Director:
Guillermo del ToroGuión:
Guillermo del ToroCámara:
Guillermo NavarroMúsica:
Danny ElfmanReparto:
Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, John Hurt, Roy Dotrice, Jeffrey Tambor, Anna Walton, Jamie Wilson, Matt Rippy, Colin Ford, Seth MacFarlane (más)Streaming (4)
Sinopsis(1)
Tras la ruptura de un acuerdo milenario entre la humanidad y los poderes invisibles de un mundo fantástico, el infierno en la Tierra está cada vez más cerca. Un líder despiadado, que se maneja tanto en el mundo de los humanos como en el de las criaturas, decide traicionar a sus ancestros, y despierta a un ejército imparable de criaturas diabólicas. Ahora, en este momento de debilidad, el superhéroe más duro deberá combatir contra el imparable líder y su ejército. Es rojo, caliente e incomprendido... es Hellboy (Ron Perlman). Junto a su equipo habitual de la Agencia de Investigación y Defensa Paranormal, la piroquinética Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) y el anfibio Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), y contando esta vez con el protoplásmico y místico Johann Kraus, Hellboy viajará entre los dos mundos, haciendo frente a las versiones corpóreas de los seres invocados desde el mundo de fantasía. Hellboy, que pertenece a los dos mundos, deberá elegir entre la vida que conoce y el desconocido destino que le reclama. (Universal Pictures España)
(más)Reseñas (14)
For having a budget of eighty-five million, del Toro delivers an incredible piece of theatre, but the plot itself gets somewhat lost. Gone is the flamboyance of the first film, when the in-love "red man" was spouting dry catchphrases, and in the dark alleys he would fight other monsters from time to time. It does go into some of the depth of the mythology, but del Toro would have had to take an extra half hour to really get the whole colossus rolling and not just jump from place to place to blow it all away in two hours. Fortunately, it's still done with that passionate creative love for the comics and it's enjoyable all the way through. I give it a weaker four stars. PS: I believe that under Jackson's patronage, The Hobbit will be a smash hit.
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La fantasía más fantástica y bella desde El Retorno del Rey. A Guillermo del Toro le encantan estos monstruos y se nota en cada poro de la película. Me arrodillo ante el elemental del bosque. Dos motivos amorosos a la vez, toneladas de humor fresco, colorido visual sensiblemente adaptado al mundo de la fantasía sin un solo plano baratijo. Y la película NO es exagerada ni caótica, como se rumorea. Del Toro es un mago sincero con una visión clara y su ejecución perfeccionista.
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Guillermo Del Toro did exactly what was expected of him. The film looks like it cost three times as much as it actually did, and the parade of entertaining action scenes, monsters and original ideas is almost never-ending. Unfortunately, the film loses its pace when it works with emotions. Nevertheless, Hellboy and his crew saving the world from an invincible army is definitely worth a cinema visit, because it's still a damn good film.
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If you love him, then you have nothing to worry about, and this especially true in the case of the Big Red Guy. The second film is more balanced, visually more varied, more action-packed and funny as far as the characters are concerned. Hellboy's sarcasm and scenes from family life with Liz are great, and Abe was great, too. However, the script was once again problematic. It is shallower than it should be and nowhere is it written that the audience will not be irritated by the evident focus on the Hobbit. Yet, I was fascinated by the fantasy garb of the story, and Guillermo at least had plenty of room for his cute monsters and creatures from another dimension. It still seems to me, though, that Hellboy could be better - it just needs a more dignified plot. Anyway, a strong ****, out of love for rounded corners, I round up.
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The magic about “Hellboy" for me was always in its short, punchy stories. In longer stories, his strength, atmosphere and links with myths and legends fades, like it or not. Then it has to be scotch-taped together with a quickly thought-up mythology that is as dull as it is shameful. Unfortunately, Del Toro took the this path the second time around too. You can see that he concentrated on every last detail of this, but in doing so he forgot about the main thing. Entertainment. Despite action and humor aplenty, it just doesn’t work, even with a ton of tongue in cheek humor. If it weren’t for the central trio and the Ireland trip at the end (you see legends work better in myth-rich parts of Europe than on neon-lit Manhattan), so despite its pleasant visual aspect and a few nice ideas here and there (singing over a beer), it falls apart like Sparta Football Club did at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona. It’s good to watch, you certainly won’t get bored, but when the final credits came up I found it hard to remember what in fact happened.
