Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 203
Fresh: 176 | Rotten: 27
Del Toro crafts a stellar comic book sequel, boasting visuals that are as imaginative as the characters are endearing.
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 5
Del Toro crafts a stellar comic book sequel, boasting visuals that are as imaginative as the characters are endearing.
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Ron Perlman returns to the role of the big red BPRD agent in this sequel to 2004's Hellboy, directed once again by Guillermo del Toro and scripted as before in collaboration with original Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. For centuries, an ancient truce has kept the naïve citizens of the human race safe from the horrors of the invisible realm -- but that's all about to change, and fast. A ruthless leader has emerged in the invisible realm, a tyrant just as comfortable walking the surface realm as he
Jun 28, 2008 Wide
Nov 11, 2008
$75.8M
Universal Pictures
All Critics (206) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (179) | Rotten (28) | DVD (7)
Very good stuff.
Hellboy II, though not as keenly conceived or nimbly executed as its predecessor, is still likable entertainment.
One can't help but wonder whether Del Toro hasn't misjudged the balance between comedy and gravity in this sequel.
If you didn't know that there's a Troll Market underneath the east tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, you need to brush up on your monstrosities with the help of Guillermo del Toro's hugely inventive -- and smashingly beautiful -- Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
Unlike many action filmmakers, del Toro doesn't thrill to the hardware of manmade technology. He prefers the soft, organic textures of flesh, and his trove of imaginary beasties is unmatched in modern fantasy filmmaking.
The talented fantasy filmmaker and heir to the Lord of the Rings throne gets the tone right throughout Hellboy 2, and the hip retro charm alone is enough to merit recommendation.
Style over substance, no doubt, but when you've got this much style who cares?
Hellboy II is still very entertaining, even if it is simultaneously a little lackluster, and fans of the original are sure to like it. It probably won't hold up well on repeat viewings though.
Imaginative, campy comic book fun; lots of scares.
Thank goodness, then, for Guillermo del Toro, who puts the comic back into comic book with his hugely entertaining Hellboy sequel.
Army fulfills every sci-fi fantasy around, but watching Hellboy find his purpose, contemplate his newly complicated future, or recall his past is where the real awe of the premise is found, not by dancing the "Monster Mash" until your eyes bleed.
An unfulfilling show
Even with the quirky superhero conflicts, there isn't a line you have not heard or a fight you cannot predict.
Hellboy II looks ravishing - but from Guillermo del Toro, who made Pan's Labyrinth, it's a let-down.
If the first Hellboy was about the loss of our fathers and the mystery of where we come from, Hellboy II centers on where we are going, and what we do when the mantle passes.
bonus content will take you longer to watch than the film itself
Give me the first Hellboy any day, but it's always fun to see the new creatures Del Toro comes up with for his netherworlds.
That ranting, beer guzzling gym body and incidental baby daddy with castrated horns and receding hairline, goes toe to toe at hyper-decibel noise rackets with assorted nightmarish creatures too numerous too mention in a mere review.
Impressiona pela escala e pela criatividade.
The makeup and costumes are great, but for something so otherwise creative, the story is obvious and predictable.
Monster mash springs to mind with this sequel hehe its good, plain and simple. With a better story line and more action this Hellboy is a better animal than the first. The film looks really good, its dark, gloomy and goth and at the same time bright, full of imagination and kinda mythical. Everyone looks great..'old
July 23, 2008Super Reviewer
Considering, I'm not that that big a fan of Hellboy, I thought this sequel was pretty good. I very much preferred this film over the first, and I thought it was much more engaging than the first. I usually have mixed feelings about Ron Perlman, but he was pretty good here. This is a pretty good action film. I enjoyed
November 30, 2011
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