Blood Pack
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The Bloodpack (l-r) Chupa, Nyssa, Asad, Verlaine, Reinhardt and Snowman |
The
Blood Pack is a
fictional group of vampires featured in the
2002 film
Blade II directed by
Guillermo del Toro. 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.
* 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.
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Snowman battling a Reaper. |
* 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'.
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Blade II - Official Site
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Variety - A lawsuit article
