History YMMV / BladeII

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: When the Reaper's maw is revealed for the first time in all it's horrific glory it looks amazing. Even better, there's a Reaper autopsy later, with the maw faithfully reproduced ''physically'', in horrifically gooey detail.

* IdiotBall: Subverted and then later played straight regarding fights between the hero and the villain. In the first fight between Blade and the BigBad, Blade used version of the weapon that killed the Big Bad from the first film. It almost kills the sequel villain, even stuns him for a moment but doesn't finish the job (partly because Blade doesn't press the attack). In the final fight in the sequel, Blade opens with a jumping sword stab that does a lot of damage to the big bad but does not kill him and worse, it deprives Blade of his sword for the rest of the fight. The hero already knew the villain had a heart completely encase in bone but he tries this risky attack anyways. Blade would have been better off using the 1st attack plan he had used in the final fight of the first film, where he cut off the villain's arm and then followed up with a killing blow (this didn't work in the first film, which lead to Blade using a different weapon that did work on Big Bad 1 but not Big Bad 2). Blade was almost a match for the sequel villain in straight up unarmed combat. Had the villain been missing an arm, this fight would have been relatively easy.
* 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. It makes you wonder if his dad picked him for the Reaper experiment because he had a more of conscience than his sister, and thus was the more disposable heir. Desperate to prove himself to his father, he agreed to the experiment, and when it was over, Nomak went on a quest for revenge.

* PlayingAgainstType: Seeing Danny John-Jules play a serious, cornrow-sporting, badass vampire assassin likely came as a surprise to viewers who mainly knew him as the goofy, fun-loving Cat on ''Series/RedDwarf''.

* AlienBlood: To me, the Vamp Lord's blood looks more blue than green, which makes you wonder the origin of 'Blue Bloods.'

* 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. It makes you wonder if his dad picked him for the Reaper experiment because he had a more of conscience than his sister, and thus was the more disposable heir. Desperate to prove himself to his father, he agreed to the experiment, and when it was over, Nomak went on a quest for revenge.

* IdiotBall: Subverted and then later played straight regarding fights between the hero and the villain. In the first fight between Blade and the BigBad, Blade used version of the weapon that killed the Big Bad from the first film. It almost kills the sequel villain, even stuns him for a moment but doesn't finish the job. In the final fight in the sequel, Blade opens with a jumping sword stab that does a lot of damage to the big bad but does not kill him and worse, it deprives Blade of his sword for the rest of the fight. The hero already knew the villain had a heart completely encase in bone but he tries this risky attack anyways. Blade would have been better off using the 1st attack plan he had used in the final fight of the first film, where he cut off the villain's arm and then followed up with a killing blow (this didn't work in the first film, which lead to Blade using a different weapon that did work on Big Bad 1 but not Big Bad 2). Blade was almost a match for the sequel villain in straight up unarmed combat. Had the villain been missing an arm, this fight would have been relatively easy.

* IdiotBall: Subverted and then later played straight regarding fights between the hero and the villain. In the first fight between Blade and the BigBad, Blade goes GenreSavvy and uses version of the weapon that killed the Big Bad from the first film. It almost kills the sequel villain, even stuns him for a moment but doesn't finish the job. In the final fight in the sequel, Blade opens with a jumping sword stab that does a lot of damage to the big bad but does not kill him and worse, it deprives Blade of his sword for the rest of the fight. The hero already knew the villain had a heart completely encase in bone but he tries this risky attack anyways. Blade would have been better off using the 1st attack plan he had used in the final fight of the first film, where he cut off the villain's arm and then followed up with a killing blow (this didn't work in the first film, which lead to Blade using a different weapon that did work on Big Bad 1 but not Big Bad 2). Blade was almost a match for the sequel villain in straight up unarmed combat. Had the villain been missing an arm, this fight would have been relatively easy.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: When the Reaper's maw is revealed for the first time in all it's horrific glory it looks amazing. Even better, there's a Reaper autopsy later, with the maw faithfully reproduced ''physically'', in horrifically gooey detail.

* IdiotBall: Subverted and then later played straight regarding fights between the hero and the villain. In the first fight between Blade and the BigBad, Blade goes GenreSavy and uses version of the weapon that killed the Big Bad from the first film. It almost kills the sequel villain, even stuns him for a moment but doesn't finish the job. In the final fight in the sequel, Blade opens with a jumping sword stab that does a lot of damage to the big bad but does not kill him and worse, it deprives Blade of his sword for the rest of the fight. The hero already knew the villain had a heart completely encase in bone but he tries this risky attack anyways. Blade would have been better off using the 1st attack plan he had used in the final fight of the first film, where he cut off the villain's arm and then followed up with a killing blow (this didn't work in the first film, which lead to Blade using a different weapon that did work on Big Bad 1 but not Big Bad 2). Blade was almost a match for the sequel villain in straight up unarmed combat. Had the villain been missing an arm, this fight would have been relatively easy.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Donnie Yen as Snowman, due to [[GratuitousNinja being a ninja]] and, well, to being Donnie Yen.

* TooCoolToLive: Snowman, just like every other American movie role Donnie Yen has had.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Reapers look a lot like [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent Mr. Face]].

* EarWorm: The movie opens up at a club where Vampires lure in humans and gorge on them while listening to really, REALLY catchy trance music. You hear less than a few minutes in the film before Blade stops the celebration, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNOP2t9FObw but you never. Forget. It.]]

* EarWorm: The movie opens up at a club where Vampires lure in humans and gorge on them while listening to really, REALLY catchy rave music. You hear less than a few minutes in the film before Blade stops the celebration, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNOP2t9FObw but you never. Forget. It.]]

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Donnie Yen as Snowman due to [[GratuitousNinja being a ninja]].

* EvenBetterSequel: To some people; fandom seems split quite evenly as to whether this film or the first ''Film/{{Blade}}'' is the best. Either way, the two are typically regarded as being very close in quality.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Scud is [[Creator/NormanReedus Daryl]] [[Series/TheWalkingDead Dixon]].
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot‎: The Blood Pack was created to hunt and kill Blade but the only time we see them, they have to team up with Blade against the Reavers. An entire movie featuring vampire assassins going after Blade could have been an entertaining movie on its own.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Donnie Yen as Snowman due to [[GratuitousNinjabeing a ninja]].

* EnsembleDarkHorse: Donnie Yen as Snowman due to InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja.

* AwesomeMusic: That rave sequence at the beginning of the movie is remembered fondly by many.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Scud is [[Creator/NormanReedus Daryl]] [[Series/TheWalkingDead Dixon].