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Blade II [2002]
Country of Origin: USA / Germany
Year of Production: 2001
Running Times: 116 mins 42 sec
Length: 10, 502 feet
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital Surround SDDS
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: New Line Cinema presents an Amen Ra production
/ Imaginary Forces / Linovo Productions GmbH & Co. KG
Executive in Charge of Production: Carla Fry
Production Executive: Leon Dudevoir
Executive Producers: Lynn Harris, Michael De Luca, David S. Goyer, Toby
Emmerich, Stan Lee, Avi Arad
Producers: Peter Frankfurt, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Palmer
Co-Producers: Andrew J. Horne, Jon Divens
Associate Producer: Robert Bernacchi
Production Manager: Pavel Typolt
Unit Production Manager: Patrick Palmer
Unit Manager: Mirka Janatová
Production Supervisor: Michelle Weller
Supervising Production Coordinator: Emily Glatter
Senior Production Coordinator: Wendy Cox
Production Coordinators [Prague]: Katerina Schneider, Katerina Lahodová
Production Coordinator [USA]: Sissy Grover
SCRIPT
Script: David S. Goyer
Characters: Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan
Vampire Language: Anna Vovsová
DIRECTION
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Assistant Directors: Julian Wall, Greg Palmer, Mark Taylor, Andy Howard
Czech Assistant Directors: Petr Kaderábek
Additional Czech Assistant Director: Srdjan Simeonovic
3rd Assistant Director: Philip Seeger [uncredited]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gabriel Beristain
Camera Operators: Tony Gaudioz, Martin Grosup
Additional Camera Operators: Guy Hodgen, Klaus Fuxjäger, Jan Malír,
Ervin Sanders, Milan Chadima, Keith Sewell
Steadicam Operator: Craig Fikse
Wescam Operator: Simon Werry
Key Grip: Malcolm Sheehan
24 Frame Video Playback Technician: Steve Watson [uncredited]
Camera Equipment: Panavision [UK] Ltd.
Labs: DeLuxe, USA [prints]; FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank, California,
USA; Barrandov Laboratore, Prague, Czech Republic
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Peter Amundson
1st Assistant AVID Editor: Jana Lynn Gold
Assistant Editor: Marketa Tom
Executive in Charge of Post Production: Jody Levin
Post Production Supervisor: Sara Romilly
Apprentice Editor: Joseph Carson
MUSIC
Music / Conductor / Orchestrator: Marco Beltrami
Additional Music: Danny Saber
Songs Performed By: Crazy Russian Folk 'n' Roll Band Limpopo [Kalinka];
Redman and Gorillaz [Gorillaz on My Mind]; Bubba Sparxxx and The Crystal
Method [PHDream]; Ice Cube, Paul Oakenfold [Right Here, Right Now];
Turntable Bay [Freestyle Freakin]; The Roots, BT [Tao of the Machine];
Buster Rhymes, Silkk the Shocker, Dub Pistols [The One]; Voodoo, Serano
[Blood is Pumping (Cold Blood)]; Fabulous, Jadakiss, Dabby Saver [We
Be Like This]; Cypress Hill, Roni Size [Child of the Wild West]; The
Crystal Method [The Name of the Game]; Buppy [Mind What You Say]; Mos
Def, Massive Attack [I Against I]; Eve, Fatboy Slim [Cowboy]; Trina,
Rah-Digga, Groove Armada [Gangsta Queens]
Additional Orchestrators: Pete Anthony, Bill Boston, Bruce Fowler, Blake
Neely, Carlos Rodriguez, Ceiri Torjussen
Music Executives: Paul Brouceck, Bob Bowen
Music Supervisor: Happy Walters
Score Producers: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Score Recordist / Mixer: John Kurlander
Music Editors: Bill Abbott, Brian Richards
SOUND
Sound Supervisors: Scott Martin Gershin, Matthew Walters
Sound Designer: Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Recordist: Matt Colleran
Sound Mixer: Mark Holding
Re-Recording Mixers: John Ross, Michael Keller
Dubbing Engineer: Steve Bartkowicz
ADR Supervisor: Thomas Jones III
ADR Recordists: Brian Basham, Marnie Lehman-Riley
ADR Mixers: Ronald Bedrosian, Greg Steele
ADR Editor: Michael Hertlein
