Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The second Hellboy film, the sequel and the final work of Guillermo del Toro and Hellboy together on the big screen. It's a fun and quick ride. Everything present in the first movie is back here in this one. The charm of all the actors playing their characters, Mike Mignola's style and the small details to the mythical world of what makes Hellboy so unique.

The sequel Hellboy II The Golden Army picks up everything that made the first movie so special and doubles down on it. All of the set design, which is very fun detailed, tell a story. Each demon is built like a real existing being. Not much will be explained, which is a positive thing with these movies, but rather it's for the audience to picture the lore in their own imagination. You can also find more of Guillermo's ideas in Behind The Scene footage, where he brings up small details he put in the movie. It's very interesting.

Next to all that, Hellboy II also fixes a ton of problems the first one had. Like the lack of personality from the human characters and Hellboy not getting all the room to develop further outside of having to follow orders of the organization, his father or his girlfriend Liz. Here, he finally get's to do whatever he wants to do. With blowback or not. Also, replacing "John" with "Johan" (voiced by Seth McFarlane from Family Guy) was a good idea, laughable, but good.

p.s, what a "villain"..., if you can call him that.

Aight, this film is so much better than the first film and honestly, it is one of my favourite comic book films for many different reasons but the main being that it is so unique in the way that it is shot but also the way that the story is being told. As usual, Ron Perlman (Hellboy) is perfect as this character and I really hope we get to see him again one day as this character, but also Selma Blair (Liz Sherman) and Doug Jones (Abe Sapien) were really great in this film and the characters are developed really well.

But this film for me is made with the great addition of Luke Goss (Prince Nuada), he is amazing in this film and I really wish I saw him in more big-budget films because he is so awesome in this film and every scene with him is so masterful and also emotional.

The action was great as usual but with Guillermo del Toro directing I would not expect anything less, I loved the romance in this film as well because it all felt natural and not forced in any way. If you loved the first Hellboy then I think you will love this one as well, some of the CGI is a bit dated but it still looks amazing as well.

I wish Guillermo del Toro got make a 3rd film. This is much better than the reboot. I haven’t watched it since 2008 for some reason. The movie is visually stunning, quite funny, has cool creatures and entertaining.

We had to wait for 4 years for the follow up to one of the better comic book adaptations of all time, and del Toro did not disappoint. Even better looking than the first one, and with action that is also bigger and bolder, The Golden Army makes for quite the good time. The thing that makes this one a tiny bit "less" than it's predecessor, is the fact that the story is... not as engaging. This is, of course, a minor annoyance, as this is f-ing Hellboy.

Rated a Connor 10, normal 8

A bold action film, Hellboy II: The Golden Army is full of fantasy and wonder. In this new adventure Hellboy must stop the Elf Prince Nuada from raising the fabled Golden Army, built centuries ago to destroy humanity. Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, and Jeffrey Tambor return, and are joined by Seth MacFarlane and Luke Goss. And director Guillermo del Toro also returns, crafting elaborate set designs and costumes that are mysterious and captivating. At times the aesthetics become a little too stylized and distract from the story, but overall they create a wondrous fantasy world. Additionally, Danny Elfman provides a powerful and moving score that perfectly complements the style of the film. Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a fun and action packed film that also explores some interesting themes.

A bird ahhh its evil

The imagination and visuals are great in this movie. I really like the look of Guillermo Del Toro's films. "Pan's Labyrinth" the original "Hellboy" "The Devil's Backbone"; they are all thrilling to look at but "Hellboy II" is the biggest visual treat of them all. It is eye candy from start to finish.

The opening scene of the movie tells the story of the Golden Army a fable visualized by Del Toro by using wooden dolls. Its really stunning and reminded me a little bit of Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas".

The creatures in "Hellboy II" are amazing creations and the Troll Market is a wonderful place of weirdness. Most impressive visually though is the Golden Army itself. The soldiers are a collection of brilliant yellow-gold mechanized machines that once destroyed reassemble themselves.

There are plenty of laughs and Ron Perlman as Hellboy is as hilarious as ever. The movie is really light on plot and the evil Prince Nuada character is just another sword-fighting, martial-arts type who does a lot of flipping and jumping around. Abe Sapien, Liz and the newest member of the team, Johann Krauss, are all likable and interesting supporting characters.

I love watching Prince Nuada fight. His quick and elegant swordsmanship is so distinct and entertaining.