If you liked LXG, you'll like this.

Rating: 6/10 (14 September 2004)

Try imagining what would happen if X-Men had been directed in the style of Van Helsing. Well, OK, it's been done already -- that was LXG, which has a lot in common with Hellboy -- semi-supernatural characters loosely dragged out of literature who haven't died for a very long time, but do at the end of this film if they're bad; an ancient professor played by a British actor; highly capable mechanical contraptions run by highly antiquated clockwork ... you get the idea. The "unique" feature of this film is that the characters are lifted from vaguely religious literary sources, but that's only slightly relevant to the plot. [end spoilers] It's really a bunch of special-effects-filled nonsense, but I just sat back and enjoyed the effects and the visual imagery, which was occasionally impressive -- I liked the overhead umbrellas shot.
And as for cross-breeding films -- how about "Hellboy meets Tomb Raider" for a sequel?