Helluva ride

Rating: 10/10 (4 April 2004)

Ron Perlman was an excellent choice for the title role. He was Hellboy. He brought across the characters emotions and thoughts masterfully. This is the type of performance that makes you stop looking beyond the makeup and effects, and creates a character that could step out into everyday life and be believable.
Sure its another superhero movie, and sure there's the "with great power comes great responsibility" message in there, but this time someone, del Toro, actually has a way of doing it that is different from the rest of the flock of super hero movies we have been inundated with over the last few years.
The whole movie comes together as one great 2hr roller coaster. The bits of humor interspersed with action reached just the right levels to provide an overall entertaining master piece. Granted there are a few pieces that dont quite seem to come together, but the overall product is worth the ticket. Hurt's performance is great as well. The chemistry that Selma Blair provides to the ensemble smolders thru out the film too.
Bottom line...dont miss this movie. This franchise has some distance to go before it fades away, if the level of production and storytelling is maintained.
WMC