I spent the better part of my day watching Hellboy II today. The original Hellboy was something I really enjoyed. This one… not so much.
“The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.”
Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
I guess if one thing worked in this movie it would be the trailer – which managed to make me excited about getting to see this movie. The title may have worked too – if it had anything to do with the movie whatsoever. If you didn’t know that the ‘Golden Army’ would make an appearance, then you didn’t read the title. If you read the title, you’d wonder where the ‘Golden Army’ didn’t take such a freakin’ precidence in the movie.
Not only that, but the characters didn’t seem to have the depth they did last time. Hellboy seems to have become shallow, the head Agent a little needy and dare I need talk about any of the other characters… Have you ever heard of a wooden cast? Yep.
I really, really, wanted it to be good. But after hearing Zen Elements’ reaction I made sure I didn’t hype myself on this movie. It still didn’t help.
4/10.