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Mood:
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Plot:
- Anti HeroesSuperheroSupernatural AbilityGood Versus EvilEscapadesHeroesMisfitRivalry more...
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Genres:
- ActionFantasyAdventure
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary20th Century21st Century40sWorld War 2
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Audience:
- Boys' NightTeens
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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- Based on Comics
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Hellboy, 2004
English, Russian
USA
Profile of Hellboy
Hellboy can be described as stylized, exciting, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around superheroes, antiheroes, and undercover characters. The main genres are action, fantasy, and adventure. In approach, Hellboy is fantastical. It takes place during World War 2 and in contemporary times. It is adapted from a comic. Hellboy has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. It is well suited for teens and a boys' night. Note that it involves mild violent content.
Summary of Hellboy
Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Along with the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, with the voice of David Hyde Pierce), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a squeaky-clean FBI agent assigned to keep the big red devil's exploits in check. Things get out of hand, however, when a vicious monster is unleashed by the villainous Rasputin (Karl Roden), leading to events that may set off an apocalyptic nightmare for humanity.
Echoing Peter Jackson's passion for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HELLBOY is a labor of love from del Toro, a longtime fan of the comic and its creator. The director's enthusiasm shows, since HELLBOY is a wondrously strange slice of pulpy adventure, mixed with horror and humor, and enhanced by stunning visual effects. In the title role (and lots of red makeup), Perlman is pitch-perfect, giving the good-natured misfit a powerful--yet surprisingly sensitive--presence. Blair, Evans, Hurt, and other actors are similarly well cast, rounding out an ensemble intent on retaining the movie's dark yet superbly entertaining tone.
Details
| Language: | English, Russian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 March 2004 |
| Runtime: | 122 min |
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Critics Reviews
Salon.com
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- by: Stephanie Zacharek
The New York Times
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- by: A.O. Scott
Users Reviews
- 22.March.2009
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- by: Matthew
- Matthew rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 31.August.2008
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- by: nevgauker
- nevgauker rated this movie6/10Okay
