Synopsis
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
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Cast
- David HarbourHellboy / Anung Un Rama
- Milla JovovichVivienne Nimue, the Blood Queen
- Ian McShaneTrevor "Broom" Bruttenholm
- Sasha LaneAlice Monaghan
- Daniel Dae KimBen Daimio
- Thomas Haden ChurchLobster Johnson
- Stephen GrahamGruagach (voice)
- Douglas TaitGruagach
- Sophie OkonedoLady Hatton
- Alistair PetrieLord Adam Glaren
Recommendations
- 58
IndieWire
Perhaps it’s appropriate that the 2019 version of Hellboy is busy to an exhausting degree, overloaded with apocalyptic fears, and seemingly endless in its pileup of twists. But it’s hard to read much into a movie less invested in shrewd observations than in stuffing as much lore as possible into 120 minutes. - 50
Chicago Tribune
With this noisy, fast, chaotic "Hellboy," Marshall is at his most cheeky and most unhinged. It's certainly… a lot. - 42
The A.V. Club
Less a thrilling adventure tale than a trip to a teenager’s messy, sock-strewn bedroom. - 40
Arizona Republic
While the movie is a mess, it can be a fun ride as long as you first put your brain into "do not disturb" mode. - 40
IGN
Hellboy is a thin, clumsy, and charmless attempt at rebooting a beloved franchise. It's populated by forgettable characters motivated by confusing stakes, cheaply executed visuals, and distracting editing. Somewhere, a finger on a Hellboy fan's monkey's paw is curling up -- sure, HB might finally be back in the spotlight, but he definitely would have been better off left alone. - 40
Variety
It’s lunging to be a badass hard-R epic, but it’s basically a pile of origin-story gobbledygook, frenetic and undercooked, full of limb-hacking, eye-gouging monster battles as well as an atmosphere of apocalyptic grunge that signifies next to nothing. - 37
Washington Post
Marshall and screenwriter Andrew Cosby went overboard with their R-rating, introducing so much gore and profanity that it, quite frankly, gets dull. The flat performances and incoherent story do not help matters. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
It's just lousy. Bloated, vastly less funny than it aims to be and misguided in key design choices even when it scores with less important decisions, the film does make bold choices that might've paid off under other circumstances. But these aren't those circumstances.
