Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Posted : 4 months ago at Mar 2 8:40

I really enjoy del Toro's stuff, and the first two movies in this series are no exception. I will say though that I liked the first movie better, it had a bit more love and emotion to it while this one seemed more fantasy and magic driven. There is of course the political message tossed in there about nature and such, and that we should be accepting of each other and our differences. But, I don't really think that "ruins" the movie, I still enjoy the action, the characters and the overall tone. I was extra mad at myself too that I didn't pick up on Seth MacFarlane's voice until the credits, shame on me.

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago at Nov 27 6:38

''Let this remind you why you once feared the dark... '' A mythical prince starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world yet again from a certain unstoppable Golden Army. Ron Perlman: Hellboy Hellboy 2 is one of the most unexpected pleasures and combinations of genres I've seen in a while. Not only is this Hellboy sequel a comic book film but it's also a mixture of fantasy, imagination and comedy, light and dark. Del Toro has taken the whole idea and turned it upside down and what comes about as an end result truly is refreshing. We have John Hurt popping up yet again in a much needed flashback prelude to explain about the film's backbone, the golden army. We have a new wonderful villain in the form of Princ...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 12 22:26

Guillermo Del Torro's Hellboy 2: THe Golden army opens with an awesome introduction. with a younger version of beast himself in 1955 New mexico in which John Hurt is telling Hellboy(Ron Perlman) a bed time story about the Golden army. then as usual winds up fighting the army itself of course with some help from Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and johann Krauss (Seth Macfarlane) who is the new addition to the family. Luke Goss provides one hell of a performance as the villain Prince Nuada who will stop at nothing to rise the golden army. and is well supported by Anna Walton Who plays his sister Princess Nuala who later develops a love interest for abe. it was great to see Gullermo Bring back John Hurt even though it was only for one scene. and master yet another w...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Jul 12 5:24

Much to my surprise, "Hellboy II" was very, very good. I wasn't even a fan of the original movie, but the previews to this one totally sold me. You can immediately see the "Pan's Labyrinth" influence in some of the new characters. I even think the little fairies from the film can be seen flying around in the Troll Market area. There were also 'tooth fairies' in the film as well, but they weren't the least bit friendly! I just think the cast of characters and the story was so much better this time around. The addition of Johann Krauss -- a new freaky good guy -- was a really big plus. On top of all that, the fighting scenes were all quite entertaining. While I'm not a big fan of having a lot of comedy mixed in with my action flicks, the humor in this movie is pretty good. To see He...Read more

Rating : 9/10