Hellacious!

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2004)

"Hellboy" isn't just another comic book movie. The main character, the demonic Hellboy, played by Ron Perlman, isn't so much a superhero. One might call him more of an anti-hero. Hellboy, as an infant devil, was drawn out of Hell by an immortal Rasputin in 1944. Today he works for a secret government agency that deals with the paranormal. Think "Men In Black" with kind of a spiritual slant. Anyway, the visuals are amazing, and the imagery is also eye-catching, but shocking at times. The story is quite good. Maybe a bit far-fetched, but there have been worse along these lines. This is a good movie to see to get the full spectrum of comic book movies.