Ridiculous!

Rating: 1/10 (11 November 2008)

The original Hellboy succeeded in part because of the clever dialogue and interactions between the characters. This is where Hellboy II: The Golden Army falls far short. The story itself is interesting, but the spoken lines are cheesy at best. Watching the movie, I felt like it was very hastily put together, almost as if the producers of the first movie said to themselves "hey we should make another one of these because it did so well" and yet never really thought out how to do it. Sure, the action scenes are cool and the visuals are stunning. But that's where the greatness ends. I had thought beforehand that I would be annoyed listening to Doug Jones instead of David Hyde Pierce as the voice of Abe. That was the least of this film's problems. I am a huge fan of Hellboy, and its sequel was just a disappointment.