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Blade II (2002)
Where Blade II says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
The vampire capital was filmed in two Prague districts, and the street named on screen is not the one in the shot.
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Scenes and places
The blood bank on Pařížská (2002)
Jared Nomak sits through a donor interview, answering questions about next of kin with 'No one.' Then a rare blood result brings the staff into the room, and they turn out to be vampires. It is the first look at the man the film's hunt is built around.
Set in Pařížská Street blood bank, Prague — The on-screen caption places the vampires' blood bank on Pařížská Street in Prague.
An ordinary tenement street in Karlín dressed as a vampire blood bank.
Blade's hideout (2002)
Blade guards Whistler through the night and tells him that when the blinds open in the morning, he'll be cured or not. Then Scud, a cheerful armorer, walks in with upgrades for the weapons.
Set in Blade's hideout, Prague — The base where Blade keeps Whistler and where his new weapons man works.
A blog calls the base a disused Soviet missile factory; where it stood is not stated.
The night flight over Prague (2002)
Blade is flown above Prague's lights toward a meeting with the vampire rulers who offered a truce.
Set in Over Prague at night — Blade is flown over the lit-up city to a meeting with the vampire rulers.
The square seen from above is Prague's main boulevard, closed at one end by the National Museum.
Filmed at Wenceslas Square (Nové Město · Wenceslas Square, Prague, Czechia) — A blog reads the lit street with the National Museum's end in the aerial shot as Wenceslas Square.
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Meeting Damaskinos (2002)
Blade, who has hunted vampires all his life, is told by their overlord that a new pathogen called the Reaper is loose. The truce offer asks him to hunt it with the vampires' own elite squad.
Set in Damaskinos's stronghold, Prague — The seat of the Vampire Nation's overlord, built as a set and extended with CGI.
Strahov hosts a huge stadium on a hill above western Prague.
Filmed at Great Strahov Stadium, Strahov (Strahov, Prague, Czechia) — A blog places the set beside the stadium; most of the building is CGI. The point is the stadium, not the set.
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The attack under the viaduct (2002)
Nomak, driven by the thirst Damaskinos described, attacks someone on a night street. It shows what Blade and the vampires are up against.
Set in Night street, Prague — A night crossroads where Nomak attacks a passer-by.
A brick railway viaduct above Karlín, one of Prague's oldest.
Filmed at Negrelli Viaduct, Karlín (Karlín · Negrelli Viaduct, Prague, Czechia) — A blog names the Sokolovská and Prvního pluku crossing by the arches; the coordinate is the whole viaduct.
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Down into the sewers (2002)
Blade and the Bloodpack follow the trail underground. Packed into tight tunnels, the team finds the Reapers' hiding place.
Set in Prague's sewers, Reaper nest — The tunnels under the city where Blade's team looks for the Reapers.
Barrandov in southern Prague is one of Europe's largest film studios.
Filmed at Barrandov Studios (Hlubočepy · Barrandov, Prague, Czechia) — The sewers and the nest interior were studio sets; Barrandov and Prague Studios are named as the film's studios.
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Filmed at Strahov Stadium area (Strahov, Prague, Czechia) — Sunset over Prague
Filmed at Petrská street, below St. Peter's Church tower (Nové Město · Petrská, Prague, Czechia) — Time-lapse street at dusk
Characters
- Blade — A half-vampire hunter who can walk in daylight.
- Abraham Whistler — Blade's mentor and weapons maker, whom Blade searches for in Prague.
- Jared Nomak — A vampire anomaly who feeds on both humans and vampires.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Prague blood bank in Blade II really filmed?