Details
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Pearlman, Selma Blair
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Status: US – 11/7/08 / UK – 20/8/08
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Synopsis: 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.
Reviews
Sight and Sound – Michael Atkinson
Easily the most enjoyable of recent comic-book movies – if only because it was conceived with a measure of what-the-hell brio and because it dared to mix 90 per cent self-mockery with 10 per cent unpredictable pathos.
The fabulist director Guillermo del Toro gets a hefty budget to continue his comic-book franchise with this action-packed fantasy about a heroic demon (Ron Perlman) and his fellow beasties (Selma Blair, Doug Jones).
Smart, funny and touching, a film which is more than just action, it’s a romcom with monsters.
New York Magazine – David Edelstein
This season’s crop of computer-generated superhero blockbusters has been more than decent (even the shambolic Hancock has a good gonzo moment or two in the first half), but am I the only one who’s jaded by the sight of special effects throwing other special effects through walls?
The Village Voice – Chuck Pearlman
Hollywood’s Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, from Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro.
The Independent – Anthony Quinn
Guillermo del Toro serves up another witchy brew of ghouls, guns and gizmos as his demon-hero Hellboy (Ron Perlman) endures both a media backlash and a relationship wobble with his pyrotechnic sweetheart Liz (Selma Blair).
