New York Times
"....Dense on imagery, mood and plot. Happily, it exults in its lurid and gruesome absurdity....A 'B' picture in love with the zest of its comic-book origins, it embodies that medium's pulse-pounding spiritedness and silliness..." 03/22/2002 p.E12USA Today
"...Snipes gives a looser, cooler performance this time around..." 03/22/2002 p.5E Box Office
"...There are twists and turns aplenty, zippy one-liners and enough firepower to flatten a major metropolis. BLADE II trumps its predecessor..." 05/01/2002 p.58 Los Angeles Times
"...BLADE II has superior production values and visual and special effects....Snipes again combines a formidable physical presence with a depth of feeling and capacity for reflection unusual for an incarnation of a comic book hero..." 03/22/2002 p.C10 Hollywood Reporter
"...Technically impressive....BLADE II is infused with maximum energy by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro..." 03/20/2002 p.13-26 Sight and Sound
"...Darker, faster....There are plenty of gruesome or startling moments..." 06/01/2002 p.38-9 Total Film
"...What style, what energy and what a bloody great sequel..." 06/01/2002 p.107 Variety
"...Snipes once again provides the proper amount of ultracool gravitas as he slices, dices, shoots and scores in the title role..." 03/25/2002 p.36 Chicago Sun-Times
"...A really rather brilliant vomitorium of viscera....The movie is an improvement on BLADE, which was pretty good..." 03/22/2002 p.31 | 
