Was kind of surprised to see them slam the 2nd one, but I think a lot of people have the sequels conflated in their heads. I just rewatched both this weekend and realized I definitely prefer it.
- All the stuff with the Reapers and the vampire squad Blade works with to hunt them just feels much more cohesive than the drama with Frost and the Council Of Vampire Cucks.
- 4 additional years of CGI technology advancement and a director in Del Toro who both brings so much of his own visual flair and is great at combining practical stuff with it makes all the difference. There's like a handful of shots where it's clearly just 2 animated characters throwing eachother around and it took me out of it a bit, but they're few and far between.
- The amount of double crosses might be too much for some people but all the one-upsmanship with Blade & Ron Perlman / Whistler & Stoned Norman Reedus completely worked for me.
- Donnie fucking Yen is in this and he clearly either had a part in the fight choreography or brought some Hong Kong people over with him, because all the hand-to-hand stuff is on a complete other level in this one.
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