It fell completely flat for me.

Rating: 5/10 (3 April 2004)

I left the movie feeling nothing. I love Ron Perlman and I didn't even recognize him, which I guess is a good sign for his acting ability. It felt like the story was written 50 years ago with the nazis and Rasputin, etc. The effects were decent. I didn't feel much sympathy for hell boy. He made no sense to me. He was a tough guy who was ashamed of his horns? It was like a submessage of the move was that it is okay be ashamed. Hellboy was very fragile when being attacked by one monster, but very strong when attacked by lots. Huh? He was always either getting all his co-workers killed with complete silliness or being absent when Broom is attacked by the corpse. The movie just never clicked for me. I didn't understand the plot at all. It made me want to see Ron Perlman in a real movie.