Hellboy

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Hellboy

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Released Apr 12, 2019

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While battling a trio of rampaging giants, the legendary half-demon Hellboy encounters Nimue the Blood Queen, an ancient resurrected sorceress who's out to avenge a past betrayal. Suddenly caught in a clash between the supernatural and the human, Hellboy soon becomes hell-bent on stopping Nimue without triggering the end of the world.

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Critics Consensus

Bereft of the imaginative flair that made earlier Hellboys so enjoyable, this soulless reboot suggests Dante may have left a tenth circle out of his Inferno.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Yeah, this is terrible.

Sep 27, 2019

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

It ends up simply being a franchise reboot damned to be restaged as its own bloody hell. Some things are better left dead.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 25, 2019

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

The anticipated reboot of the cult comic book character is, well, intense. And not in a good way, unless you really love your movies to be disjointed, tonally confused and really, really gory.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 21, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Sadistic, disgusting, rambunctiously obnoxious, and displays completely shambolic filmmaking at its worst.

Jul 14, 2024

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Manuel São Bento

MSB Reviews

Hellboy is a huge misstep in Neil Marshall‘s filmmaking career.

Rated: C-

Jul 24, 2023

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

The needless reboot of Hellboy sheds light on a union between director Neil Marshall and Lionsgate that practically screamed perfect match, but is in need of an annulment.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 18, 2022

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Morgane A

Honestly my favourite hellboy movie. Its fast paced, has tonnes of action, great fight scenes, and an interesting collective of characters. And unlike the original films, which I still love, isn't bogged down by romance plot lines. I go to my action movies to see violence and gore. The two main downsides I had were Alice's accent sounded really unnatural, it's distracting. And the movie did feel bloated, despite the pace, a LOT happens in this movie, and most of it is exposition, which usually happens when a series expects a franchise. I do think the story could have been reined in a bit!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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I liked it. Pacing was good. Could have used a bit more back story but it worked. Visually awesome. I haven't read any of the comics but the script and acting and effects seem solid to me. Deserved a much better rating.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/11/25

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Keoko S

Good, on par with the original. Harbour makes a good Hellboy and the rest of the cast is pretty good. I enjoyed Hellboy not being a depressed, lovesick puppy. The plot is true to how comic plots were written (things just happen and they don't always seem connected until the final battle). This doesn't translate the best to film and the final act seems a bit rushed but the original had the exact same issues. Overall this is a good film with gory additions.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/05/25

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David W

Errm, what's with all the hate for this? It's maybe not as endearing as the excellent original Hellboy or the immediate Golden Army sequel but it's still very enjoyable and the additional gore was a welcome switch up in my book. It's not as tonally consistent and is much gorier but then it is an 'R' and was clearly advertised as one so what's the problem everyone? I personally enjoyed this and found it truer to the dark source material. It's well worth a watch and in the absence of Pearlman, Harbour made a good Red. Much better than its made out to be.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Jack R

Holly sh*t, this is incredible

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/28/24

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Rhamon G

Amei! Esse filme do Hellboy é o mais fiél raiz aos quadrinhos, AMO MUITO O HELLBOY e gostei muito desse filme!.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Synopsis

While battling a trio of rampaging giants, the legendary half-demon Hellboy encounters Nimue the Blood Queen, an ancient resurrected sorceress who's out to avenge a past betrayal. Suddenly caught in a clash between the supernatural and the human, Hellboy soon becomes hell-bent on stopping Nimue without triggering the end of the world.

Director: Neil Marshall
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson, Philip Westgren, Carl Hampe, John Thompson, Matthew O'Toole, Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner
Screenwriter: Andrew Cosby
Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Dark Horse Entertainment, Millennium Films, Campbell Grobman Films, Summit Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions
Rating: R (Language|Gore Throughout|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 12, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 9, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.9M
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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