Blade II

In 1998, Blade was a risky movie, but it paid off. It was fantastic, Wesley Snipes was great in the lead role, and it can be argued that it provided the platform for the modern day success of the comic book movie as a genre.

Some people may believe that its sequel – 2002’s Blade II – was an inferior movie, but its Rotten Tomatoes score (57 percent) is higher than that of its predecessor (55 percent). Both scores, however, are ridiculously low, given the quality of the movies.

Blade II had a far more convincing villain in Jared Nomak (Deacon Frost was cool, but just didn’t look intimidating enough), and the introduction of the Reapers and the Bloodpack made for a far more entertaining movie experience.

And now, let’s meet the first mutant on our list.