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Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2 Disc Special Edition) [2008]
from Universal Pictures UK
starring Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Seth MacFarlane
directed by Guillermo del Toro

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

The feverish Hellboy 2: The Golden Army is a very busy sequel that might have looked unhinged in the hands of a less visionary director than Guillermo del Toro. Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy, aka "Red," the Dark Horse Comics demon-hero with roots in the mythical world but personal ties in the human realm. Still working, as he was in Hellboy, for a secret department of the federal government that deals (as in "Men In Black") with forces of the fantastic, Red and his colleagues take on a royal elf (Luke Goss) determined to smash a longtime truce between mankind and the forces of magic. Meanwhile, Red's relationship with girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), who can burst into flames at will, is going through a rocky stage observed by Red's fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones), himself struck by love in this film. Del Toro brilliantly integrates the ordinary and extraordinary, diving into an extended scene set in a troll market barely hidden behind the façade of typical city streets. He also unleashes a forest monster that devastates an urban neighborhood, but then--interestingly--brings a luminous beauty to the same area as the creature (an "elemental") succumbs to a terrible death. Del Toro's art direction proves masterful, too, in a climactic battle set in a clockworks-like stronghold tucked away in rugged Irish landscape. But it's really the juxtaposition of visual marvels with not-so-unusual relationship issues that gives Hellboy 2 a certain jaunty appeal hard to find in other superhero movies. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A Potential Parent's Point Of View
  If a film is rated '12', why would you deliberate whether to show it to an eight year-old? The classification surely outlines what is suitable.
  It's amazing how many people buy their children '18' (or '12') rated video games (or films) and then complain about how unsuitable they are for youngsters. Saying that, my mum used to let me see Hammer and Universal Horrors as a child and I still turned out okay.
  With regard to Del Toro's Hellboy 2, I loved it. I'm 42 and my inner eight year-old loved it... more info

• Feel The Right Hand Of Doom! And Rejoice!
  In the dark ages, before The Dark Knight and The Iron Man, Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" was the the first decent comic book adaptation in at least a decade. The premise was darkly comic, the material sharply human, and the characters behaved as people who happen to be possessed with great powers, and not faceless ciphers designed to cynically push the plot forward to the next explosion.
  After the high watermark of Iron Man and The Dark Knight, Del Toro returns with "Hellboy II : The Golden Army",... more info

• ASTONISHING!!!
  This film is incredable and actually outdoes the first one
  the story was fantastic
  and the graphics were amazing
  5/5
  DONT MISS IT!!!

• Sympathy for the devil
  I, like many people, am becoming a huge fan of Del Toro's work both in English and Spanish and having really enjoyed the first Hellboy was excited about seeing this sequel.
  I saw it twice in the cinema, once in London in a special preview screening and again back at home on it's last night - and was completely bowled over both times. For someone like me who watched Ray Harryhausen creatures slugging it out on TV as a kid with his jaw open - this movie is a dream come true, Del Toro has just unlatched... more info

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