Don't waste your time

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2004)

If you are like me, and thought that this movie just might be worth seeing in theaters, I'm here to warn you that it's not. I went in without hearing anything about it, knowing nothing of where hell boy came from, and hoped that I could lend an unprejudiced view. Right from the start, the movie begins throwing characters, important concepts, and bizarre events at you. Thinking that most of these things will be explained, you wait....and wait. The truth is, no explanation ever comes. You never really even figure out what Hell boy is or who he is. This goes for most every character in the movie. All of them are developed only enough to loosely connect the plot, which suffers from the same development issues. I'm not an idiot who can't things out on my own, the others who went with me also had fifty questions, and we all had different answers when we walked out. The acting is not good, but it is bearable, and only hurts the film in a few places, thankfully. Basically, you're going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out what's going on and who everyone is, and you'll have lots of time to ponder since this movie is mostly just a few long, drug-out action sequences anway. Save your money, folks.