This new Hellboy movie
is missing a lot of what would make it fun to watch and worth recommending.
This supernatural horror film tries hard to walk the line between staying close
to the comics and distancing itself from Guillermo del
Toro’s Hellboy.
It crams too many monsters into one film, creating unnecessary subplots and
changing the narrative when it wasn’t needed. The pacing is all over the place,
and when it fails to tie everything together, the movie just ends, hoping
viewers will like it enough to want a sequel.
The movie is
filled with so many daddy issues that it becomes annoying and distracting. The
ending is incredibly lame, and after watching it, I really wanted to go back
and watch del Toro’s Hellboy instead.
The movie’s plot
introduces us to the lead anti-hero, Hellboy. Unlike del Toro’s
version, this Hellboy’s origin story is split into two parts. We see
how he came to Earth at one point and how he was born at another.
For those who
don’t know, Hellboy is a half-demon character with a tail, two horns, one hand
bigger than the other, and red skin. He was created with a destiny to bring
about the apocalypse.
He works with the B.P.R.D. (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) and is
one of their lead investigators tasked with taking down monsters.
One monster, in
particular, is brewing and becomes a hot target for Hellboy: Nimue, the Blood
Queen. She was defeated (but not killed) during King Arthur’s time and has been
awaiting resurrection. Thanks to the many enemies Hellboy has made over the
years, a few of them team up to bring Nimue back to deal with him. What they
don’t know is that Nimue and Hellboy’s destinies are meant to collide, and
they’re not exactly on the same page.
Filled with
annoying CGI and a wasted cast, this movie had no chance. Even I can’t help but
compare it to del Toro’s two Hellboy films, and it doesn’t hold up.
The last Hellboy movie
was eleven years ago, directed by Guillermo del Toro. The first and second
films starred Ron Perlman as Hellboy. This time, we have a new director, Neil
Marshall, and David Harbour in the lead role. For me, Harbour picked the wrong
movie to be a hero in.
I feel the production studio should have let del Toro and Perlman finish
their Hellboy trilogy. This reboot, which has already received bad
reviews and had a low turnout at the box office, is a complete waste of time.
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