![]() I couldnt get into the story and was rather frustrated by the acting and plot. I fall in between - the movie is worth a watch purely for the asthetics - but thats really about it. I've heard rave reviews about Hellboy from critics, comic fans, non-comic fans alike - and I've heard really negative rev iews as well. My praise ends there because the list of no-name actors are not appealing or talented and the storyline drags a little bit. Hellboy is a visually stunning and overly satisfying film that looks superb on any great television. So now that my prefacing is out of the way - this is my blunt review of the movie: that said, I do like these theatrical remakes of the comics - Sin City is a favorite of mine if you've read my reviews. ![]() So if you are a Hellboy enthusiast - or simply a comic enthusiast - take what I say with a grain of salt. I might not be the best person to review Hellboy because I'm not a hardcore comic book fan (or any kind of comic book fan for that matter). Hellboy is Beautiful to Watch but Bad Movie. Blair, Evans, Hurt, and other actors are similarly well cast, rounding out an ensemble intent on retaining the movie's dark yet superbly entertaining tone. In the title role (and lots of red makeup), Perlman is pitch-perfect, giving the good-natured misfit a powerful-yet surprisingly sensitive-presence. The director's enthusiasm shows, since HELLBOY is a wondrously strange slice of pulpy adventure, mixed with horror and humor, and enhanced by stunning visual effects. Things get out of hand, however, when a vicious monster is unleashed by the villainous Rasputin (Karl Roden), leading to events that may set off an apocalyptic nightmare for humanity.Echoing Peter Jackson's passion for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HELLBOY is a labor of love from del Toro, a longtime fan of the comic and its creator. Along with the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, with the voice of David Hyde Pierce), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a squeaky-clean FBI agent assigned to keep the big red devil's exploits in check. Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense.
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