kind of lame and...

Rating: 6/10 (2 February 2005)

the evil monster made no sense. It had something to do with Nazis and laying eggs and something about how the monster could reincarnate itself. I'm not sure how it all fit together; it wasn't explained well. Hellboy himself was kind of neat. The make up and costume were well done, but the one liners fell very flat. Hellboy's girl had a unique talent; too bad it wasn't show cased much. The fish guy was neat, but if they were going to throw other freak crime fighters in, then they should have had a handful of them. But, what I really didn't care for was the monster and the evil guy because they made no sense. How did the monster come to be? Was it brought to earth by the bad guy? Was the bad guy some type of demon or devil worshipper? And what was with him controlling the ugly faced dead Nazi guy, who was a master with the sword? I never understood how he did it. And who was the blond working with the evil guy? Also, the movie set up how much Hellboy depended on his father, but when the father kicks the bucket, Hellboy isn't too upset. He gets over it awful quick.
And if they were going to have monsters in this, then there should have been several types of monsters to keep it more interesting.
FINAL VERDICT: I know this is based on a comic book, but I didn't think it was anything like Spiderman or X-men. I really liked those movies, but didn't think much of Hellboy. So, I only recommend it if you think you have to see every special effects movie out there.