Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones
The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.
DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008
Stats: 28,792 reviews
The infernal superhero and his team reunite to stop an elfin prince from reawakening a dormant robotic army to wage war on mankind. One thing that you can take for granted when it comes to films by Del Toro is that it IS going to look absolutely fantastic, and so it does. The won...( read more)
the 2nd installment by guillermo del toro. i have to say i loved this. it had the flagrant special effects of pans labyrinth, with the mechanical disposition of cronos (the golden clockwork army) and combined them in this comic book hero actioner to create something almost as goo...( read more)
I think I need to see this over again, just to decide if it's as good as the first one.
Monster mash springs to mind with this sequel hehe its good, plain and simple. With a better story line and more action this Hellboy is a better animal than the first. The film looks really good, its dark, gloomy and goth and at the same time bright, full of imagination and kinda...( read more)
Second time around with a noticeably bigger budget gives the crew a better exploit on using the special effects to heighten the movie's feel, like what James Cameron did for the two terminator flicks.
Toro is truly a director of crafting very interesting and artistic films.
Rob P...( read more)
'Golden Army' is the work of a master filmmaker operating with unbridled invention full review
Poetic, funny, darkly romantic and beautifully structured. full review
A surprise package of fun, fright and untamed imagination. full review
It's the biggest, richest, most imaginative superhero movie of the summer. full review
Melds the original Hellboy's kibitzy humor and crushing action with Labyrinth's darkest fairy-tale imaginings. full review
It was made with the kind of heedless, geeky enthusiasm that has been drained out of the standard, somber superhero melodramas that crowd the multiplexes these days. Itâe(TM)s an artful, clever throwa... full review
With director Guillermo del Toro's fantastical vision on overdrive tempered by an occasionally self-mocking sense of humor, this Hellboy sequel is a quintessential summer movie that delivers plenty of... full review
[del Toro] has an endlessly inventive imagination, and understands how legends work, why they entertain us and that they sometimes stand for something. For love, for example. full review
Has modest charms -- enough to overcome my CG-ennui for at least a few scenes. full review
its vary rare to have a sequal out do the first movie but hellboy 2 does it 100 percent both the humor and comic book mytholagy is brilliant cant wait for the 3rd installment
an entertaining 90 odd mins, i only watch these for selma blair. nothing really substantial
NB: to sum idiot on this site, dreamworks made shrek!
the same director who made pan laverith or to some laberinto del fauno the italian film and for some reason knowin that made me want to watch it and it a good thin i did because i love it
Characters Look kinda like the ones in Pans Labyrinth... And looks closer to the comic than the first one. Must.. See..
Just saw it today! Loved It cant wait for DVD! Special effects were amazing! I loved Pan's Labiryth sp? And now Toro has done a great job with this one too!
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