By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Universal Pictures
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
More reviews have surfaced for Hellboy II: The Golden Army and they all seem to agree on the point that Guillermo Del Toro's sequel is one heck of a summer blockbuster. Given that the film will be forced to take on The Dark Knight, which is also getting raved reviews, only a week after its release, it is good to know that at least the film has the legs to serve up some competition this July.
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Reviews
Two new reviews for Hellboy II coming at ya!
Cinematical
stumbled out of Hellboy II: The Golden Army feeling as if my imagination had eaten too much. In terms of sheer spectacle and visual invention, Hellboy II is an absolute knockout, frames stuffed with bizarre creatures and mystic runes and arcane weaponry and wondrous design. And yet, Hellboy II has more than a little heart to it; it's scrappy and self-aware, and never out of touch with what it is. Adapting Mike Mignola's post-superhero retro-styled comic series Hellboy for the second time, writer-director Guillermo del Toro corrects some of the mistakes of the first Hellboy, makes a few mistakes of its own, picks itself up, keeps going.
Lessons of Darkness
Yet abundant references aside, Hellboy II is about a man, a woman, and their attempts to achieve normalcy despite social alienation, identity confusion, and constantly intruding chaos, a story intensely rooted in that most essential of feelings – love – and the mad, selfish, destructive things people will do to both attain and retain it. Thrilling and touching in equal measure, it’s on the short list of great superhero films.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens to theaters on July 11th.
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