Hellboy Movie
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Storyline
TAGLINES
From the Dark Side to Our Side
Give Evil Hell
Here to protect
Sent to destroy
In the Absence of Light Darkness Prevails
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 a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.
| Selma Blair | Liz Sherman |
| Ron Perlman | Hellboy |
| John Hurt | Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm |
| Corey Johnson | Agent Clay |
| Doug Jones | Abe Sapien |
| Rupert Evans | John Myers |
| Karel Roden | Grigori Rasputin |
| Jeffrey Tambor | Tom Manning |
| Brian Steele | Sammael |
| Ladislav Beran | Karl Ruprecht Kroenen |
| Biddy Hodson | Ilsa |
| Kevin Trainor | Young 'Broom' |
| Brian Caspe | Agent Lime |
| James Babson | Agent Moss |
| Stephen Fisher | Agent Quarry |
| Guillermo del Toro |
6.60 out of 10 (27879 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Hilarious!. Action packed!!
posted on 22 Aug 2009(spoilers)I came to watch the movie with no expectations. Just another movie in my free Blockbuster online rental trial. Which by the way ain't no netflix.
:(This movie flies by so quick because I was having so much fun with it. And by fun I mean ripping laughter across the room. He's got shards of glass in his back, gets thrown thru several walls and all he has to say for it is a tiny Ow? Only moments later here this big huge demon is protecting the kittens. Just bloody hilarious. ;)The acting is superb. For a good part of the movie, I forgot it was a movie. Go out and watch this sucker. Money well spent and then some.And I rarely give out 10's for such movies as this.10/10Quality: 10/10 (some of the CGI work was silly, but some of it better than Star Wars)Entertainment: 12/10 Replayable: 10/10love the little bit during the end credits. That certainly tied up the last loose end on the script. :)
PurgatoryBoy
posted on 20 Aug 2009This movie is another comic book flick about a pretty original comic and a decent story.But only his origin is, the fecal matter that shoots out of Hellboy's mouth certainly isn't.I was pretty entertained for the most part, but he's a big, red demon with tree stumps on either sides of his forehead. He's a smaller fist and a shade of blue away from being Barney, people.The CG was ok, and when he flipped the car I didn't feel like walking out, like I did at Blade 2. And I don't really like Selma Blair. Don't ask me why.The blue guy with fish gills and telepathy was another Brit homo, and the new-recruit-sidekick was also a fruit.But, overall, I guess the only beef I have with this flick is cheesy dialogue and lousy plot and character development.5/10
Guillermo Del-Toro's exciting, fun tribute to the flamboyantly cool powers of comic books
posted on 20 Aug 2009Hellboy is self-conscious, perhaps, but in the best ways possible. Actually, it's more due to writer/director Toro being very aware of what makes up the conventional bits to every sense character-wise to the world of a comic-book, but also what can be entertaining as well, than it is just to having it being a Hellboy movie where the comic-book Hellboy already exists IN this world (guy sees the Hellboy comic, looks up, it's Hellboy!). We get the tough-as-nails, dryly witty, and possibly ticking-time-bomb hero in Hellboy, a deadly serious villain in Rasputin (yes, Rasputin, with a blonde Nazi as his evil side-kick no less), the young apprentice to the hero (Ruper Evans as John Meyers), the hero's love interest (Liz Sherman played by Selma Blair), the father figure (John Hurt's Professor), and the reluctant 'boss' (Jeffrey Tambor), not to mention the plucky side mutant in Abraham (Doug Jones) AND a magnificent creature in that hard-ass slug. They're all there, bright as day (or dark, depending on point of view), and it all works wonderfully due to Toro running with it all head on. It's not done in a way that's meant to pander to the audience, either, but just to have fun with the conventions, to see what makes them all crackle and pop under big-time special effects. It's not quite a guilty pleasure because Toro is also a smart craftsman.And craftsman just as much as director, he crafts this world where the creatures (which were and still are Toro's forte) are fierce and radically charged, whether they're crucial to the picture like Rasputin's rabid, rapidly hatching slug-monsters that can only be killed one or two ways, or if it's just a minor creature like the zombie Russian corpse that leads a little of the way when Hellboy and his crew are in the main hideout of the villains ("I was better off dead!"). Toro is sensitive to the characters alongside this, and makes them all pretty believable- and I say pretty cause it's all a little simple, yet effective, in the main thrust of Hellboy's emotional core being about Liz and if she may or may not go for John over him- and doesn't dumb it down too much or contrive the relationships for the audience. It's a good balance, because there is A LOT of action in Hellboy, in fact probably at least a 60% allotment to either Hellboy fighting the monsters after him (usually in the subway, or in the Russian castle), or with the possibly un-dead assassin in the mask and leather who marks as one of the fiercest forces in comic book movies.So, fan-boys rejoice, because Hellboy should, and hopefully will, have everything one looks for in a brawny, high-octane entertainment where humor isn't confused with cheesiness (Perlman is too well focused as a possible anti-hero to get into any of that, as he makes that hugely built red lug a very real being), and the action isn't over-done with a tongue-in-cheek. Not that Toro doesn't flirt with having goofy things in his picture, like a moment where Hellboy has to save a box of kittens from the grasp of the slug-monster. But they're earned moments among a very tightly constructed story where human evils in history and the bizarre in what is in the facts (Hitler into the occult, Rasputin's very long death) into a comfortably understood framework of comic-book clichés that never get too old when done right. Bottom line, can't wait for number 2!