Dialogue Editors: Robert Getty, Jed M. Dodge, Louis Creveling, Michael
Hertlein
Foley Recordists: Greg Zimmerman, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Jimmy Moriana, Diane
Marshall, Ed Stiedel
Foley Mixers: Nerses Gezalyan, Mary Erstad
Foley Editor: Craig Jurkiewicz
Sound Effects Editors: Peter Zinda, Tom Ozanich, Lisle Engle, Brian
Bowen, Michael Kamper, Michael Mullane, Alan Rankin, Hector Gika, Jay
Jennings
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Head Make Up: Michelle Taylor
Key Make Up: Nikita Rae, Marese Langan, Tomás Kuchta
Head Hair: Jeanette Freeman
Costume Designer: Wendy Partridge
Costume Supervisor: Diane Routly
Key Set Costumer: Heather Moore
Set Costumers: Inka Bratková, Zuzana Kolínová, Petr Pluhar
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Tattoo Designers: Freddie Blau, Reel Creations
Tattoo Artist: Fernando Negrete
Contact Lens Technicians: Jemma Scott, Olina Norková, David Fabry
Special Effect Contact Lenses: Proffesional Visioncare Associates, Dr
Richard Silver, Sr Stacey Sumner, Dr Morton Greenspoon
Steve Johnson's XFX
Prosthetic Make Up / Animatronic Effects: Steve Johnson's XFX
Prosthetics / Creature Effects Producer: Gary Matanky
Prosthetics / Creature Coordinator [LA]: Rob Newton
Prosthetics / Creature Coordinator [Prague]: Mark Boley
Key Prosthetic Make Up: Greg Funk, David Dupuis
Prosthetic Make Up: Nigel Booth, Barry Gower, Alan Hedgecock, David
White, Brian Best, Amber Sibley, Julie Wright
Lead Mechanical Engineer: Mike Elizade
Engineering: Enrique Bilsland, Rob Capwell, Sam De La Torre, Jergen
Hyman, Scott Millenbaugh, Simon Webber, Gary Rutter
Key Effects Technician: Leon Laderach
Lead Effects Technician: Lenny MacDonald
Effects Artists: Martin Astles, Joe Colwell, Bernard Eichholz, Christopher
Gallagher, Ted Haines, Jeff Himmel, Tim Jarvis, Mark Killingsworth
Hair Department: Ned Neidhardt, Karin Hanson
Mold Technicians: Joe Gomez, Mike McFarland, Tom Ovenshire, Robert Ramos,
Bryan Smith, Hillary Vinot, Mike Peterson
Model Shop Supervisor: Damion Fisher
Sculptors: Greg Smith, John Weldy
Conceptual Designer: Constantine Sekeris
Casting: Steve Buscaino, Lance Gilmer, Ben Rittenhouse, Sam Sainz, Mark
Viniello
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Nick Allder
Floor Supervisor: Kevin Draycott
Special Effects Coordinator: Barbora Kolárová
Special Effects Foreman: Kevin Herd
Special Effects Senior Technicians: Jeff Clifford, Dominic Tuohy
Special Effects Technicians: Garth Gutteridge, Steve Paton, David Watson,
Jan Kubes, Jan Trnka, John Hatt, Karel Sebl, Ladislav Sindelár, Mark
Grew, Roman Holub
Additional Special Effects: Flash Barrandov, Special Effects Unlimited
Inc
Modellers: Jaroslav Tittelbach, Jaroslav Hejkal
Vampire 'Look' Consultant: Timothy Bradstreet
VISUAL EFFECTS
Executive in Charge of Visual Effects: Lauren Ritchie
Visual Effects Supervisor: Nicholas Brooks
Visual Effects Producer: Susan MacLeod
Production Coordinator: Kandece Brown
Visual Effects Editors: Dirk Westervelt, Peter S. Elliot
Motion Control Operator: Eric Pascarelli
Main Title Sequence Design / Production: Imaginary Forces
Opticals: Pacific Title
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Additional Digital Visual Effects: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc
Framestore CFC
Digital Visual Effects / Digital Timing: Framestore CFC
THE IMAGE RESOLUTION INC
Additional Visual Effects: The Image Resolution Inc
PACIFIC TITLE DIGITAL
Additional Visual Effects: Pacific Title Digital
Pixel Magic
Additional Visual Effects: Pixel Magic
RIOT Pictures
Additional Visual Effects: RIOT Pictures
Tippett Studio
Digital Effects / Creature Stunts: Tippett Studio
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Carol Spier
Supervising Art Director: Elinor Rose Galbraith
Art Director [Prague]: Jaromír Svarc
On-Set Art Director: Jan Zázvorka
