Hellboy II: The Golden Army

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  • Opened July 11, 2008 
  • 2 hr 0 min
  • PG-13 | sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and some language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call in Hellboy (Ron Perlman). Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense—pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann—the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Luke Goss, John Alexander
  • Director: Guillermo del Toro
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Hollywood Reporter
| Michael Rechtshaffen

With writer-director del Toro given free license to go where his singular vision takes him, Hellboy II plays like Guillermo's Greatest Hits with even hotter visual effects. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal
| Joe Morgenstern

Hugely inventive -- and smashingly beautiful. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Imagine the forges of hell crossed with the extraterrestrial saloon on Tatooine, and you have a notion of Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

The Golden Army dazzles like something out of "Jason and the Argonauts." To make a comic-book fantasy this derivative yet this dazzling requires more than technique. It takes a director in touch with his inner hellboy. Read full review

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Selma Blair and Ron Perlman in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army."