A Bit of Fluff
posted on 14 Aug 2009I don't have much to say about this movie. It was rather straightforward and had excellent CGI effects and fight sequences, and I liked the many Lovecraftian bits, but as far as story, plot development, acting, etc., it was a completely unremarkable movie. There wasn't much substance at all to it. I wonder why it was released outside of the summer blockbuster season. All things considered, Hellboy is very much in the same vein as the next X-men sequel or Star Wars installment. It's just eye candy. I enjoyed it on that level, but there was nothing about it -- good or bad -- that makes this film stand out in my mind. I think the description of it as "a bit of fluff" would be the most apt.
Please somebody save my kittens!
posted on 08 Aug 2009I saw the trailer for this film quite some time ago and was left feeling with little hope for this film. Nevertheless I decided to watch it with the hope that I would be mildly entertained. I was wrong.There is very little plot going on here, rather poor characterisation with really anti-climatic events proving the finale to the picture. Hellboy is an odd character at best but the thought of a character coming from hell is an intriguing one. All the other characters (whether they were in the comics or not - I really have no idea having never read them) were extremely droll in their execution and left a bitter after taste in my mouth.The obvious selling point of this movie was the special effects, but even these were mediocre at best. Not a single "big" shot was done well with the majority of the film looking unpolished and incredibly fake. The supposed hell hounds were perhaps the worst case of this, especially when Hellboy was fighting one the in the train station. Quite clearly it was a man in a suit and looked more like a 1940s B-Movie than a turn of the millennium big budget blockbuster. In terms of visual effects, Lord of the Rings it ain't. Rather think Attack of the Triffids.Unresolved plot lines, holes in the story, anticlimactic ending along with poor characters and worse special effects. I suggest you miss this unless you're a big fan of the comic or want to have your brain turn to mush for 2 hours. Not as bad as Hulk but worse than all the other comic book films. Please Hollywood, STOP MAKING COMIC BOOK FILMS!!
Del Toro is a bad ass, and I think he just getting warmed up.
posted on 08 Aug 2009Some people take themselves so seriously they could never even bring themselves to like a film like Hellboy. Pull the stick out of your butt and enjoy this unabashed comic book movie. If you don't this is a work of a genius while check out this director's third film the devil's backbone. Knowing that Del Toro has masterpieces like that in his catalog helps me to relax and realize that this film is meant to be fun.As a blockbuster action movie it is a step above. Del Toro brings his unique visual style and ability to direct actors. He brings also a patient ability to pace the story to involve many of the complex elements of the comic. Del Toro is a hidden talent on the verge of being noticed for the genius that he is. I knew it watching Blade 2 seeing that under all the studio/silly blade stuff was a stylish director who has a amazing sense of visual style. Del Toro look weird but beautiful at the same time. His style is what Clive barker calls grotesque glamour. I respect the fact that he can also make blockbusting ass kickers like Blade 2 and Hellboy and come down to earth and make fantastic works of art like Cronos and the Devil's backbone.Any hoo…Pearlman is great and delivers lines like he went to the Bruce Campbell school of B-movie acting, which of course is a great thing. At the same time he brings a incredible humanity to playing a demon with a heart of almost gold. I was not sure the love story of hellboy would work but with pitch perfect acting and lines stolen from Del Toro's real-life courtship of his wife it worked.