Senior Set Designer: Michael Madden
Set Designers: Gordon White, Milena Koubková, Zdenek Lstiburek
Set Decorators: Peter P. Nicolakakos
Scenic Artists: John Bannister, Pavel Pavlík, MichaelaFirdmucová, Ivan
Vosecky, Josef Bolf, Jan Blazícek
Draftsmen: Milena Koubková, Zdenek Lstiburek
Junior Draftsmen: Martin Senberger, Petr Sedivy
Storyboard Artists: Leon Duranona, Nikita Knatz
Additional Storyboard Artists: John Pudisi, David Barto
Concept Designer: Ty Ruben Ellingson
MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Lori Wyant
Script Supervisor [Los Angeles Reshoots]: Claudine Strasser [uncredited]
Production Controller: Alex Matcham
Production Controller [New Line]: Paul Prokop
Stage Manager: Petr Moravec
Visual Consultants: Wayne Barlowe, Mike Mignola
Choreography: Ladislav Beran
Lead Armourer: Carl Schmidt
Armourers: Frantisek Mésícek, Miroslav Hasek
Armoury Equipment: Bapty and Co, London; Flash Barrandov
Helicopter Pilots: Daniel Tucek, Libor Hatas, Heico Zimmer
LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA; Prague, Czech Republic; Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Location Manager: Doug Dresser
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Jeff Ward
Czech Stunt Coordinator: Pavel Cajzl
Fight Coordinators: Jeff Ward, Wesley Snipes, Clay Fortenot
Martial Arts Choreography: Donnie Yen
CASTING
Casting: Nancy Foy
UK Casting: Jeremy Zimmerman
Prague Casting: Nancy Bishop
US Casting Associate: Kim Everett-Martin
Prague Casting Associate: Olga Záhorbenská
UK Casting Associate: Andrea Clark
ADR Voice Casting: L.A. MadDogs
CAST
Wesley Snipes [Blade]
Kris Kristofferson [Whistler]
Ron Perlman [Rienhardt]
Leonor Varela [Nyssa]
Norman Reedus [Scud]
Thomas Kretschmann [Eli Damaskinos]
Luke Goss [Nomak]
Matthew Schulze [Chupa]
Danny John-Jules [Asad]
Donnie Yen [Snowman]
Karel Roden [Carter Kounen]
Marit Velle Kile [Verlaine]
Tony Curran [priest]
Daz Crawford [Lighthammer]
Santiago Segura [Rush]
Xuyen Tu Valdivia [Jigsaw]
Marek Vasut [Golem]
Pete Lee-Wilson [blood bank doctor / reaper]
Paul Kasey [blood
bank guard / reaper]
Andrea Miltner [blood bank nurse]
Ladislav Beran [drug dealer]
Jirí Sieber [blood bank guard]
Bridge Markland [vampire with exposed spine]
Jamie Wilson, Stuart Luis, Ladislav Mohyla, Jan Malík, Jan Révai, Mario
Wild, Tómas Böhm, Zdenek Bubák, Jan Loukota, Jan Bursa, Petr Krusalnicky,
Jaroslav Misek [reapers]
Karel Vávrovec [St Cloud]
Jaroslav Peterka [Choad]
Milos Kulhavy [Little G]
Ivan Mares [Tea Bag]
Lennox Brown [man in London porno shop]
André Hyde-Braithwaite [young Blade]
Stand In For Wesley Snipes: Lennox Brown
Stand-Ins: Marianna Krenova, Nickolas Dylan Rossi
SUMMARY
Vampires are being struck down by a condition known as The Reaper that
provokes in them a bloodlust so powerful that they will even feed on
each other, spreading the infection and creating new Reapers. Blade
is asked by his arch-enemies, the vampire's Shadow Council to help and
he reluctantly teams up with The Bloodpack, an group of vampire commandoes.
But will even they be enough to prevent the destruction of both Mankind
and the vampires?
CAPSULE REVIEW
Despite a better script and more interesting director at the helm,
Blade II simply takes all the flaws of the first film [the relentless
machismo, Snipes' ludicrous posturing, a clichéd "sunglasses after
dark" take on vampirism, Kris Kristofersson] and adds some new
ones for good measure [action scenes edited so badly you can't see what's
going on, terrible CGI effects and a hopeless supporting cast,
including a criminally wasted Donnie Yen]. Snipes gives all three of
his expressions [stoical, slightly hurt, snarling] a good work out and
manages to survive the climactic and very physical hand-to-hand fight
without ever losing his shades. Del Toro should go back to making his
smaller, more personal and infinitely better films very quickly...
