Passes the Bechdel test
Blade II
2002. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, written by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan and David S. Goyer.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 141. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Disagree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
A rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community. The Reaper. A vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans, transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into Reapers themselves. Now their quickly expanding population threatens the existence of vampires, and soon there won't be enough humans in the world to satisfy their bloodlust. Blade, Whistler and an armory expert named Scud are curiously summoned by the Shadow Council. The council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require Blade's assistance. Blade then tenuously enters into an alliance with The Bloodpack, an elite team of vampires trained in all modes of combat to defeat the Reaper threat. Blade's team and the Bloodpack are the only line of defense which can prevent the Reaper population from wiping out the vampire and human populations.
- Released
- 22 Mar 2002
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- IMDb
- 6.7 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Awards
- 6 wins & 10 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Blade 133 lines, man
- Nyssa 71 lines, woman
- Whistler 71 lines, man
- Scud 52 lines, man
- Damaskinos 29 lines, man
- Reinhardt 26 lines, man
- Chupa 20 lines, man
- Stevens 18 lines, man
- Asad 16 lines, man
- Nomak 14 lines, man
Full cast, 47 people
- Wesley Snipes as Blade
- Kris Kristofferson as Whistler
- Ron Perlman as Reinhardt
- Leonor Varela as Nyssa
- Norman Reedus as Scud
- Thomas Kretschmann as Damaskinos
- Luke Goss as Nomak
- Matt Schulze as Chupa
- Danny John-Jules as Asad
- Donnie Yen as Snowman
- Karel Roden as Kounen
- Marit Velle Kile as Verlaine
- Tony Curran as Priest
- Daz Crawford as Lighthammer
- Santiago Segura as Rush
- Samuel Le as Jigsaw
- Marek Vašut as Golem
- Pete Lee-Wilson as Blood Bank Doctor / Reaper
- Paul Kasey as Blood Bank Guard / Reaper
- Andrea Miltner as Blood Bank Nurse
- Ladislav Beran as Drug Dealer
- Jiří Maria Sieber as Blood Bank Guard
- Bridge Markland as Vampire with Exposed Spine
- Jamie Wilson as Reaper
- Stuart Luis as Reaper
- Ladislav Mohyla as Reaper
- Jan Malík as Reaper
- Jan Révai as Reaper
- Mário Wild as Reaper
- Tomáš Böhm as Reaper
- Zdenek Bubák as Reaper
- Jan Loukota as Reaper
- Jan Bursa as Reaper
- Petr Krusalnicky as Reaper
- Jaroslav Misek as Reaper
- Karel Vávrovec as St. Cloud
- Jaroslav Peterka as Choad
- Miloš Kulhavý as Little G
- Ivan Mareš as Tea Bag
- Lennox Brown as Man in London Porno Shop
- André Hyde-Braithwaite as Young Blade
- Pavel Cajzl as Moscow Vampire (uncredited)
- Olga Lounová as Prostitute (uncredited)
- Stephen R. Peluso as Paramedic (uncredited)
- John Salvitti as Moscow Vampire Attacking Blade (uncredited)
- Kenji Tanigaki as Moscow Vampire Attacking Blade (uncredited)
- Michael Woods as Moscow Vampire Attacking Blade (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 141
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 to 27 | 2 | 32 |
| 28 to 30 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 9 | 28 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 to 45 | 7 | 31 |
| 46 to 48 | 2 | 7 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 52 to 54 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 57 | 1 | 1 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 2 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 1 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 1 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 3 |
| 70 to 72 | 0 | 3 |
| 73 to 75 | 6 | 23 |
| 76 to 78 | 11 | 32 |
| 79 to 81 | 4 | 20 |
| 82 to 84 | 3 | 23 |
| 85 to 87 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 4 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 4 |
| 94 to 96 | 3 | 5 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 5 |
| 103 to 105 | 2 | 12 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 4 |
| 115 to 117 | 15 | 41 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 28 |
| 121 to 123 | 2 | 16 |
| 124 to 126 | 0 | 1 |
| 127 to 129 | 0 | 3 |
| 130 to 132 | 0 | 0 |
| 133 to 135 | 0 | 4 |
| 136 to 138 | 8 | 11 |
| 139 to 141 | 0 | 4 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
VERLAINE: Screw that, where did Snowman go? NYSSA: Jesus, they were playing possum!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 16 are women's.
77 lines from women, 391 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
5 women and 38 men in the cast. 2 women and 12 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 72 of 484.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 71 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 19% of the words (965), men 81% (4,009). Women have 16% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
45
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 12 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Guillermo del Toro (man)
- Written by
- David S. Goyer (man)
- Produced by
- Peter Frankfurt (gender not listed), Patrick J. Palmer (man), Wesley Snipes (man), Tomáš Krejčí (man)
- Shot by
- Gabriel Beristain (man)
- Edited by
- Peter Amundson (man)
- Music by
- Marco Beltrami (man)
- Production design by
- Carol Spier (woman)
- Costumes by
- Wendy Partridge (woman)
- Cast by
- Nancy Foy (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Production
6 women, 15 men, 17 not listed
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Other crew
2 women, 16 men, 18 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 11 men, 22 not listed
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Sound
1 women, 25 men, 6 not listed
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Art
3 women, 13 men, 8 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 8 men, 8 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
4 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Editing
0 women, 4 men, 4 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 29 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Leonor Varela 29
Men
Matt Schulze 29, Norman Reedus 33, Luke Goss 33, Donnie Yen 38, Wesley Snipes 39, Thomas Kretschmann 39, Danny John-Jules 41, Ron Perlman 51, Kris Kristofferson 65
Exhibit H: the money
It made 2.9 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $54 million
- Box office
- $155 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 141 scenes and 484 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
