Hellboy..

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2005)

Hellboy, directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a lousy comic adaptation that retains none of the original spirit or atmosphere of the comic. Instead it is a show-off of digital effects and a parade of various clichés: digital hyper action a la "Matrix", "Aliens" monster-chase claustrophobia, "Indiana Jones" lost-civilizations feelgood adventure, "Batman" Gothic fantasy and so on. It even incorporates some boring romantic melodrama.
Add some vague pseudo-philosophy and moral preaching about what is it that defines humanity, and you have one of the most overrated movies of 2004. As Hollywood fairy-tales come and go, this is one of the worst. But essentially, Hellboy is a video game and not a film.