Hellboy II: The Golden Army PG-13
Believe it or not... He's the Good Guy.
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- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 11, 2008
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Ron Perlman & Selma Blair | |
Performer: | Doug Jones, Luke Goss & John Alexander | |
Directed by | Guillermo del Toro | |
Edited by | Bernat Vilaplana | |
Screenwriting by | Guillermo del Toro | |
Composition by | Danny Elfman | |
Story by | Guillermo del Toro & Mike Mignola | |
Produced by | Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin & Mike Richardson | |
Director of Photography: | Guillermo Navarro | |
Executive Production by | Chris Symes |
Entertainment Reviews:
A sleek action picture by Guillermo del Toro, who's making a corner for himself in the horror-fantasy world in his native Mexico, in Hollywood and in Spain.
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Observer (UK)
4 stars out of 5 -- There is plenty of action....Del Toro's fondness for the macabre, and for clockwork, colour this film in a way that's instantly recognisable.
Empire
The story of HELLBOY 2 is a happy hodgepodge of bantering humor and portentous metaphysics, packing a remarkable range of moods and genre elements into a fairly compact 110 minutes.
New York Times
Rating: 4/5 --
... one of those cinematic rarities where the sequel perfectly and appropriately complements the first. [Full review in Spanish]
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Rincón de cine
[A] breeze to watch...constantly inventive in its monsters and always ironic...
Sight and Sound
[HELLBOY II] delivers plenty of inventive thrills....The action is well-paced, the production design striking and the creatures and special effects spectacular. Del Toro is an extraordinary visual stylist...
USA Today
Rating: 4/5 --
In a season of endless comic book superheroes, Hellboy II is a unique visual feast.
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Canada.com
Product Description:
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY begs any number of referential mash-ups to be used as description of its outlandish tonal and stylistic qualities. It's a little like a romantic and sophisticated live-action Ninja Turtles movie imbued with a cracked version of H.P. Lovecraft's monster storytelling. It's a feature-length version of STAR WARS's Mos Eisley Cantina mixed with a scrappy, proficient passion for creature design reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. It's also kind of director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY (2004) wrapped in a blanket of his PAN'S LABYRINTH. This sequel is all these things, but none of them can accurately capture the singularity of a movie which, in some ways, stands alone in its ability to capture the crass and literary luridness of reading a comic book. It's filled with gross creatures bursting with humanity, dark poetry, and slapstick comedy; in one scene, an argument between Hellboy and Johann Krauss, a formless gas contained in a mobilized suit, escalates to the point of Tom-&-Jerry-like violence.
As Hellboy himself, a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threat as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien, Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humor that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer. HELLBOY II's rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn't just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki's animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.
As Hellboy himself, a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threat as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien, Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humor that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer. HELLBOY II's rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn't just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki's animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.
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- Sales Rank: 32,891
- UPC: 025195001861
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