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Hellboy

Wonderful

Hellboy (2004) Poster
 
Hellboy
 
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
 
Starring
Ron Perlam
David Hyde Pierce
Doug Jones
 
Running Time
1 hours, 52 minutes
 
Story
When a Nazi mystical experiment goes awry in 1944, the target of a wizard's spell, the child of Satan, Hellboy, is wrenched from his home, and adopted by the U.S. agents who intercept his arrival. Raised as a force of good, Hellboy grows up to be a full-fledged demon in the form of a man, complete with fierce red skin, a tail, a giant armored glove, and two large circles where his horns should be. Now, the adult Hellboy, an investigator of the paranormal, is sent on a mission that brings him back in touch with the evil genius that started it all... that Nazi wizard Accompanying him along the way are other agents, including Liz, a pyrokinetic woman Hellboy has feelings for, and Abe Sapien, a mysterious amphibian humanoid.
 
High Points
This film is really fun....really...really fun. That's a high point if I ever heard one. Not only that but Ron Perlman does an excellent job as Hellboy. It's as if he were born to be Hellboy...and he looks the part as well. Anyway the action scenes are well done and so are the special effects. They all blend seamlessly into the world of Hellboy. Del Toro does a great job with direction here too..as always. It's a great movie and it's a hell of a lot of fun...no pun intended.
 
Low Points
Mainly the story and score. The score is bland and nearly nonexistent. However the story is really rushed to me and the villian really plays no real role in my opinion...other than that it is a good film...not much else to say...bleah.
 
I give Hellboy a B

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