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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Directed by Guillermo del Toro

Fantasy | Science Fiction | Action

Most recently watched by Javitron, sleestakk

Overview

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity’s annihilation.

Rated PG-13 | Length 120 minutes

Actors

Ron Perlman | Selma Blair | Doug Jones | John Alexander | Seth MacFarlane | Luke Goss | Anna Walton | Jeffrey Tambor | John Hurt | James Dodd | Brian Steele | Andrew Hefler | Iván Kamarás | Mike Kelly | Jeremy Zimmermann | Santiago Segura | Roy Dotrice | Aidan Cook | Jeanne Mockford | Montse Ribé | Ferenc Elek | Alex McSweeney | Justin Pierre | Matthew O'Toole | Jamie Wilson | Clive Llewellyn | Sándor Svigelj | Brian Herring | Pálma Pásztor | Jimmy Kimmel | Tim Flavin | Belinda Henley | Blake Perlman | Matt Rippy | Judit Viktor | Szonja Oroszlán | Michael Mehlmann | Todd Williams | Beatrice Zentai | Peter Horkay | Richard Rifkin | Guillermo del Toro | Tim Larsen | Gavin McKenzie | Julia Papp

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

It was great to revisit this. I remember feeling it was pretty middle-of-the-road the first time I saw it. I still prefer the first HELLBOY movie but there’s some great FX in this, and some wonderful fantasy creatures.

That’s also what I don’t like about it as much though: that it’s more fantasy. What I enjoy so much about the comics are the more horrific aspects and the ties to Nazi mysticism.

I’d love to see a third film exploring more of that.

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