Overall good action film

Rating: 7/10 (13 August 2004)

My husband and I bought this DVD sight unseen. We were very
curious about this one for ages, but never got a chance to see it on
the big screen. We liked it. This movie is not an amazing out of
the park epic, but we would like to see this franchise in the future.
Pearlman was really good in this film, and he really held his own.
Overall, the writing was not what I had hoped for. And it could have
ended sooner. At the end, it just kept going and going. Which is
fine. But editing could have helped this film. Del Torro, what to
say? Frankly, I'm not a fan. Blade 2 turned my stomach....too
much needless gore and such blood, it just went overboard. At
that point I swore that I'd never see another Del Torro film. Blade 2
just made me ill...and I adored the first film totally. So, for me to
buy Hellboy...well, it was a leap of faith. And I'm glad I took it. I
bought it in a two pack of DVD's...and the other? Resident Evil?
Well...that's another review. In summary, buy Hellboy, or rent it. It's
pretty good. Not great. But pretty good.