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Theatrical Distributor: Distribution Company
Belgium
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution
France
Theatrical Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Bros. GmbH
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Eagle Pictures
Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution
Netherlands
Theatrical Distributor: RCV Film Distribution
Spain
Theatrical Distributor: TriPictures S.A.
Sweden
Theatrical Distributor: Svensk Filmindustri (SF) AB
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributor: New Line Cinema
DVD Distributor: New Line Home Video [Platinum Series N5554]
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 16
Brazil
Rating: 14
Finland
Rating: K-15
France
Rating: -12
Germany
Rating: 18
Ireland
Rating: 18
Netherlands
Rating: 16
New Zealand
Rating: R18
Norway
Rating: 18
Singapore
Rating: NC-16
Spain
Rating: 18
Sweden
Rating: 15
Switzerland
Rating: 16
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R [for strong pervasive violence, language, some drug use and
sexual content]
AWARDS
2002
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, USA
Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award Male [Luke Goss] - nominated
Bogey Awards, Germany
Bogey Award - winner
TIMELINE
2001
March
Day Unknown: Czech Republic - filming begins
August
Day Unknown: Czech Republic - filming ends
2002
March
21: USA - theatrical premiere
22: USA - theatrical release
27: Philippines - theatrical premiere
29: UK - theatrical release
April
2: Philippines - theatrical release
4: Singapore, South Korea - theatrical release
12: Iceland - theatrical release; Netherlands - shown at the Fantastic
Film Festival
18: Israel - theatrical release
19: Spain - theatrical release
25: New Zealand - theatrical release
May
2: Finland, Germany, Switzerland [German speaking region] - theatrical
release
3: Austria - theatrical release
8: Sweden - theatrical release
9: Russia - theatrical release
31: Denmark - theatrical release
June
7: Mexico, Poland - theatrical release
12: Belgium - theatrical release
13: Netherlands - theatrical release
14: Norway - theatrical release
15: Japan - theatrical release
19: France - theatrical release
21: Brazil, Estonia - theatrical release
27: Hungary, Peru - theatrical release
July
4: Czech Republic - theatrical release
11: Australia - theatrical release
August
1: Argentina - theatrical release
16: Italy - theatrical release
23: Colombia, Turkey - theatrical release
2002
September
3: USA - DVD release [New Line Home Video [Platinum Series N5554]]
December
5: USA - television broadcast [on IN2]
POSTER TAGS
Know The Mark
One Man Still Has The Edge
One man is still the cutting edge
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Blade 2: Bloodhunt - working title
Blade 2: Bloodlust - working title
Blade - wieczny lowca 2 - Polish title
Blade II - O Caçador de Vampiros - Brazilian title
Blade II: Cazador de vampiros - Argentinian title
Penge 2 - Hungarian title
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Blade [1998]
SEE ALSO
Bram Stoker's Dracula
[1992]
Darkstalkers III [1998]
Dracula [1980]
The Matrix [1999]
Night Warriors [1998]
Nosferatu,
eine Symphonie des Grauens [1922]
Vampire Hunter
D: Bloodlust [2000]
Vampire Hunter: The Animated Series [1997]
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Entertainment Weekly 29 March 2002 p.47
[USA]
review [He's So Vein by Owen Gleiberman]
epd Film vol.19 no.5 [1 May 2002] p.40
[Germany]
review [Wesley Snipes jagt Vampire in den Katakomben von Prag by
Hans Schifferle]
Fangoria no.213 [June 2002] p.6 [USA]
letter
film dienst vol.55 no.9 [23 April 2002]
p.24 [Germany]
review [by Oliver Rahayel]
NEWSPAPERS
Svenska Dagbladet 10 May 2002 [Sweden]
review [Hjärndöd skräckaction sannerligen en syn för ögat (3/6)
by Stefan Spjut]
KEYWORDS
comic into film; vampires; blood; swords; marvel comics; secret headquarters;
sequels; superheroes; the supernatural; vampire slayers; impalement;
blood banks; genetic engineering; martial arts; nightclubs; sewers;
autopsies; helicopters; scalpels; skeletons; tattoos; decapitations
Last Updated:
6 March, 2007
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