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Another Great instalment. I highly recommend watching these films together and in order but if time does not allow they will stand alone. But if you want the full experience it definitely helps. I was laughing and crying along with the characters. They seem so real it does make you wonder if these sort of films are based on anything more than active imaginations.
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It didn’t work. We tried it on our ps3, ps2, and DVD player.
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The movie had several places on it that it stoped itself. Had to stop the movie and start it again. It was the disc not the VCR. I was disappointed. The movie I enjoyed and will watch it many times...
In the ongoing deluge of comic-book adaptations, Hellboy ranks well above average. Having turned down an offer to helm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in favor of bringing Hellboy's origin story to the big screen, the gifted Mexican director Guillermo del Toro compensates for the excesses of Blade II with a moodily effective, consistently entertaining action-packed fantasy, beginning in 1944 when the mad monk Rasputin--in cahoots with occult-buff Hitler and his Nazi thugs--opens a transdimensional portal through which a baby demon emerges, capable of destroying the world with his powers. Instead, the aptly named Hellboy is raised by the benevolent Prof. Bloom, founder of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, whose allied forces enlist the adult Hellboy (Ron Perlman, perfectly cast) to battle evil at every turn. While nursing a melancholy love for the comely firestarter Liz (Selma Blair), Hellboy files his demonic horns ("to fit in," says Bloom) and wreaks havoc on the bad guys. The action is occasionally routine (the movie suffers when compared to the similar X-Men blockbusters), but del Toro and Perlman have honored Mike Mignola's original Dark Horse comics with a lavish and loyal interpretation, retaining the amusing and sympathetic quirks of character that made the comic-book Hellboy a pop-culture original. He's red as a lobster, puffs stogies like Groucho Marx, and fights the good fight with a kind but troubled heart. What's not to like?Read full review
In 1944, near the end of World War II, the Allied forces go on a secret classified mission to Scotland to stop occult leader Grigori Rasputin (Karel Roden) and his German assistants Kroenen (Ladislav Beran) and Ilsa (Bridget Hodson) from trying to do something nasty for the Nazis. He was trying to open a portal into the supernatural world and summon the Seven Gods of Chaos so that the Nazis can win the war, but the Allied forces kill Grigori before he is completely successful. The portal was open long enough though to allow a little devilish creature to cross over to our world. The creature is adopted by Professor Trevor “Broom” Bruttenholm (John Hurt, Kevin Trainor in Broom’s younger days), the head of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, a covert branch of the FBI that was working with the Allied forces. Broom raises the creature as his son, names him Hellboy, and has him live at the Bureau. Fast forward to today and now Hellboy (Ron Perlman) works for the Bureau where he fights the weird things that enter our world. He files down his devil horns (so he will look slightly less devilish), fights evil with his enormous concrete-like right fist, and has a fondness for cigars, Baby Ruth candy bars, and saving stray kittens. He’s also has a bad attitude, so FBI rookie John Myers (Rupert Evans) has been assigned by Head of Special Operations agent Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor) to be his new nanny, keeper, and best friend. John thinks that the Bureau is weird right away when he first meets Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, voice of David Hyde Pierce), a psychic fish-man who helps Hellboy out. Hellboy is obsessed with Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), a troubled fire starter who used to work for the Bureau as well, but now lives in a mental hospital. He becomes jealous when she seems to be attracted to John. Meanwhile, Ilsa and Kroenen, who are both immortal, have resurrected Grigori from the dead, and the three continue their quest to take over the world. Their plan this time is to use Sammael (Brian Steele), the Hound of Resurrection, to cause Armageddon. Every time Sammael is killed, two more are spawned, so it is hard to destroy. After Liz inadvertently destroys the hospital, she rejoins the Bureau where she helps Hellboy, Broom, Abe, John, and Agent Clay (Corey Johnson) battle Rasputin once again, which could mean a personal sacrifice by Hellboy. Longtime comic book artist Mike Mignola created Hellboy in 1994 for Dark Horse Comics. The character has seen several graphic novels released containing his adventures (the last one having been released in 1997), and now it is a movie, which is a perfect, since he is a very visual character. Perlman was the perfect choice to play the title character. He is no stranger to heavy makeup, having been the “Beast” in the 1987-1990 CBS TV show “Beauty and the Beast.” Even though the actor is 54-years-old, I hope that this role leads him to head more action flicks (or at least more Hellboy movies.) The rest of the cast are okay, but this is really Perlman’s show. Guillermo del Toro, the director of Mimic and Blade II, brought his violent comic book style to this film. He tends to make things bigger than life, and it works here. Aside from making Hellboy look impressive, he also makes Beran’s gas-mask hooded assassin Kroenen look very cool. It’s too bad he wasn’t the main bad guy. Great film, and I recommend this to all.Read full review
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