Not perfect, but still very good!

Rating: 7/10 (29 December 2019)

There was a lot of talk about Hellboy when the movie came out. A demon who fights with rosary on the good side. And while it's weird, having finally seen the movie, I think it's far less wrong than things like "Lucifer". It works in it's comic book world and it works well. Del Toro does know how to make a fun movie and Ron Perlman is great in his role. Sadly, the movie does suffer from pacing issues and feeling that the characters are constantly doing something not very relevant to the main plot. To use a gaming dictionary, it feels they are constantly doing side quests. That is a shame, because when it comes to action, characters, or anything else for that matter, Hellboy delivers. It even has a good message. And while there are a few last decade cringe scenes, even that is cool in retrospective. It's just sad that it couldn't be much more than just a good movie. But, oh well, be happy with what you have, they say. I give it 7.5 and I recommend it!