HELLBOY
II
The
Golden
Army
With
Ron
Perlman,
Selma
Blair,
Doug
Jones,
Jeffrey
Tambor,
James
Dodd,
Luke
Goss,
Anna
Walton,
John
Hurt
Brian
Steele
Written
by
Guillermo
del
Toro
&
Mike
Mignola
Directed
by
Guillermo
del
Toro
The
tremendous
cinematic
talent
of
Cronos
and
Pan’s
Labyrinth
director
Guillermo
del
Toro
rarely
disappoints.
In
his
second
Hellboy
chapter
our
wisecracking
red
demon
(in
the
service
of
the
Bureau
for
Paranormal
Research
and
Defense)
comes
up
against
his
biggest
challenge
–
and
that
would
not
be
his
domestic
disagreements
with
his
flaming
girlfriend
and
colleague
Liz.
A
bedtime
story
read
to
Hellboy
by
his
adoptive
father
Professor
Bruttenholm
told
of
a
war
between
men
and
races
from
a
mystical
realm.
The
elvin
king
Balor
commissioned
an
unstoppable
mechanical
army,
which
annihilated
humanity.
His
regret
led
to
the
division
of
the
crown
commanding
the
army
and
a
truce
was
called.
Balor’s
son
Prince
Nuada
was
not
happy
with
this
and
went
into
exile.
This
legend
is
however
true
and
the
prince
returns
to
awaken
the
army
–
he
needs
all
three
parts
of
the
crown
to
do
so.
So,
who
has
to
stop
him?
Hellboy,
Liz
and
Abe
(the
aquatic
third
link
of
the
paranormal
trio).
What
unfolds
is
an
amazing
clash
of
our
world
and
a
mythical
one
of
trolls,
monsters,
benign-
and
malevolent
creatures,
erupting
in
effect-laden
spectacles,
battles
and
large
scale
action.
At
times
the
comedy
angle
comes
on
a
little
thick,
but
that’s
just
me.
Highly
entertaining,
but
can
be
a
bit
too
intense
for
the
youngsters,
the
graphic
novels
on
which
is
it
based
hardly
along
the
lines
of
Casper
comic
books.
The
only
extra
feature
on
this
single
disc
edition
is
a
commentary
track.
4
/
A
-
Paul
Blom
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
-
B
-
C
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