Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The screenplay has flashes of real wit, and Perlman is perfect in the title role.
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Czech Republic, United States · 2004
2h 2m
Director Guillermo del Toro
Starring Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Doug Jones
Genre Action, Fantasy
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An action-packed, witty superhero flick following a demon who works as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Alongside his friends, a merman with psychic powers and a woman with pyrokinesis, he protects America against dark forces.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The screenplay has flashes of real wit, and Perlman is perfect in the title role.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Hellboy likely won't be the best comic-to-screen adaptation this year, but, squared off against its early-season challenger, Marvel's "The Punisher," this is the winner.
Has more than enough across-the-board appeal to attract mainstream auds unfamiliar with source material.
One of the sturdier superhero movies of the last couple of years, with monsters and effects and diabolical baddies to spare, a heart as big as a house and a love story that actually gets its hooks in you.
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
Standard-issue superhero movie -- except that writer-director Guillermo del Toro, taking his cue from "Hellboy" comic book creator Mike Mignola, brings a wicked sense of humor to this particular monster mash.
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Will dazzle you while establishing the world in which it takes place. After that, you may wonder whether Guillermo del Toro got amnesia halfway through.
Hellboy's adventures may take him to you-know-where and back, but the movie remains in limbo.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
Directed by Guillermo del Toro with a colorfully kinetic visual imagination that seldom lets up.
Dallas Observer by Robert Wilonsky
Hellboy is as much a wreck as "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" or "The Punisher," coming and going in two weeks, and as much a bore as "The Hulk."
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
The film - despite being a half-hour too long - is a rocking, rolling supernatural spectacle.
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Human-vampire hybrid Blade is asked by the Vampire Nation for his help in preventing a nightmare plague threatening humans and vampires.
Love makes monsters of us all.