Fantastic Entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (31 August 2004)

I'm getting a bit tired of comic-book adaptations now. I'm a graphic-novel fan from the 80s and have seen some of my favorite books butchered by the Hollywood monster. However, I've never read HellBoy, and perhaps that's why I enjoyed it so much.
This film rocks. Perlman is brilliant -- I hardly recognized him (until he spoke). The production values are high, the script is witty, the acting is mostly great, and the CG is highly entertaining.
I loved the fact that Perlman shouts, 'Ow!!!' every time he gets hit on the head, despite being nearly indestructible.
Long live HellBoy!!!