One hell of a sequel!

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2009)

The big red man known as Hellboy (Ron Perlman) returns and so does his girlfriend Liz (Selma Blaire) and aquatic gill-man known as Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) for more monster hunting. This time an evil elf prince named Nauda (Luke Goss) who lives in the underworld where fairies and imaginary creatures rule as he murdered his father so he can have control of the underworld including trying to possess a magic crown that can unleash the powerful Golden Army. His twin sister Nuala (Anna Walton) has the final piece of the crown and must protect it away from Nauda, the Bearau of Paranormal Research and Defense lead by Agent Manning (Jeffery Tambor) with a new ectoplasmic spirit creature named Dr. Johann Krauss (Voiced by Seth Mcfarland and played by John Alexander) all join forces to investigate New York and the underworld before the Golden Army is unleashed.
A grand and spectacular sequel that surpasses the surprisingly great 2004 Guillermo Del Toro made horror-fantasy-action-comedy movie. Director Del Toro returns after his triumph known as "Pan's Labyrinth" to give the popular Dark Horse comic character another cinematic round as this proves he is one of Cinema's newest visionary directors. The story is quite good including the acting and nicely timed sense of humor that includes the memorable scene where the red-man sings to Barry Mannilow all drunk. The special effects are very impressive with a mix of make-up effects, CGI and puppetry even the imaginative creatures used in this movie. There is a nice yet imaginative opening prologue with a cameo by John Hurt, the film deals with the moral about sacrifice and love with great action sequences and twists.
Here is a sequel that is actually bigger then the original, a must see.