(rated R, 108 mins.) Exploding from the pages of Marvel Comics comes the thrilling follow-up to the blockbuster Blade. Blade (Wesley Snipes) is half man and half vampire and consumed by a desire to avenge the curse of his birth and save the human race from a blood-drenched Armageddon. Yeah, sure. Seems these filmmakers saw The Matrix and decided to go for it. Wrong. Kris Kristofferson portrays Whistler, Blade’s sidekick, which explains where no-where-to-be-seen-on-screen-Kristofferson’s acting career has headed. Together the two take on a high-powered team of “Bloodpack” vampires attempting higher levels of evil like nothing they’ve ever faced. Couldn’t they just bite a few necks?