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It may hold together less than part one, on the other hand Hellboy II is full of enthusiasm and enough fantasy for another ten movies. Guillermo gives the movie the heart and playfulness of a young child who loved old fairytales and fantasy stories. I used to be like that too and maybe that’s why I gave The Golden Army a full set of stars. In fact, I’m rather disappointed that del Toro signed up for Tolkien’s Hobbit because he’s need elsewhere. Because of him we are going to have to wait longer for the third Hellboy than I would like. I’m going to miss this red guy’s world and I won’t even mention the shelving of the adaptation of Lovecraft’s ‘At the Mountains of Madness’.
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Whether it’s live-action, cartoons, comics, or books, Hellboy and his world is what I regularly request and it makes me feel more than good. When I re-read "A Christmas Underground" before watching The Golden Army, everything is perfect. It’s too bad there was never a third film.
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The shallow and awkwardly simple clash of good and evil wrapped in the most clichéd motifs. Good characters, evil characters, an old king, a young hot-blooded lad and heir to the throne, a princess, love, monsters, a final battle, etc. We've had something similar at least a thousand times before, and if it weren't for the solid wisecracks, the beautiful costumes and make-up (it's clear that del Toro loves colors and is not afraid to experiment), the high-quality visuals and Luke Goss, who knows how to kick ass, as fans have known since the days of Blade 2, there would be almost nothing here, because this boring tale didn't appeal to me even halfway as much as I expected.
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I have to give it five stars. I simply have to. Not that anyone's forcing me to, but “Hellboy" is my favorite comic, and here it all looks exactly like it does on the pages of the comic books (although it's also completely different at the same time). Mike Mignola couldn't have found a man with more imagination and sense of atmosphere than Guillermo del Toro. I hope we get a third film.
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Perhaps the best possible sequel I could have hoped for! The Golden Army surpasses the previous adventure in every respect, whether in its straightforward and spectacular execution, its stylish story, or its approach to the main characters, which is perhaps even more human and distinctive. Del Toro again literally revels in his work, getting the absolute most out of his characters, and his world full of diverse monsters is portrayed as breathtakingly as only a certain gentleman named George Lucas could. His direction is much more assured and less cluttered than in the first one, the action scenes are more imaginative and better structured, and Ron Perlman is still in top form, churning out one wisecrack after another, and his Red is slowly becoming one of my favourite comic book characters. Too bad we probably won't see a sequel.
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One thing you really can't deny Guillermo del Toro is his utterly limitless imagination in the field of supernatural monsters and creatures, which makes his films uniquely fabulous and dark and terrifying at the same time. While it's true that at times Hellboy 2 slid down the slide due to its bland one-liners and moments, and that at times the dark action fantasy turned (almost literally) into a family drama, somehow the director still pulled it off in the end, and overall it turned out to be a pretty good and, more importantly, visually and imaginatively rich fantasy film. There were moments where I could feel the atmosphere from Pan's Labyrinth within reach, which is just as well.
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Hellboy 2 was supposed to be a non-narrative film from the start. The giants rising from the ground, giant flowers that bloom during death, and winged reapers could have silently told a story on their own, and their presence alone would have worked visually even as metaphor, which they are. They work on a fundamental level; everything around them does not.
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The second film completely blew me away. I never even dreamed of such a meticulously crafted fantasy. Guillermo del Toro delivered a more monstrous project, with everything being bigger than in the first film, but he didn’t forget the most important thing... the delicate core that relies on all the characters. Ron Perlman is once again unmatched; his dry humor in some scenes was almost tear-inducing. I also enjoyed Abe Sapien much more here; his naive hero perfectly contrasted with Hellboy’s perpetual gloom. All the new characters hit the right note, but the German Johann Kraus, upon his arrival, ignited a rocket engine of entertaining sketches and moments, with his verbal clashes with Perlman being, in a word, legendary. I was very impressed with the story about the elves; it had substance, emotion, and at times offered incredible impact (all the battles here were even more enjoyable than in the original from 2004). The masks were once again perfect (Abe, the legless goblin, the embodiment of Death), and the final battle in the fresh setting of large gears was a masterstroke. For me, it’s a well-deserved 90%.
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The first time I saw the film in the movie theater, I was thrilled by it. Mainly because I like Perlman's portrayal of Hellboy. But the second time around, the film’s flaws become much more apparent. In terms of the screenplay, it's an incredibly ordinary film, one that is clearly defined from the start. The rules are laid out immediately, and you realize what must be utilized and how the plot will unfold. It's visually stunning but lacks substance, similar to Del Toro's Pacific Rim. It saves the world and the characters, although elves don't really fit with Hellboy for me.
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