The action and horror are done well but do not dominate the film. A great piece of popcorn movie art. Thumbs up.
The best comic book adaptation since X2
posted on 04 Aug 2009Hellboy is a visual feast that really delivers what it promises. Guillermo Del Toro keeps faithful to the original comic book by treating it with respect and keeping the creepy edge that made it a cult favorite. Ron Perlman is perfect as Hellboy, and delivers the goods in the attitude department. Selma Blair is just as good as, his partner and potential love interest. The movie keeps the sprit create by Mike Mignola's original creation, and delivers on the monsters, all whom have personalities of their own. Guillermo Del Toro does it again, and creates another great comic book film, and he does it with style. This is hands down the best comic book adaptation since X2, and I do hope they make a sequel.
Good flick!
posted on 02 Aug 2009This movie did as most comic book adaptations do... it was entertaining. The acting was decent, the storyline was decent. As were Spiderman, The Hulk, Daredevil, and about any other comic book movie... it is just aimed to entertain. Just like a good popcorn movie that has dull story lines but high action and visual effects, Hellboy follows in a long line of solid action flicks. I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys a good action movie, without too much thinking, without too much drama, or any other deep seeded thought...In no way is it something that will have some significant impact on anyone, make anyone cry, or make anyone question some high priority subject matter but it was fun to watch.
exciting comic book action
posted on 29 Jul 2009Hellboy was another movie based off of a comic book, and like all protects seem to be doing, it tried to stray from the normal fare. Well, I think in some ways it did and some it didn't, but if you look at the material it's hard to not do it like that and stay true to the original story and characters. I enjoyed Hellboy, for it's characterization. Hellboy and Abe and Liz were all unique and very interesting. Just casting a smaller actor like Ron Perlman makes this movie intriguing because it's a new face and he brought a lot of warmth and dulled down humor that made this movie stand out. The action was good and all the heroes were highlighted, but not as gods or unbeatable people which makes them more personable. The father-son conflict was another good twist and the romance between Hellboy and Liz helps a movie that has a good story and good effects not become a cliched comic book movie. There was also that theme we saw in X-Men, with outcasts of society and how there's that unity even between people who may be excluded or live in loneliness. And the relationship with Hellboy and his father brought it back to every man, woman and child's level again, because it's a concept anyone can relate to.
An amazing spectacle
posted on 27 Jul 2009This movie is a fun watch, but mainly because of Ron Perlman. The action is well done and the story is great, but Perlman makes the character of Hellboy (a demon raised by "the good guys") just amazingly human, with a wry sense of humor. You would be hard pressed to find anyone anywhere who could do this character as well as Perlman, let alone better. The physicality seems to have been tailor made to fit Perlman's features and the delivery of the lines is just so understatedly comedic that there are few who could pull it off at all.Of course, there are a couple times when the special effects are a little weaker than you would hope, but it doesn't detract from the movie as a whole. For instance, in the final battle scene, there are a couple shots where the Hellboy character clearly appears to be GC. But the fight moves so fast that you don't have much time to focus on those shots before something else amazing happens.See it. Love it.
Surprisingly Entertaining
posted on 23 Jul 2009Since I'm not a huge comic book fan (gasp! yes, I know comic books are ultra-cool for trendy kids) I wasn't sure I would like it. The trailers looked kind of interesting, but with a name like Hell Boy, I thought it might be the equivalent of an 80s heavy-metal hair band in movie form.A friend finally convinced me to go see it and I enjoyed it. It delivers what it promises--a fun action movie with enough plot and character development so that it's not completely brainless (just mostly). I thought this movie was similar in quality with X-Men and a little better than X2 (which I didn't like as well). It has similar themes of misfit, outcast mutants, er, supernatural creatures trying to save mankind from disaster and destruction. You get some love, redemption and Hell Boy has some good lines.While you're there, do a guessing game to see if you can figure out which character John Hurt plays (don't look at the credits here until you've watched it). I was a little surprised to see his name on the credits.
