Simply Incredible

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2008)

Being a fan of the first Hellboy film (due mainly to Ron Perlman's dead-pan everyman performance) I went to the theater yesterday to see the latest installment from director del Toro. After the trailer I was a little worried the film would fail by trying to do too much and therefore lose the funny quips and great characters that the original had. I was pleasantly surprised. The movie is incredible. Not only does del Toro deliver some of the best CGI I've ever seen but he throws in tons of creatures we've never seen before.
The fights are fast paced and furious and there are quite a few of them within the film. I really have to say that the best part of the movie is still the humor, there is a lot of it, especially towards the beginning of the film. The pacing of the film is excellent, the story is well done, well acted by all parties, and keeps the right balance between a sappy love story, a summer comic book action film, and a comedy. Any fans of the action genre would be happy to see this one...
My few complaints are as follows: The actor who played young Hellboy wasn't really good and I don't think they played around with the conflict of Hellboy between the human world and the mythical world, he could have been much more torn...
Just as good, if not better than the first, definitely just as funny and even more action packed...