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Hellboy (2004)
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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...
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Hellboy Movie Review by AJ  (4/13/2006) |
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This decade has seen a big boom in the number of successful movies based off of comic books, probably starting with X-Men, and even before that in the late 90's to a smaller extent with the first Blade movie. I've loved comic books for as long as I can remember; chiefly Spider-Man and Batman. The supernatural and...
(complete Hellboy review by AJ)
| Hellboy Movie Review by Chris (2/21/2009) |
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When the Nazis attempt to use black magic during the last days of World War II, a monkey like demon is thrown into the real world. Trevor Bruttenholm discovers the creature and rescues it from any danger. The creature grows up and goes by the name of Hellboy. Working in secrecy, Hellboy works to rid any evil. When some...
(complete Hellboy review by Chris)
| Hellboy Movie Review by Simon (8/27/2007) |
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The tagline could well have been 'Hellboy: So Much Better Than Most Of The Other Comic Book Adaptations You're Going To See This Summer'. Guillermo Del Toro, whose ability to bring the monstrous to the screen had already been hinted at with Blade 2, joined forces with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola to deliver a movie that...
(complete Hellboy review by Simon)
There is nothing wrong with a good comic book movie, however lately Hollywood has a desire to churn out these movies with no cohesive plot and unlikable performances. Hellboy is not one of those movies. However, Hellboy is also not the perfect comic book movie, we have yet to find that with Spiderman 2 coming close. ...
(complete Hellboy review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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