Maybe I'm just dopey but I really didn't know he was in it until I looked.A lot is predictable, but the makers put in some elements that weren't complete formula. For example, I kept expecting the obnoxious boss (played by Jeffrey Tambor) to "get his" since these types of characters usually turn into monster food pretty fast (just like the unnamed minor characters that always get killed on Star Trek away missions). Stay through most of the credits and you'll get a little clip of him as a comic reward. He was funny and contemptible, but in the end he wasn't so bad. This is just a minor example, but the movie felt fresher than a lot of things that have been trying to recycle formulas lately.I can't help comparing this movie to Van Helsing since they're both in the theaters at the same time and vaguely in the same genre. Skip Van Helsing and see Hell Boy instead. It is by far a more effective movie than Van Helsing was and on a much smaller budget. I hope someone in Hollywood is paying attention and notices that bigger, faster, and more expensive is not always better. You notice that this movie bothered to create at least a minimal plot and some character definition?Just wait 10 years when everyone can do high-quality special effects for even cheaper and special effects will stop being able to sell a movie on their own.In all an entertaining movie. Not profound, but one of the best sci-fi/action movies this year.
Don't waste your money
posted on 23 Jul 2009I went into this movie not expecting very much. Well, I didn't get very much. There were maybe thirty people in the theatre when I saw it and half of them walked out within an hour. The dialogue was laughably bad, every time someone made a joke it fell completely flat. Every time someone attempted to be serious it was hilarious.Besides the cringe-worthy script, the acting was pretty mediocre. Selma Blair was fine, but Rupert Evans (as John Myers) and Karel Roden (as Grigori Rasputin) were pretty bad. I'm not going to go into pointless plot summary because you can find that everywhere, so I'll just say don't waste $9.00 on this movie!
Fun action packed well made popcorn movie
posted on 19 Jul 2009OK its a popcorn movie.Lets face it, these type of movies are fun.They are meant to entertain us, thrill us and chill us. This movie did all three. A fun movie. It doesn't matter if you were a fan of the comic book this movie is based on or not, everyone will be entertained. The characters are fantastic. The story is lovingly told. You can just tell those that made this film really love their job. That translates to the audience as a well made film. The acting is great and spot on. The direction and lighting is superb. 8 hellboys out of 10
Absolutley Amazing !!!
posted on 05 Jul 2009WOW! What a film. I don't write many reviews but once in a while (you know, when the pigs fly across a blue moon), a movie comes along that reminds why you love 'em.I had heard of Hellboy as a comic but had always looked at it with mixed doubt but now I will be setting off henceforth, straight to the nearest Forbidden Planet, to get the lot.What an amazing idea for a superhero. Perfect casting. Ron Perlman is incredible. You never want him to leave the screen. In the wrong hands this could have been embarrassing however del Toro gets the mix absolutely right. Great humour, great villains, great action and great plot. If only he could get to direct Preacher or Hellblazer.I loved Spiderman, Xmen even Hulk but now they feel quite redundant compared to this. A new benchmark in superhero storytelling has been set, against which all others will be counted.Bring on Hellboy 2
Extremely fun
posted on 05 Jul 2009I love comics and I have a very big collection with them.One of my favorite comics is Hellboy,so,two years ago,I went to see the movie with a lot of enthusiasm and it did not disappoint me.Hellboy is a great movie totally fun from the beginning until the end.The best thing about this movie is that the director Guillermo del Toro did not change the original vision of the author,not only in the graphic style,in the style and in the story,too.The movie has unrealistic but totally fun action sequences and with special effects which are not realistic but they show creativity and energy.Hellboy is a totally fun movie I totally recommend.
Intense FX-laden comic book movie
posted on 29 Jun 2009Exiting the theater I overheard one patron say: "All comic book movies should be this good." I tend to agree. I enjoyed this intense FX-laden comic book movie.This raises the bar for comic book movies. I'd say this was on par with "X2". This was definitely better than "Blade 2" (which was also directed by Guillermo Del Toro).I like Del Toro's "Hellboy". It's good. I was initially hesitant to see this movie and find out why I didn't like "Blade 2" as much as I did "Blade". Was it the director? (Del Toro) Was it the material? (written by David Goyer) I'm glad to report that while Del Toro seemed to gleefully **** around with the "Blade" franchise, he delivers an action blockbuster with "Hellboy".
