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| Blade II |
Sequels are rarely known to better their originals, yet del Toro managed the rare feat of inspiring unanimous praise for his hyperkinetic contribution to the
Blade trilogy (based on the Marvel Comics' hero).
Wesley Snipes returned to take up the role of the conflicted part-human/part-vampire crusader in a film invested by del Toro with neo-noir atmospherics and breathlessly staged set pieces.
The Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert enthused: "[Del Toro] doesn't depend on computers to impress with fancy fight scenes. He brings his creepy phobias along with him. You can sense the difference between a movie that's a technical exercise and one steamed in the dread cauldrons of the filmmaker's imagination".
