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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and frightening images
Starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, John Hurt, Corey Johnson, and Doug Jones
A supernatural action-adventure based on Mike Mignola's acclaimed Dark Horse Comic series of the same name. (Sony)
| GENRE(S): | Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-fi |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Guillermo del Toro (also screen story)
Peter Briggs (screen story) Mike Mignola (comic books) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Guillermo del Toro |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 27, 2004 Video: July 27, 2004 Theatrical: April 2, 2004 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 120 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 111 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a5:
Poor script, weak characters, underdeveloped plot. Del Toro tried to capture the comic's gritty, minimalist feel but failed.
Andrew B. gave it a9:
To not be charmed or entertained by this film would require either a heart of stone or an utter lack of taste in entertainment. It does an excellent job of creating a comic book feel and look, and Ron Perlman's hellboy is more than likable enough to carry multiple films. So what if the plot can be a bit hard to follow at times. Since when did that matter much for a comic book film?
Prins M. gave it a9:
Good adaptation of an awesome graphic novel.
Oliver C. gave it an8:
As much as the acting and writing could have been improved, Del Toro still brought us the best looking monsters i've ever seen in a movie. And that's no mean feet.
[Anonymous] gave it a7:
It has good points, some action and neat visuals. Perlman's got some good lines, but overall, the movie's too muddled and anticlimatic to be especially entertaining. After a while, you just...lose interest.
Jim P. gave it a0:
Utter pap! The acting was so wooden it was unbelievable!
Ian F. gave it a7:
The first time I watched this movie I was not impressed. The villains had the potential to be cool but had so little air time and character development they became 2D figures (especially compared to the amount of time spent developing the protagonists). Ilsa especially was not worth having in the movie (which is a shame because a German bombshell could have made a good villainess). The plot was pretty standard: evil priest wants to summon in the outer gods (HP Lovecraft stuff here), and the valiant Americans must save the world. Can these yankee chumps continue to try and prove that they won WWII alone any other way than rewriting history? Hellboy is a great character brilliantly protrayed by Pearlmen (he's come a long way from In the Name of the Rose and Beauty and the Beast), the other characters are fun (especially "Niles" and the FBI Director). The FX are good, nothing to complain about. Music score is good. The plot. Weak weak weak. I didn't even realize what was essentially wrong with it until I read other reviews, and then it occured to me: I'd seen it before! The ending swallowed by monster then blows it up a la MiB was anticlimatic and cheesy. The motivation for the entire "plot" was fine (Hellboy ends up being the key to the apocalypse is nice), but the journey to this was confused and often irrelevant. Should have been a TV series.

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