Ugh! First rate junk,

Rating: 2/10 (19 July 2008)

What a dumb movie. Real junk. Hollywood at its glorious worst as comic-book characters get comic-book treatment. What else would one expect? Appealing to the lowest-common-denominator is alive and well in this movie. The plot is dumb, the acting plodding, the special effects not so special (and there's lots of them too), and the main character is a joke. Just because the main character is taken from a comic-book doesn't mean he can't be given some dignity. The good vs. evil conflict is weak, the good guys are clueless, the bad guys are travesties. Why not have Hellboy rescue inmates from a concentration camp or help defend innocent defenseless people who are victims of violence? This movie once again proves that when given the chance Hollywood will churn out mediocrity from that creative potboiler that spews out the garbage that's supposed to pass for entertainment. In addition, this movie is as long as its mediocre and to watch this movie without nodding off is a challenge. And please, what's with the opening monologue? Don't tell a story, show it! It's a movie not a play.