exciting comic book action

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2004)

Hellboy 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.