REVIEW: HELLBOY 2: THE GOLDEN ARMY
Title: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss and Anna Walton
Produced by Dark Horse Entertainment, Relativity Media and Universal Pictures
Written by Mike Mignola (graphic novel) and Guillermo del Toro
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
I am officially a Hellboy fangirl. I just got back from seeing this movie and I must say it’s a million times better than the first one. I really liked the original, but this just was a major step up. I’m running out and buying the comics tomorrow, in fact.
Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) along with Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) must stop Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) from destroying humans after obtaining the pieces of the crowd which resurrects the golden army. Nuada’s twin sister, Princess Nuala (Anna Walton), goes behind her brothers back and teams up with the BPRD to stop him, only to result in much mayhem.
This movie was so sappy. There were all these love triangles and love complications and other issues (which I’m not telling you about) a couple goes through. Hellboy cries, Abe Sapien cries, I FRIGGIN CRIED! Ok, not really, but I wanted to. To balance out the sap, the movie really stepped up its game as far as humor goes. There are tons of great one-liners that aren’t nearly as cheesy at the ones in the first film (which I loved).
The monsters in the sequel are far better than those in the first. It seems theres a plethora of supernatural creatures everywhere. Some are small, some tower over Hellboy himself. There’s one creature in particular, The Angel of Death, that is so incredibly creepy and stunning at the same time it’s hard to take your eyes off him.
Doug Jones played a much larger part in this film, having three separate roles. I absolutely prefer the character with his voice over David Hyde Pierce’s. Also, for all you “Family Guy” superfreaks, Seth MacFarlane voices the character of Johann Krauss, so I’m sure all you goons will enjoy that. As usual Ron Perlman and Selma Blair give great performances. I officially worship Ron Perlman.
If you liked the first one, you’ll love the new one even more. I know I do.
Hellboy 2 was fun; for sure that director has an amazing imagination, reminded me a lot of his work in Pan’s Labyrinth