Hellboy

2004 "From the dark side to our side."

Hellboy

6.8 | 2h2m | PG-13 | en | Fantasy

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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6.8 | 2h2m | PG-13 | en | Fantasy , Action | More Info

Released: April. 02,2004 | Released Producted By: Columbia Pictures , Revolution Studios Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Ron Perlman , Selma Blair , Doug Jones

Director

Lenka Rock

Producted By

Columbia Pictures , Revolution Studios

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Cast

Ron Perlman

as Hellboy

The Retirement Plan Nightmare Alley There Are No Saints The Last Victim Don't Look Up This Game's Called Murder Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster The Innocent Butler Monster Hunter

Selma Blair

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman

A Dark Foe Introducing, Selma Blair After We Collided After Mom and Dad Eva Hesse Ordinary World Mothers and Daughters Sex, Death and Bowling

Doug Jones

as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien

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Reviews

Kirpianuscus For plot. For performances - John Hurt as the great example. For cultural references. And for the action scenes, like for delicate love story. All - pieces of a splendid work who propose one of the most seductive roles of Ron Pearlman.

henrypaulmerklein One of my favorite movies. Hellboy is one of the those movies I didn't truly appreciate when I first saw it. I first saw it on Cable TV in a hotel when I was a kid. As a kid I enjoyed it, but I didn't think of it as anything more than just action film. a good one, but as a kid, I never saw it as anymore. On re-watching it as an adult, I Find it may be one of my favorite films ever. Guillermo Del Toro, in tradition, turns Pulp into Poetry. Hellboy has some of his best defined characters.Hellboy is the reverse chosen one. Instead of the farm boy destined to prophecieded to save the world, He is told to destroy. But thanks to the nurturing of Professor Broom, He decides to fight for everything good and just.What keeps this entire dilemma engaging is Hellboy's constant attitude. He is a hero, and you root for him. But it's very visible that if the wrong thing happened, He could turn to the dark side.Anyone self conscious will relate to Hellboy, and for the record Hellboy and LIz is easily one of the best movie couples ever. This movie is fantastic.

MichaelMRamey I'm a fan of Ron Pearlman and I really thought I would like Hellboy and I did like the character, however there felt like something missing. I really wish I could put my finger on it, but it wasn't at all what I expected. However it was entertaining and deserves at least a 6. Maybe a 6.5 if that was an option.

JaydoDre This film is held up by pillars of style. It is a bag of cool camera shots and ideas for cool scenes (something its sequel would expand upon). On their own, these shots are great, containing a wonderful integration of color themes, shot composition, make up and interesting props. Even the outdated CGI doesn't look too bad, mostly because the digital effects are properly mixed in with practical effects. But the bindings that tie these cool shots together into an actual story are of poor quality and I found myself constantly trying to ignore the annoying nonsense in between the good stuff...in vain. Here is an example. A monster jumps through the front of a moving subway train and out of the other end, as it tries to run away from Hellboy. Hellboy, however, gets dragged under the said train for a while and then gets left on the ground. However, in the next shot, the monster is standing directly above Hellboy, looking around. This kind of nonsense is non-stop, permeating the movie from beginning to end, and it is very distracting.Hellboy is one of Ron Pearlman's better roles, despite the fact that his face is under a layer of make-up and his lines mostly consist of monotone gruffs. Jeffrey Tambor's and Doug Jones' characters provide a good colorful counterbalance to the said gruffness of the main character. However, everybody's lackluster dialogue complements the aforementioned flawed storytelling and together they keep this movie below its potential.I am glad the makers fixed a lot of the problems in the sequel. This first film is still worth watching though, even if only for the charm.