Even Better than the Original

Rating: 8/10 (8 August 2019)

Both "Hellboy (2004)" and "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" are really solid superhero films, and I feel like, if they'd have come out five years later when the superhero craze had gotten into full swing, they probably could've done a little bit better in the box office, and maybe we would've wound up with a third Hellboy... maybe, but maybe not. If we had gotten Hellboy 3, maybe Del Toro's career would've taken a very different path, and maybe we wouldn't have gotten "The Shape of Water"... who knows... that's for an alternate timeline to know. Here, in this universe, in this timeline, we received two Hellboy movies from Del Toro. Not only are those two films brilliant examples of urban fantasy, they are filled with complex and fun characters, and they're an absolute blast to sit through. "Hellboy II" is even better than "Hellboy (2004)", but both of them are worth watching.