Despite a cool look, the non-symmetry talks by itself

Rating: 5/10 (13 May 2019)

I have never heard of Hellboy before the movie, so was not expecting anything except supernatural action of the undiscovered source. Got pretty much it, with tons of clichés and lame jokes, but let's dig a little bit deeper than that.
Without any doubts the eternal theme of Nazis searching for mystical artifacts will be used if the scenario kicks off during the WWII, I am just glad that it was not the main storyline for the creators. Don't expect much of a background for the unique super creature as you will be propelled into his full-fledged years when he deals with all kinds of monsters. Loved this approach that helped to avoid the routine training montage and inept attempts of becoming a professional.
The main plot doesn't bring you any new kicks and at some point might raise a few questions of "why" type. The usual approach of adding a few romantic or self-discovering turns actually doesn't catch your attention and for me just caused an unsuspected yawning. Maybe the reason was that we didn't get to know the characters closer, so all the dramatic moments passed by like a train of a full speed.
The action also didn't catch the starts from the sky. Even long fight sequences weren't showing some outstanding chorographical achievements - simple smash, shoot and destroy. And some wannabe epic moments just followed a wet firecracker principle - some smoke and no explosion.
The fun bits have tried to bring some juice into all this meal but unfortunately many of them also qualified for a cringe awards. The awkward and stupid jokes prevail over fairly laughable situations, which actually makes me sad.
As much as I loved Ron Perlman's Hellboy by his unique look and behavior, Guillermo del Toro actually applied the physical description of a demonic creature onto the picture and we got the hornless and weirdly shaped action that has failed to deliver a pretty cool concept of a supernatural defender of humanity.