Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2008
	Director: Guillermo Del Toro (Cronos, Mimic, Blade 2, Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, Pacific Rim)
	Actors: Ron Perlman (Blade 2, Sons of Anarchy TV-series, Pacific Rim), Selma Blair (The Fog), Doug Jones (Men in Black 2, Doom)
	Country: D, USA
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 12.07.2013, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: While Red (Perlman) struggles in his couple life with Liz (Blair) and would like to reveal himself to the world, Prince Nuala of Bethmoora intends to awake the mechanical Golden Army to fight humans.
Review: After reading exciting reviews and interviews about Pacific Rim (I can't wait to watch that one!), I was attracted to watch again other Guillermo Del Toro movies, like this Hellboy 2 which was his biggest movie to date (in terms of cost and visual show). The first Hellboy was a bit dissapointing as it lacked ambition. Although the second movie has a much larger scale, it misses some bigger-than-life action, it is rather intimistic and this may be the trademark of Del Toro. It makes the movie touching but the poesy may sometimes be too much, and leaves the viewer with a feeling of something missing. Apart from that the movie is very good, the story interesting, the mythology very creative like always with Del Toro, the Troll Market is filled with creatures of fantastic design and shapes, so much that you would like to replay the scenes many time to catch all the details. And the CGIs are perfect. The humor fits the odd character of the half-demon. I read that many people are lobbying to get Hellboy 3 on tracks.
Rating: 7 /10