Hellboy

4.00
    Hellboy
    2004

    Synopsis

    In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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    Cast

    • Ron PerlmanHellboy
    • Selma BlairElizabeth 'Liz' Sherman
    • Doug JonesAbraham 'Abe' Sapien
    • John HurtProf. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
    • Rupert EvansJohn Myers
    • Jeffrey TamborTom Manning
    • Ladislav BeranKarl Ruprecht Kroenen
    • Bridget HodsonIlsa Haupstein
    • Karel RodenGrigori Rasputin
    • Brian SteeleSammael

    Recommendations

    • 80

      L.A. Weekly

      One of the sturdier superhero movies of the last couple of years, with monsters and effects and diabolical baddies to spare, a heart as big as a house and a love story that actually gets its hooks in you.
    • 75

      Entertainment Weekly

      Directed by Guillermo del Toro with a colorfully kinetic visual imagination that seldom lets up.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      Hellboy likely won't be the best comic-to-screen adaptation this year, but, squared off against its early-season challenger, Marvel's "The Punisher," this is the winner.
    • 75

      Philadelphia Inquirer

      The film - despite being a half-hour too long - is a rocking, rolling supernatural spectacle.
    • 75

      Christian Science Monitor

      The screenplay has flashes of real wit, and Perlman is perfect in the title role.
    • 70

      Variety

      Has more than enough across-the-board appeal to attract mainstream auds unfamiliar with source material.
    • 63

      Charlotte Observer

      Will dazzle you while establishing the world in which it takes place. After that, you may wonder whether Guillermo del Toro got amnesia halfway through.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Standard-issue superhero movie -- except that writer-director Guillermo del Toro, taking his cue from "Hellboy" comic book creator Mike Mignola, brings a wicked sense of humor to this particular monster mash.

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