HELLBOY
With
Ron
Perlman,
Jon
Hurt,
Selma
Blair
Directed
by
Guillermo
del
Toro
Guillermo
del
Toro
impressed
us
with
his
stunning
debut
Cronos.
After
that
his
first
big
studio
pic
was
Mimic
and
more
recently
the
Blade
sequel
(at
time
of
writing
I
haven't
yet
seen
The
Devil's
Backbone).
Much
of
the
aforementioned
flows
into
this
highly
stylish,
sometimes
gruesome
flick.
Since
the
second
world
war
there
has
been
a
secret
paranormal
agency
keeping
evil
forces
at
bay,
kind
of
a
mixture
of
the
X-Men
and
Men
In
Black
(hey,
cool
title
that:
X-Men
In
Black
!).
The
main
components
of
this
team
comprise
our
title
character
(a
mean,
huge
red
devil
who
chooses
to
file
down
his
horns
to
try
and
fit
in
-
hardly!),
an
aquaman,
a
pyro-chick
and
a
regular
human.
The
evil,
immortal
monk
Rasputin
worked
with
the
Nazis
to
open
a
portal
to
unleash
total
annihilation
on
planet
earth.
The
bastard
resurfaces
with
his
gang
of
freaks
and
the
game
is
on.
With
great
design,
costumes,
FX
and
pace,
Hellboy
is
one
heck
of
a
ride,
Ron
Perlman
looking
comfortable
in
his
red
make-up
job.
With
its
comic
book
appeal
and
hyper
elements,
there
are
a
few
downsides,
like
the
often-crappy
one-liners
-
but
as
a
whole,
Hellboy
is
one
entertaining
blast.
4
/
B
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PB
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
-
B
-
C
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