Official Site: HellboyMovie.com
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Writer: Guillermo Del Toro
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson, and Joe Roth.
Starring: Ron Perlman as Hellboy, Selma Blair as Liz Sherman, Doug Jones as Abe Sapien, Seth Macfarlane as the voice of Johann Krauss, James Dodd/John Alexander as Johann Krauss, Luke Goss as Prince Nuada, Anna Walton as Princess Nuala, and Jeffrey Tambor as Tom Manning (IMDb) Rated PG-13.
In this sequel Hellboy and his gang are back to fight Prince Nuada, an other worldly being who decided to violate the truce made between man and the creatures of the forest. Prince Nuada made his return to the world of man at an auction that was selling pieces of a crown from his world that would help him control the indestructible golden army enabling him to destroy human civilization, and the red dude with the big hand was mankind's only hope at stopping him.
Needless to say this film was visually impressive. The special effects, the make-up, and the production were amazing. Collectively, that aspect of the film was great, and Del Toro's fingerprints were clearly evident, at least to those who are familiar with Pan's Labyrinth. However one aspect of the film that I thought lacked potency was the dialogue. I thought the dialogue was somewhat dry, and simple, and perhaps it was written that way intentionally. The comedic value of the film was retained it seems without any decrease in potency from the first to the sequel. For the most part Hellboy 2 was fun to watch, and the film lived up to the advertisements. There was plenty of action, but the ending of the film was somewhat anticlimactic, although there was an act of commendable sacrifice from one of the supporting characters. According to Metacritic.com the film received generally good reviews. Rottentomatoes.com indicates the film received 115 fresh tomatoes to 16 rotten ones thus far. It was a great popcorn movie, I'll grade it a B. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.
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