Highly Entertaining!

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2005)

This movie was highly entertaining though a little hard to follow. Not being familiar with the comics, may have been the reason for my difficulties in following the plot. Hellboy is found during a raid on a Nazi operation near the end of the war. The Nazi's, with the aid of Rasputin (yes, The Rasputin from Russia) are trying to rig a contraption and open up a rift in a type of Hell and loose demons on Earth. The plot is foiled but the soldiers discover Hellboy. He is brought back and raised in secret by a kind of CIA organization.
Years later Rasputin is back with the aid of a zombie swordsman and a reptilian creature that has numerous lives. Rasputin's plan is to use Hellboy to continue the attempt at opening up the rift in the universe to Hell. Great action ensues.
Ron Perlman actually does a convincing job as Hellboy and look for John Hurt as Hellboy's mentor.