Anticlimactic ending, poor character development.

Rating: 4/10 (6 April 2004)

It felt like a made for TV movie with a better special effects budget.
The storyline was tired and stretched like a middle school term paper, with numerous scenes inserted strictly as fluff with little real story benefit.
Though not a fan of comics, Hellboy was shown as a weak "super hero" who seemed to be a lucky hero more than super.
The plot tried to show Hellboy as though he was a working-class super-hero who seems almost resigned to saving the world - yet he was locked away to keep him hidden.
Sounded more like an indentured servant through most of the movie.