The Vampires aren't the only things that end up full of holes

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 2002)

So I just sat through this movie which is supposed to be a sequel to the best sleeper hit of '98.
Sometimes I wonder that when the director, writers and producers are sitting in the screening room and watch the final cut do they say to themselves that 'that's some of my best work' because I seriously doubt it. Its probably more like 'that will do cause the cinema audiences of the world are mindless peebs and I've already got lots of money so what the hell'. I just figured they tested this film to three chickens and a farm hand in a barn somewhere.
I bet I got you thinking that I hated this movie, well you'd be wrong I loved Blade and Blade 2 will take a permanent place in my DVD collection, but a couple of questions
*Spoilers Spoilers Spoilers*
1, Did Dr Karen Jenson who was quite alive at the end of the first movie and who most likely got straight to work on a 'better serum' go on vacation or something? I mean you could explain her absence in five lines
Whistler: "so what happened to that girlfriend you had"
Blade: "oh you mean Karen, who I risked my life saving by going up against Deacon Frost?"
Whistler: "Yeah that's her, so where is she then"
Blade: "she went to Memphis and opened a vampire themed Elvis bar"
Whistler: "well thats a shame, well at least i know why she isn't here (winks to camera)"
2, what the hell was the point in the scud character? He didn't do anything that whistler or the vampires couldn't have done themselves.
The vampires didn't need to break in the Blades hideout they could've just knocked on the door so there was no need for scud to let them in.
Whistler could have been in the van while the team were in the House of Pain and he could of designed the UV flash grenades after all he built a lot of other stuff.
As for scud's oh so clever deception the only reason for that was to get the bomb of the back of Rhindharts head.
Oh and finally he was a extremely poor character, yeah a pot smoking twenty-something if I want to seen one of those I'd watch Jay and Silent Bob strike back (Great Movie).
3. Not that I'm really complaining (Whistler is a great character) but are we really meant to believe that after Whistler shot himself in the head that the Vampire clan would actually bother to take his body and spend millions of dollars keeping him in a vat of blood for four years. Maybe, I suppose, but why not explain it a little better?
Ok spleen vented, on the upside this movie did have some really cool action scenes and one-liners, I loved the very last scene in a Soho peep show, excellent and the wrestling stuff that was cool too.
So in conclusion if you like some ass kicking and Vampires then this is the movie for you, just try and forget that the first one was a much better movie.
Here's hoping the DVD has some deleted scenes that explain some things (or at least have a commentary that apologises).