Hellboy Movie Review 2004

Faithful adaptation of the cult Dark Horse comic is a success, thanks mostly to del Toro's smart direction and Perlman's amusing yet complex portrayal of the titular demon/hero. During WWII, the Nazis and Rasputin team up to try to bring about the reign of the seven gods of chaos. What they bring to earth is actually a baby demon who is found and adopted by Dr. Bruttenholm of the FBI's Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Sixty years later, Hellboy is an adult working with the doc, breaking in a new handler, and pining over former bureau denizen Liz (Blair). Rasputin and his Nazi friends plan on using Hellboy to bring about the Apocalypse. Perlman gives Hellboy depth (even under all the prosthetics), but he has lots of help from a strong supporting cast.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Sci-Fi, Comic Adventure, Adapted from Comics, Demons & Wizards, Horror Comedy, Nazis & Other Paramilitary Slugs, FBI

Screenplay

Guillermo del Toro, Peter Briggs

Cast

Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Biddy Hodson, Doug Jones, Ladislav Beran, Kevin Trainor, Corey Johnson, Stephen H. Fisher

Cinematography

Guillermo Navarro

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Music

Marco Beltrami

Other

David Hyde Pierce, Mark Holding, Peter Amundson, Marco Bittner Rosser, Peter Francis, Wendy Partridge, Stephen Scott

Producer

Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Michael Richardson, Revolution Studios, Dark Horse Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures