Pan's Hellboy Labyrinth 2

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2008)

Plot: Hellboy's (Ron Perlman) back still fighting "the Creatures from beyond and hidden in the cracks of are planet." Still part of the same team of, Liz (Selma Blair) and Abe (Doug Jones) and with the help of a new member sent to watch over Hellboy's antics. Now this time around... Hellboy is caught in a story his earth father (John Hurt) told him, when he was just a kid. About a past war of mystics/creatures/beyond vs. the human race. Which the humans won. But the King of the Mystics was told by a little goblin that he could build him a unstoppable golden army. After the construction of the army they easily beat the humans. But the King was still troubled. So he then decided to make a truce with the humans and split up the only way to control the golden army which was a crown that could be divided into 3 pieces. Then lock/Hide the golden army forever. But enraged inside was the Prince Nuada (Luke Goss). So after years and years of hiding he decides to make his move after years of the humans ruining everything and over populating. So now its up to Hellboy to put a stop to this, and the resurrection of the golden army.
My Spiel: I did like Hellboy one, but it really had to grow on me to really appreciate it for all the little features. I am a big fan of comic movies and I liked how Hellboy was simply set in the old times of the German army seeking other means of weapons of a mystic/unknown nature. But this time around Hellboy 2 comes out bigger then ever. Now after director Guillermo Del Toro success of Pan's Labyrinth. They obviously let him do whatever the hell he wanted too. I know what Del Toro was trying to do in this movie was to make his own universe of mystic creatures/characters, which is obvious from the hidden market place (Expanding out like the Star Wars universe). But it reminded me to much of "The Labyrinth" (the movie with all the puppets). It did make this movie expand out in a new way, but I have to say it was just to over loaded and that it was just so random from time to time, like they were rushing the middle of the story and not slowing down. Then with a obvious conclusion of how this movie would end after Hellboy's earth father told the story of the golden army at the beginning, but lets not go there. I was really expecting more I have to say there weren't many scenes I could really care about or get behind, because it's obviously another stepping stone for another Hellboy expanding out with the hidden market of to many unknowns. But who knows.
Hellboy 2 The Golden Army (2008) Review: 6/10