Blood Pack (Blade II)
The Blood Pack is a fictional group of vampires featured in the 2002 film Blade II directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Template:Spoiler In the film, Blade is approached by the vampires to deal with a potential problem in Jared Nomak, the carrier of a new form of the vampire virus dubbed the Reaper Strain. To assist him, Blade is given command of the Blood Pack, who had been previously training for two years to hunt Blade himself. The group is comprised of 8 members, all of which are vampires. They are: Reinhardt (Ron Perlman), Nyssa Damaskinos (Leonor Varela), Chupa (Matt Schulze), Asad (Danny John-Jules), Snowman (Donnie Yen), Verlaine (Marit Velle Kile), Priest (Tony Curran) and Lighthammer (Daz Crawford). When they first meet Blade there is obviously some mistrust, an attitude that only intensifies as they battle Nomak and the Reapers. After Priest is killed and several attempts to track and destroy Nomak have failed, Chupa suggests that they just kill Blade and go after the Reapers on their own. Eventually, all of the members of the Bloodpack are killed by the end of the film.
Reinhardt
Reinhardt is the member of the bloodpack who most despises Blade, when the two first meet, Reinhardt gets in a physical conflict with Blade and ends up with an explosive device stuck to the back of his head. Blade plans to set it off anyone so much as looks at him wrong. Reinhardt survived the Bloodpacks first mission to the House of Pain, and fought bravely in the Bloodpack's mission to the sewers. It is there that he revealed himself as a serveant of the vampires and assisted them in capturing Blade. Blade set off the bomb, but apparently it was a fake, Reinhardt pulled the device from his head. Reinhardt was sliced in hald by Blade, ending his life.
Chupa
A member of the Bloodpack, Chupa survived the mission to the house of pain, but was slain by reapers, during their trip to the sewers.
Priest
A member of the Bloodpack, Priest was bitten by a reaper during the Bloodpack's mission at the House of Pain. He was burnt by sunlight while he was turning.
Snowman
A member of the Bloodpack, Snowman is of asian culture and used a katana as his primary weapon, unlike the other members. He survived the House of Pain mission, but was slain by Lighthammer while in the sewers.
Lighthammer
A member of the Bloodpack, Lighthammer is a barbarian-style brute who uses a warhammer as his primary weapon. He was bitten by a reaper during a trip to the house of pain, but was burnt by sunlight after he turned while in the sewers.
Verlaine
A member of the Bloodpack,Verlaine is Lighthammer's lover. She killed herself and Lighthammer by letting the sunlight burn them alive.
Deaths
- Priest- Gets bitten by a Reaper, then goes in flames when hit by the sun.
- Snowman- Gets killed by Lighthammer in the sewer.
- Verlaine- Opens the sewer lid in daylight trying to escape from Lighthammer, killing herself.
- Lighthammer- Dies in Verlaine's sunlight escape.
- Chupa- Swarmed by Reapers in the sewer.
- Asad- Dragged underwater and bitten to death by Reapers in the sewer.
- Reinhardt- Cut in half by Blade.
- Nyssa- Is bitten by Nomak and commits suicide by laying in the sunlight.
Trivia
- Upon meeting Blade, it is implied that Reinhardt was originally intended to be the leader of the team.
- Lighthammer and Verlaine are lovers.
- Verlaine is also the younger sister of Racquel, the vampiress played by Traci Lords, who was killed by Blade at the beginning of the first film.
- The character on Snowman's armor is the Japanese kanji 'yuki' which means 'snow'.
References
- Blade II - Official Site
- Blade II at IMDb
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- Variety - A lawsuit article