I dunno why I bothered watching this. I knew how it was going to end, but Beckinsale is rather lovely, I suppose.

Not sure it makes much sense, really, and there's hardly any smart werewolf versus vampire fights (oh wait, there weren't any in the first film either, never mind). Just run-of-the-mill.

To quote on of my brother's friends after we wtched the first one: "Well that was a pile of arse". Although, thinking about it, it would have made more sense to say "well that was an arse pile" but it was amusing at the time nonetheless.

Do I take it the sequel falls somewhat into the same category?

Aren't the Asgard supposedly technologically superior?

More of the same, mate, yes. The first one was enjoyably brainless even if it did make me drop a whole ten points of IQ, but this was just unimaginative, and I couldn't even switch off and enjoy it.

Some films you can just not think about (Crpenter's Ghosts of Mars, f'r'instance) and it's a fun ride, but only the first few times. This was like watching Underworld again.