Bad script. Good visuals.

Rating: 5/10 (7 April 2004)

You'd think that if you spend 75 million for a movie you could invest a few hundred grand on a good script.
The script to this film SUCKS. ---SPOILERS--- It just piles the questions on you: How did Hellboy know Liz? How did Liz get her powers? How did Rasputin get inside the HQ? Why does Rasputin want to destroy the world? He can't be killed either. Whatever. What is that squid thing at the end? What was it's purpose? If Hellboy can kill it with a grenade belt, then the army could quite easily kill it with a couple of tanks.
Right? Hellboy has no special skills really. What's the point of killing creatures that don't die? What was that spaceship thing in the other dimension? Where did Abe Sapian come from? What is Abe and why is he even there? Someone has written a comic book called Hellboy in the movie? Huh? Rasputin takes Liz's soul, then Hellboy gives it back to her. If he can do this, why was he so upset in the first place? It's like X-Men, but without ANY backstory or humanity.
The writer tries to put some humor in and every joke just falls flat. Best scene in the movie is where Hellboy punches the car and that is in the preview. MY PLEA TO HOLLYWOOD = hire better writers!!! Best part of being in the theatre? The previews for Spiderman 2 and Troy.