Impressive effects, empty story

Rating: 2/10 (4 June 2011)

Good Lord, what happened to the cool Hellboy? Here he turned into a lazy moron, rude and pathetic, more fitting of a Farrelly Bros movie. I had plenty of expectations from the director of Pan's Labyrinth, what a disappointment! OK, the visual universe is amazing, the CGI effects are flawless but that movie is awfully empty. All the characters are stereotyped without any depth, the evil is what... a kung fu elven master of the spear? The few real characters are the two women (Liz, the Flame Lady and the Elven Princess Nuala)... Come on, we're talking about a demon on earth, a scourge of humanity and now you send him to fight elves, goblins, fairies and trolls??? I don't understand the high rating (7.3)!?? But well... Each person will have his own point of view! Mine: plain lame!