food chain."

** 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".

* FateWorseThanDeath: Nomak averts this when he kills [[spoiler:Damaskinos]] instead of turning him, saying "I've spared you my fate. You will die".

** When Blade tells Whistler to "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer", Scud's in the background.

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

** 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.

* 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 Blade from the start, while Nyssa and (possibly) Asad show a degree of respect for Blade and give no sign that they intended to betray him once the Reapers had been dealt with]].

* BodyHorror: The transformation into a reaper is painful and horrific (provided the victim has been bitten for long enough to properly drain them, as happens to Priest). The 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, as from what Nomaks final words are, just existing is painful for them.

* BulletproofHumanShield: Blade uses Rush as this when breaking into the base where Whistler is being held. It helps that he's a vampire, so his body is probably more durable.

* CanonForeigner: The film at large is crewed by canon foreigners, Blade and CanonImmigrant Whistler aside. Damaskinos, Nomak, Nyssa, Scud and The Bloodpack are all unique to the movie.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: When Reapers are "ashed", they explode in a flash of blue light, as opposed to a regular vampire's red-orange.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:The Vampire Government recruit Blade to help them fix their own mess. Nomak and the entire Reaper sub-species was 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 are still just as vulnerable to sunlight[=/=]UV rays. What they didn't expect was the Reapers could turn humans ''and'' regular vampires into Reapers through mere sharing of sweat, let alone blood and vampire bites.]]

* BigBad: Nomak is the main villain, being the leader of the Reapers.

* ApocalypseHow: The heroes believe the Reaper Strain threatens to bring about a ApocalypseHow/Class3A for both humans ''and'' vampires. With the Reaper Strain already threatening to cause a ZombieApocalypse in the vampire race, and with Damaskinos positing that once there are no vampires left, the entire human race will be next.

* ApocalypseHow: The heroes believe the Reaper Strain threatens to bring about a ApocalypseHow/Class3A for both humans ''and'' vampires; with the Reaper Strain already threatening to cause a ZombieApocalypse in the vampire race, and with Damaskinos positing that once there are no vampires left, the entire human race will be next.

* OnlySaneMan: The Reapers are clearly portrayed as feral animals who do little more than snarl and roar after being changed; Nomak is the only Reaper shown to have enough control of himself to make plans and talk, to the extent that [[spoiler:he spares Whistler's life so that the human can deliver a message where any other Reaper would have just torn Whistler's throat out the moment it had the chance]].

-->'''Kounen:''' Barely; I'm a lawyer.