W00t!!!11
posted on 29 Jun 2009This is a seriously awesome movie. The effects are very special, the mise en film is interesting to view, and the scenes are arranged with the care of a great director and the fast-paced yet somehow somber and dramatic feel of the comic. The film contains many in-jokes that only readers of the comic will get, and actually has the feel of Mignola's work sprung to life.The plot is a collection of coolnesses. Nazis summoning demons! Wind-up mechanical swordfighters from hell! Red 6'5 demons saving kittens while holding the tongue of the Hound of Resurrection! Giant hammers pounding already precarious walkways into oblivion! But seriously, this film's plot might not have won academy awards, but that isn't the point. Watch this film as you would Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Mummy; sit down and marvel at the action and FX; view it with the mindset of an adolescent. Let it wash over you. 9 of 10.
Hell has no fury like a hellboy scorned!
posted on 15 Jun 2009Hellboy is one of the best comic book movies ever. The special effects are well-done and the acting is first rate especially from Ron Perlman and John Hurt. It's great seeing these two on screen together in a movie like this.Though the story could have been a little bit better, it's pretty good. Heck anything that involves the supernatural and nazis is something worth watching. The movie runs at about 2hrs and 10mins which it doesn't seem that way because it flys by.In short the film brings too the table a new genre of hero a hero from hell. 8/10
Hellboy, not perfect, but entertaining.
posted on 11 Jun 2009Let's be blunt, the movie is, in essence, a little lumbering and flawed and has a rather odd climax. The beginning is overlong and vaguely too fantastical, but once you realize this is a very different world, a comic book really, and normal rules don't apply, it can be forgiven. In fact most of the flaws can be forgiven because of Ron Perlman and what he brought to the picture.This is one of few movies I've ever gone to see on the opening weekend, possibly the only one. And I did so because I was already a fan of Ron Perlman and it was great to see him in a leading role, even though he's covered in makeup. Perlman is the best thing in this movie; he is perfect as Hellboy. He swaggers through it as if he'd always been a leading man. Delivering one-liners with ease and to perfection, battling monsters through subterranean sets and city streets, and giving a great comedic performance as well as a very emotional one that makes you just love the big red oaf. A great feat considering the extensive makeup he had to act through.And the makeup and prosthetics are the best of its kind I've ever seen. There's movement and expression in the lips at times that you would think would be impossible. You might at first think that the lips are rather stationary and unexpressive, but if you just pay attention you'll see that there is a lot of movement and subtleties to it. Rick Baker should be praised for his work in this, it's amazing.Doug Jones is awesome as the body of Abe Sapien. His movements are truly beautiful. And David Hyde Pierce as the voice is perfect. Abe is a very interesting and neat character that I wouldn't mind seeing more of. And his makeup is as amazing or even more so than Hellboy's.John Hurt is great in this, as is Jeffrey Tambor. Everyone in this does a great job. But Perlman's performance as Hellboy really holds the movie together. His character stands out and speaks to the audience better than any other.If you liked X-Men or Spider-Man don't expect a movie as well polished and put together, but you should be able to enjoy it and the more overt comic book feel of the movie. And unlike the aforementioned movies there is quite a bit of light humor throughout Hellboy that should garner some laughs from most anyone.Hellboy isn't perfect, I would have changed some things, but I had fun watching it and in the end, especially for a movie of this type, I think that's what matters most. In fact I like it more now, after seeing it again, than I did when walking out of the theater.
Liz and Hellboy
posted on 22 Aug 2009I've just returned from seeing Hellboy, and although I have minor criticisms, it was a fun movie. I didn't expect the ammount of romance. I mean, I knew before hand that Hellboy had a thing for Liz, but I didn't think the movie was going to develop it as much as it did. I'm not complaining, I thought it added to both characters. The best part of the entire movie was the character of Hellboy. I mean...c'mon. He's so hot he's cool (ooooh lame joke, but it had to be said). I've only read one comic featuring Hellboy, and now I'm pretty close to buying some because of how funny/cool he is. and I think this movie made fire-powers look even cooler than X-Men 2 made them look.