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.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro

Release Date: June 28, 2008

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DVD Release Date: November 11, 2008

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  • November 15, 2009
    Guillermo del Toro did it again. His imagery and visual language are currently unmatched in cinema. He easily exceeds expectations for his second Hellboy film and creates one hell of a fun fantasy picture. A movie that has everything an action comic adventure needs: so many funny...( read more), pretty and ugly creatures that you could fill 5 films with them; likable heroes and cool villains; humor, even silliness, yet a certain depth and care for the characters you start to love and want to follow around for all of their adventures; great, spectacular action scenes and convincing special effects. Sure, the plot doesn't always make sense, but all the neat ideas, dialoges and breathless place more than make up for it. In short: Bloody fantastic. And great to know "The Hobbit" is in good hands.
  • October 28, 2009
    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)derful art design shares the look of some of his earlier gothic fairytales such as Pan's Labyrinth, as well as the combination of fantasy and eco-message that is the trademark of Myazaki (the most visually extraordinary example being the stunning death of the forest elemental.) The troll's market is also worth a mention, which is akin to a Tim Burton reinvention of Mos Eisley, but as I said, we always knew that the imagery was never going to be in question. The story has a combination of fantastic creatures, epic battles and Men In Black style visual gags that comes across as The Return Of The King with a sense of humour. The jokes aren't top drawer, but it's always amusing and the frenetic action sequences are exciting and fun. Perlman is as reliable as always and Luke Goss once more is a charismatic and multi-layered bad guy, the only real weaknesses being the corn infested love interests; in fact I couldn't help thinking that the darker edges of Del Toro's vision were probably tempered in an attempt to appeal to the Harry Potter market. As a whole though, it's a lot of fun and as always seems to be the way with superhero movies is rather better than the first one.
  • October 8, 2009
    fun......stupid but fun
  • August 14, 2009
    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)d as the X-men films (well, til the last stand was made). i really hope del toro makes a 3rd part because then it may be as good as or even outshine the X-men in my eyes. what a great baddie in luke goss as prince nuada. always like selma blair as well. i remember her from zoe, duncan, jack & jane. the comedy moments didn't seem outta place either. "my body is a temple" abe. "well now it's an amusement park" hellboy as he hands abe beers. classic! i will have to watch the 1st one again!
  • July 30, 2009
    I think I need to see this over again, just to decide if it's as good as the first one.
  • November 17, 2009
    Un churrote marca diablo.. (literalmente). Pero bien entretenida.. jajaja
  • November 12, 2009
    Don´t worry,Abe.I won t kill him but I am gonna kick his ass.-Hellboy

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    Director:Guillermo Del Toro
    Cast:Ron Perlman,Selma Blair,Doug Jones,Luke Goss
    Genre:Action,Fantasy,Comic Book Adaptation
    Year of release:2008
    Running Time:115 minutes

    Plot:
    After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it's up to the planet's toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy!

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  • November 11, 2009
    They proved in this part what effort can they do to show the story and wonderful characters may be new characters... i liked the story started the way it made us to sit back tight as if even we know the half story in starting 2 mins they made it more interesting way to sit tight....( read more).. This part of hell boy was fantastic while compared to the first part but the only thing is this part had more dramatic between hellboy and his girl and there r many new characters introduced which made this as not to be seemes as hell boy... But they rocked this film it was a good entertainer and they left the mark as there will be another part for this film which will be coming soon... rather then the camera work the sounds everything was good except the dramatic scenes... go on hell boy...
  • November 10, 2009
    I Loved It
    hellboy is great and really funny
  • November 9, 2009
    Liked it better than the 1st one

Critic Reviews


July 16, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press

The Golden Army's insultingly simplistic cast of a thousand Bosch and Star Wars creatures distracts from the identity-crisis that ought to be the point of a second installment and a larger vision. full review

July 14, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV

'Golden Army' is the work of a master filmmaker operating with unbridled invention full review

July 11, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Poetic, funny, darkly romantic and beautifully structured. full review

July 11, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A surprise package of fun, fright and untamed imagination. full review

July 11, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

It's the biggest, richest, most imaginative superhero movie of the summer. full review

July 11, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

Melds the original Hellboy's kibitzy humor and crushing action with Labyrinth's darkest fairy-tale imaginings. full review

July 11, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

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

July 10, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

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

July 10, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

[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

July 7, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

Has modest charms -- enough to overcome my CG-ennui for at least a few scenes. full review

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Comments


  • DANgerous990
    August 18, 2008
    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
  • Pigfaced
    August 15, 2008
    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!
  • spitpettyfly
    July 22, 2008
    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
  • dotboy
    July 17, 2008
    Characters Look kinda like the ones in Pans Labyrinth... And looks closer to the comic than the first one. Must.. See..
  • dominater2kissrocks
    July 17, 2008
    i want to see this movie
  • obretev18
    July 14, 2008
    can't wait to see this movie,..,
  • reavesteffany08
    July 13, 2008
    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!
  • coolchickbrooke1
    July 12, 2008
    good movie
  • MovieLover57
    July 9, 2008
    I Can't Wait To See This Movie!
  • hopelover4321
    July 2, 2008
    luv hellboy movies hope this 1 iz better than the 1st one

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