Ron Perlman revised his role as Hellboy in Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and did it to perfection. This is a comic franchise that I was not overly familiar with the source material before I started to watch it and was still able to get so lost in the plot that I didn’t really care if they strayed from the original story that much!
In this sequal we start off shortly after the first movie ends. Hellboy is trying to adjust to life without his ‘father’ being there to guide him, his want for being able to not have to live in secret crushing his thoughts, and problems arising from fighting all too often with Liz who has moved in with him. We are quickly shown that the ‘villains’ of this story are an ancient race of elves who we had made peace with thousands upon thousands of years ago which mankind has since not only forgotten our pact to prevent from being destroyed but forgotten the very race itself. A self banished prince of this kingdom has decided that the time has come to fulfill his races birthright as the true rulers of our Earth and is prepared to awaken an invincible army to wipe us out. All of that, no true spoilers included, was given to us within the first 15 minutes of the movie.
Acting, special effects, plot development, character development. For a comic adaptation this one is able to keep all of the bases covered and most importantly keep you entertained on an action packed ride at the same time. I want to stress you paying attention to one scene as it’s hard to understand the beginning dialogue of a character in it. You will find Liz having to talk to a demon, or angel, or death (I honestly can’t tell) and be given a choice concerning Hellboy. Listen to the consequences and what is foretold. It SCREAMS a third movie has to be made and the character itself is amazingly well done (if a ‘bit’ similar to a certain character from Pan’s Labyrinth. I know I know, same director he can get away with it!)
The film ends on a note that (again I’m not familiar with the source material) could leave us with an ending of the series. Honestly I hope this is a franchise that is given one more film as it deserves a trilogy, more so after the scene with “Death” (I know it was also brought up in the first movie but I need to see where they go with it and really dug how they brought it up in this one!) I can’t stress enough how fun of a series it is and if you’ve had any doubts on seeing the sequel to put them to bed and get a copy of it today!
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sequel!!! geee don’t you use firefox with it’s automatic spellcheck! grrr.