Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
**
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hurt, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, Seth MacFarlane
Hellboy, Liz, and Abe Sapien are exposed to the world just as Prince Nuada returns from a long exile and aims to collect three pieces of a crown to reawaken and control the indestructible Golden Army. Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy was a poor comic book movie, and things don't improve in the sequel. Hellboy is still a likeable hero, although I don't undestand his powers even after two full features, but the villain is forgettable and the story is a whole lot of formulaic nonsense. The performances, apart from Perlman, are terrible. The franchise rebooted in 2019.
