Please somebody save my kittens!

Rating: 5/10 (4 June 2004)

I saw the trailer for this film quite some time ago and was left feeling with little hope for this film. Nevertheless I decided to watch it with the hope that I would be mildly entertained. I was wrong.
There is very little plot going on here, rather poor characterisation with really anti-climatic events proving the finale to the picture. Hellboy is an odd character at best but the thought of a character coming from hell is an intriguing one. All the other characters (whether they were in the comics or not - I really have no idea having never read them) were extremely droll in their execution and left a bitter after taste in my mouth.
The obvious selling point of this movie was the special effects, but even these were mediocre at best. Not a single "big" shot was done well with the majority of the film looking unpolished and incredibly fake. The supposed hell hounds were perhaps the worst case of this, especially when Hellboy was fighting one the in the train station. Quite clearly it was a man in a suit and looked more like a 1940s B-Movie than a turn of the millennium big budget blockbuster. In terms of visual effects, Lord of the Rings it ain't. Rather think Attack of the Triffids.
Unresolved plot lines, holes in the story, anticlimactic ending along with poor characters and worse special effects. I suggest you miss this unless you're a big fan of the comic or want to have your brain turn to mush for 2 hours.
Not as bad as Hulk but worse than all the other comic book films. Please Hollywood, STOP MAKING COMIC BOOK FILMS!!