Fun, but no Comic-to-Film Masterpiece

Rating: 6/10 (27 November 2013)

Overall an enjoyable movie, though not as good as the first one and a bit more far fetched (like a demon from another dimension who likes cats and candy isn't already far fetched enough). Guillermo Del Toro directed so you know it's action packed and Ron Perlman was born to play the title role. It has an almost Tolkien-esque backstory of elves and goblins and a war with the world of men, but that's about all that was Tolkien-esque. I definitely thought it was lacking without the agent from the previous film, and I did not care for the voice actor change in Abe Sapein, but that's more of a consistency thing than a cut on the film. Worth seeing if you liked the first one.