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In the ongoing deluge of comic-book adaptations, Hellboy ranks well above average. Having turned down an offer to helm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in favour of bringing Hellboy's origin story to the big screen, the gifted Mexican director Guillermo del Toro compensates for the excesses of Blade II with a moodily effective, consistently entertaining action-packed fantasy, beginning in 1944 when the mad monk Rasputin--in cahoots with occult-buff Hitler and his Nazi thugs--opens a trans-dimensional portal through which a baby demon emerges, capable of destroying the world with his powers. Instead, the aptly named Hellboy is raised by the benevolent Prof. Bloom, founder of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, whose allied forces enlist the adult Hellboy (Ron Perlman, perfectly cast) to battle evil at every turn. While nursing a melancholy love for the comely firestarter Liz (Selma Blair), Hellboy files his demonic horns ("to fit in," says Bloom) and wreaks havoc on the bad guys. The action is occasionally routine (the movie suffers when compared to the similar X-Men blockbusters), but del Toro and Perlman have honored Mike Mignola's original Dark Horse comics with a lavish and loyal interpretation, retaining the amusing and sympathetic quirks of character that made the comic-book Hellboy a pop-culture original. He's red as a lobster, puffs stogies like Groucho Marx, and fights the good fight with a kind but troubled heart. What's not to like? --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
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Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel RodenDirector: Guillermo Del Toro
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
By Web'
Format:DVD
When I first read about Hellboy I was a little unsure about the concept, don't get me wrong, I have a particular fascination for movies based on comic characters - especially Marvell comic characters, though being honest I'd never even heard of Hellboy, and based on what I'd read about the character; a red being/creature with one big stone hand/fist and a red pointed tail who, as a child was transported from another dimension (or hell if you like) during a Nazi experiment and is then captured and raised by a secret CIA type organisation and trained to fight evil in return for sanctuary just sounded a little too much for me. However, when I discovered that Ron Perlman (Blade2, Alien Resurrection) had been cast for the part of Hellboy, I decided to give it a watch, and I'm glad I did, it's brilliant!
Ron Perlman is a fine actor, and is brilliant as Hellboy. His fantastic deep rich voice and dry sarcastic wit combined with his cool facial expressions just bring the character to life in a way I don't think anyone else could... Ron Perlman IS Hellboy; He was made for the part!
The story/plot is pretty much standard fair; an evil adversary (Rasputin!) is planning to open a portal to hell and bring civilisation as we know it to an end, and yep you guessed it, Hellboy has to stop him. However, this evil enemy is also not of this earth and has the power to summon all manner of mythical creatures etc to help him achieve his goal; consequently the film is awash with all manner of high quality special effects and CGI, which only adds to this films appeal.
Definitely recommended, I loved it, I'm sure you will too.
Hellboy 2 is already underway; I just hope it's as enjoyable as this.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Tim.T
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
First off, all those who think this rendition of a comicbook hero fails, have missed the point: Hellboy is very much an ANTI-HERO. How many big-and-bad action heroes do you know who like cats, and eating chillie? Hellboy would rather be eating chillie, and sitting among his many cats, than fighting evil. The juxtaposition of this big softy fighting evil monsters and the undead, accentuated by his comical self-deprecating one-liners which he mutters after vanquishing a villain, is funny. He'd rather be doing anything than fighting evil, and it's this conflict within him which forms the foundation for the film.
'Hellboy', to me anyway, was always a good old fashioned, tongue-in-cheek, good-versus-evil romp and there's now't wrong with that.
'Hellboy', to me anyway, was always a good old fashioned, tongue-in-cheek, good-versus-evil romp and there's now't wrong with that.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By J. Miller
Format:Blu-ray
I love this movie and think Ron Perlman is the perfect Hellboy. I loved the story, all of the special effects and, especially, the cast.
The Blu-ray is equally fantastic; the picture quality and lossless PCM soundtrack are amazing. This is a definite A+, must have Blu-ray if you like this movie.
I imported this to the US and it plays on US players (it is encoded for all regions) so if you cannot wait for the US release later this year and want a sure thing, great import this is a great one.
The Blu-ray is equally fantastic; the picture quality and lossless PCM soundtrack are amazing. This is a definite A+, must have Blu-ray if you like this movie.
I imported this to the US and it plays on US players (it is encoded for all regions) so if you cannot wait for the US release later this year and want a sure thing, great import this is a great one.
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great
great i would recomend this product to a friend, as it was on time and as described. . . :)
Published 22 days ago by L. Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellboy
Very funny movie, I like it , Ron Perlman is great ........ still looking for Hellboy 2: The golden Army with croatian subtitles !
Published 1 month ago by Zeljko Martinovic
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Favourite Anti-Hero
I absolutely love this film and as a result of watching this film when it was released in the cinema it made me want to look for Guillermo Del Toro's other films. Read more
Published 3 months ago by chalkydaz
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good film
Arrived in good order. Film plays well on blu-ray. Bought with Hell Boy 2, again on blu-ray, both great films
Published 3 months ago by C. Chauffourier
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hellboy is an outstanding film
Hellboy has spectacular effects a brilliant story line with great script & super actors let us hope many more of this type of films are released.
Published 4 months ago by Max
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
I watched the movie with my sister and we both like it very much,technically not bad movie,exciting and brilliant plot,would recommand to more frinds.
Published 6 months ago by Jennifer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertainment - simple and stunning
Originally seen on American DVD. Now in Bluray glory... just more of everything.
The Central performances all riff off stock comic creations with a lot of elan. Read more
The Central performances all riff off stock comic creations with a lot of elan. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Man from poundstretcher
5.0 out of 5 stars
great
This is a good film and came within a few days. wasn't scratched or anything works okay would recomend this film to anyone.
very good
very good
Published 13 months ago by auchinleck
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bad Blu-ray.
Delivery was so fast, great. The copy I received was grainy (reticulated film quality)and normal detail in hair and material was not at all sharp. Read more
Published 18 months ago by stevepb
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hellboy blu-ray
amazing for picture and audio .. is better than DVD. but it's very bad for features. this edition Features not very complete. Read more
Published 18 months ago by young guns
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