- Also known as:
- Hellboy 2
- Rating:
- 80%
- Format:
- DVD
- Year:
- 2008
- Predominant Genre:
- Action
- Plot:
- Hellboy must save the world.
- Themes:
- Personal change
- Self-expression
- Compassion
- Totalitarianism
- Similar To:
- Hellboy
- Best Performances:
The Golden Army
Superior sequel to the same director’s Hellboy - the kind of coherent drama that Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth should have been.
A story of freaks with special powers who are lauded by Men while simultaneously being criticized for somehow being ugly because they remind the world’s mediocrities of that very mediocrity. A clever analogue to the way in which, in the West, celebrities are raised to a level above ordinary mortals just before we watch, with schadenfreudic glee, as we proceed to tear them down for the sheer hell of it.
The characterization and acting is above average for this kind of action/adventure fantasy since it focuses on relationships rather than just special powers and the SFX aren’t arbitrary cinematic displays of digital cleverness, they actually carry the humorously told story forward.
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