Major Letdown

Rating: 4/10 (16 September 2008)

This film is so disappointing, it felt that i was watching a crude lord of the rings in the beginning and then it started to turn into a crap Men in Black. The elf prince is not that menacing as the lead villain, i would be more scared of a cabbage patch doll!!! There was a lot of good effects and the creature make-up and designs were top notch but unless you have a good gripping story then i am afraid it counts for nothing.
The story line felt like you have seen it all before and knew what was round the corner, it lacked the lightning pace of a good film. The original Hellboy is far superior to this and a lot more entertaining, if they tried to flesh out the characters in this sequel then to me they have failed and introduced worse ones.
I really hope this is not heading down the Pirates of the Caribbean route as i do like Hellboy but not this well below average second offering.