Review

by kim b

Enjoyable hellish romp

Hellboy II is a great Guillermo Del Toro movie, and if you love him, you’ll love this. But it’s not a great Hellboy movie. Sure, it’s set in the BPRD and all the characters are there and Mike Mignola co-wrote the script, but it just feels like too much of an auteur piece, Del Toro’s direction and imagination are present in every scene, and to some degree, outplay Hellboy himself. The premise is this; there is a world beneath our own, where elves and goblins and fairies all exist, the evil prince of this world decides to start a war with humanity and it’s down to Hellboy and the BRPD to stop them. All in all, this is totally worth watching, it just lives in the realm of fantasy as opposed to the more traditional Hellboy home of the Supernatural. Oh, and those flesh eating spider things were awesome.