Actors: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich,
Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, Thomas Haden Church
Rating: 8 out of 10, I don’t know why
this had to be remade and I found myself constantly comparing the new Hellboy,
David Harbour, to Ron Perlman, who would be a tough act for anybody to follow.
I know this movie is garnering almost universal scorn but I thought it was sneakily
entertaining. I think they went a little overboard with graphic dismemberments
which must have set some sort of cinematic record for a single movie. The plot
jumped around a little too much but the action was constant and well done. The
subtle humor of a huge demon stalking around was well handled and the
supporting cast uniformly good. Milla played a helluva good dismembered witch
queen if there is such a category. In the end I enjoyed the movie because it
was a lot of good old stupid fun which is sometimes a welcome addition in this
all too serious world.
MVP: Harbour in the title role brings
just the right amount of world weary attitude to the demon lord
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