Fun

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2004)

I thought `Hellboy' was a fun movie. It isn't deep or understated but it is loud, special-effects laden escapist fare. The cast was effective. The bad guys were real bad and the good guys were there to battle the bad guys. The movie included Nazis, demons from Hell and an evil Blonde Nazi in love with a reincarnated Rasputin. What more could you ask for. Hellboy himself was played very well by Ron Perlman who gave him a vulnerability and cockiness that you wish to see in a lead monster. The story was fast paced and slightly ridiculous but it held your attention and entertained. It is well worth seeing if you wish to entertained and not challenged. The movie does not take itself too seriously but is more of a live action (or live through CGI) cartoon. Too many action movies, like the Matrix stuff, take themselves far too seriously. With this movie you want to relax and laugh at the preposterousness of the plot . I left the theater grinning and glad I saw the movie. Isn't that what you want.