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Hellboy II: The Golden Army [Blu-ray] by Guillermo del Toro
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Doug Jones, James Dodd, John Alexander, Ron Perlman, Selma Blair Director: Guillermo del Toro Brand: Universal Writer: Guillermo del Toro Producer: Chris Symes Producer: Joe Roth Producer: John Swallow Producer: Lawrence Gordon Producer: Lloyd Levin Writer: Mike Mignola Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed) Format: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 120 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-11-11 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Hellboy II: The Golden Army [Blu-ray]Movie Review: Entertaining Summary: 4 StarsEntertaining sueprhero flick that closely follows the footsteps of it's excellent predecessor. Good fighting sequences that are reminiscent of Chinese films like 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers'. The monsters continue to look great and be inventive. And Hellboy is just a fun character to watch at work - his asides remind me of Bruce Willis in the first 'Die Hard' movie.
Summary of Hellboy II: The Golden Army [Blu-ray]Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: Pg13 The feverish Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a very busy sequel that might have looked unhinged in the hands of a less visionary director than Guillermo del Toro. Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy, aka "Red," the Dark Horse Comics demon-hero with roots in the mythical world but personal ties in the human realm. Still working, as he was in Hellboy, for a secret department of the federal government that deals (as in "Men In Black") with forces of the fantastic, Red and his colleagues take on a royal elf (Luke Goss) determined to smash a longtime truce between mankind and the forces of magic. Meanwhile, Red's relationship with girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), who can burst into flames at will, is going through a rocky stage observed by Red's fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones), himself struck by love in this film. Del Toro brilliantly integrates the ordinary and extraordinary, diving into an extended scene set in a troll market barely hidden behind the fa?ade of typical city streets. He also unleashes a forest monster that devastates an urban neighborhood, but then--interestingly--brings a luminous beauty to the same area as the creature (an "elemental") succumbs to a terrible death. Del Toro's art direction proves masterful, too, in a climactic battle set in a clockworks-like stronghold tucked away in rugged Irish landscape. But it's really the juxtaposition of visual marvels with not-so-unusual relationship issues that gives Hellboy II a certain jaunty appeal hard to find in other superhero movies. --Tom Keogh
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