Great Follow up

Rating: 8/10 (8 September 2009)

A great followup to the first Hellboy. You can see they had more money this time to better the computer graphics and costuming. Ron Perlman is terrific again as Hellboy and well supported by Selma Blair and Doug Jones. Luke Goss is great as Prince Nuada and Anna Walton is a standout as Princess Nuala. I can see big things for her ahead. The story is a lot of fun with Hellboy's deadpan humor and it's just a good film to sit down and escape with.
I also enjoyed the fact that the combat scenes were well-filmed. In an age where many directors resort to rapid edits of close up shots to give the impression of a flurry of action resulting in nothing but a nonsensical mess, it was great to see filmed action that could actually be followed, that was nicely orchestrated and using a bit of wire work too. Good job I say.
For me this was the most enjoyable adaptation of a comic since probably X-Men 3.