Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

3/5

By Mike Martin - From the man who made Pan's Labyrinth it's a disappointment.

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08/19/08

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Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding

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08/18/08

N/A

Hellboy 2 is fully satisfying neither as simple summer fun nor as a more thoughtful alternative; if anything, the two elements clash, cancelling each other out.

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08/08/08

4/5

While the plot lends itself to pretentious blockbuster hysteria, del Toro keeps things grounded by focussing on the characters and their sardonic banter

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07/28/08

4/5

...moves with the virile grace of a prizefighter.

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07/25/08

5/10

Del Toro seems to use this movie as batting practice for The Hobbit.

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07/22/08

2.5/4

Hellboy II: The Golden Army is not a sequel that soars to new heights, but it does slip into a nice summer-movie comfort zone . . .

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07/22/08

3/4

Further proof that franchises' second films can be better than the first. This one tops the original in a number of ways, not the least of which is its creative inventiveness.

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07/22/08

3/5

Brimming with inventive monsters and sets straight out of a fairy tale. Albeit an especially vicious one that would put most kids back into Huggies, but a fairy tale all the same.

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07/22/08

3/4

Despite my complaints, this is one gargantuan action film that succeeds in creating an entertaining fantasy universe.

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07/21/08

3/4

Is this fun? Hellboy, yeah!

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07/19/08

3/4

Surprisingly rich entertainment, even takes on well known series: Star Wars, LOTR, & Die Hard; framed squarely within a sub-par opening and weak ending. Still, I liked it!

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07/19/08

B

The most likely response is, with a shrug of the shoulders, 'Yeah, that was great... Can't wait for Dark Night.'

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07/19/08

2/4

Hellboy II, like the recent Chronicles of Narnia sequel, sacrifices story and character on the altar of action, effects and underwhelming creatures.

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07/18/08

3.5/4

Del Toro's compositions are dense with effects and background creatures, and he clearly sympathizes with the misfits and monsters who are weary of humankind's greed and ecological destructiveness; yet the movie is light on its feet and generous of spirit.

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07/18/08

4/4

The film itself is lovely, a breathless feast of fantasy anchored by an authentic humanism.

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07/17/08

4/5

The fact that the setup works for a second round can be attributed Perlman's ability to juggle brash enthusiasm with hardened sarcasm.

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07/16/08

B

Combines arresting visuals, rounded characters and plenty of action.

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07/16/08

N/A

The Golden Army's insultingly simplistic cast of a thousand Bosch and Star Wars creatures distracts from the identity-crisis that ought to be the point of a second installment and a larger vision.

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07/16/08

2/4

While this sequel to the 2004 feature doesn't lack for visual wonders, it's utterly clumsy in the storytelling department, a genuine shock given del Toro's usual ability to spin a tall tale.

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07/16/08