Worse Then I Expected... And That's Saying Something

Rating: 3/10 (31 August 2008)

I walked into the theater not expecting more than an average film at the absolute best, and I was thoroughly disappointed. The story was exceptionally flimsy, it was more-so set on something that should have been a side-story at best and the fight scenes were short and choppy. I mean, there were two fights with creatures that should have been big time bosses, but they were dead in a few short minutes and even the final boss was taken out relatively quickly. Not to mention the poor acting, the abundance of 2-d characters, and the there were multiple times when the solution was a no brainer, but it took the characters way too long it figure it out.
There were a few moments of saving grace for this film, but they were few and far between. Like there was at least one moment of the film that genuinely made me feel something other than boredom and the beginning wasn't completely awful. Also, any of the original cast plays there roles just fine and Ron Pearlman once again plays the perfect Hellboy, which is certainly a welcome reprieve from the other casts poorly played roles.
All in all, the movie attempted to ignore anything on artistic and focus on being purely entertaining, but fell flat on both accounts. The first Hellboy was much much better. I must say that this film was even worse than Hancock (which, before this film, was the worst movie of the year in my book), at least in Hancock we got good acting and a good opening.
A 3 out of 10.