A fun ride the whole way through

Rating: 10/10 (6 May 2004)

This is truly one of the best comic-to-movie adaptations I've ever seen, as in up there with X2 and the original Batman. After X2 amazed us it seemed hopeless, "The Hulk" and "Daredevil" were both awful, and it seemed like there would be nothing good to ever again come of comic movies. But this one reminded us that there is hope. To start with, we have Ron Perlman (Enemy at the Gates, anyone? This guy's awesome.) The only good acting performance in the entirety of "Alien: Resurrection", and when I think of it the only actor who could really pull this role off. Hellboy's a simple guy, he'd enjoy saving Earth from apocalyptic beasts just as much as a beer and some nachos, definitely not the average superhero, and Perlman did a good job with the character, his dislike of being a "freak", his love for Liz, all of it was well-done. Then we've got Liz played by Selma Blair. Amazing, truly amazing. Selma Blair's a really great actress, even in that "Cruel Intentions" movie, and here she really captures Liz's actual level of fear of her powers.
In addition David Hyde Pierce did an amazing job as the voice of Abe Sapien, and the body actor (can't remember his name) also did a great job adapting the character to screen. And as with any action movie we have to talk about stunts and graphics: the CGI was incredible, the action sequences were mind-blowing and captivating (I couldn't turn away once!), and with all this it clearly has to be del Toro's greatest film, even better than "The Devil's Backbone".