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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 167 Fresh: 146 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
Del Toro crafts a stellar comic book sequel, boasting visuals that are as imaginative as the characters are endearing.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Theatrical Release: Jul 11, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $52,534,295
Synopsis: With a signature blend of action, humor and character-based spectacle, the saga of the world's toughest, kitten-loving hero from Hell continues to unfold in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army. Bigger muscle, badder weapons and more ungodly villains arrive in an epic vision of imagination from... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Screenwriter: Guillermo Del Toro
Story: Guillermo Del Toro, Mike Mignola
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Guillermo Del Toro
Story: Guillermo Del Toro, Mike Mignola
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson
Composer: Danny Elfman
Reviews
Del Toro seems to use this movie as batting practice for The Hobbit.
07/22/08
Hellboy II: The Golden Army is not a sequel that soars to new heights, but it does slip into a nice summer-movie comfort zone . . .
07/22/08
Further proof that franchises' second films can be better than the first. This one tops the original in a number of ways, not the least of which is its creative inventiveness.
07/22/08
Brimming with inventive monsters and sets straight out of a fairy tale. Albeit an especially vicious one that would put most kids back into Huggies, but a fairy tale all the same.
07/22/08
Despite my complaints, this is one gargantuan action film that succeeds in creating an entertaining fantasy universe.
07/21/08
Surprisingly rich entertainment, even takes on well known series: Star Wars, LOTR, & Die Hard; framed squarely within a sub-par opening and weak ending. Still, I liked it!
07/19/08
The most likely response is, with a shrug of the shoulders, 'Yeah, that was great... Can't wait for Dark Night.'
07/19/08
Hellboy II, like the recent Chronicles of Narnia sequel, sacrifices story and character on the altar of action, effects and underwhelming creatures.
07/18/08
Del Toro's compositions are dense with effects and background creatures, and he clearly sympathizes with the misfits and monsters who are weary of humankind's greed and ecological destructiveness; yet the movie is light on its feet and generous of spirit.
07/18/08
The film itself is lovely, a breathless feast of fantasy anchored by an authentic humanism.
07/17/08
The fact that the setup works for a second round can be attributed Perlman's ability to juggle brash enthusiasm with hardened sarcasm.
07/16/08
The Golden Army's insultingly simplistic cast of a thousand Bosch and Star Wars creatures distracts from the identity-crisis that ought to be the point of a second installment and a larger vision.
07/16/08
While this sequel to the 2004 feature doesn't lack for visual wonders, it's utterly clumsy in the storytelling department, a genuine shock given del Toro's usual ability to spin a tall tale.
07/16/08
Here's a comic-book movie with a heart, a soul, a brain and a personality of its own -- as personal in its own way as del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.
07/16/08
Guillermo Del Toro's love for creature features comes through, but his story is uncomfortably rote in this visually dynamic comic book sequel.
07/15/08
Go to the movies long enough and you'll eventually find yourself rooting for a blood red, horned monster-man from hell.
07/15/08
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