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‘‘Hellboy”
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Starring Ron
Pearl man, Selma Bb
Rain pours down on ad
of battered and beaten sold
In the final days of World
the rag-tag group of me:
managed to halt Hitler’s pld
utilize mystic arts in his and
at world domination. LefiJ
nothing else but the dun
cleaning the resulting mes™ e v
soldiers search theencamJ.vels
One soldier stops to s
a stone carving depictingtti )rcel
rors of hell. Shining his
around the crypt in whichM q 0
the carving reside, the ligi:J ie n ,
lands on a small bright red .l^ 0 i e ^
ture with the appearance oil (j n
ape and the unearthly grail'l nce|
chipmunk on acid. What J ^
stands out about this paitl
creature is the gigantic :l
hand that is attached to n I
demon child has been k J
forth from the other side dJ
the Nazi mystic fest. By shrl
Baby Ruth candy bar, he iskl
taken under America’s wing I
With the opening proloJ
audiences won’t help bt: I
sucked into the wonder.!
weird world of “Hellbov l
paranormal investigator. Basedf
the hit underground comic t\ij
hero. “Hellboy” is a refrK
breath of cinematic air i
everything it promisestok.
From the film’s introdu;
the movie shifts into the t
where viewers are introduced
the the
Bureau for Paranml !'^ ei
Research (B.P.R.D.). a w ewer
ment-sponsoredteamofratfi u
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hunters. Hellboy has graup
in the care of the U.S.Arayla jrj'jj
allowed outside due to A/sra .y'
strouS appearance, he has grc ^
desperate for human contar.
fact. Hellboy falls in loves
his former partner, Liz Sir;
(Selma Blair), a depressedpy
kinetic - or firestarter.
During World War
had enlisted the help of Rasp;:
the ’’Mad Russian." Dire
responsible for Hellboy) s
moning. Rasputin disappe;
the same night
brought to our world,
returned along with a coup
his Nazi friends and pirn
bring about the apocalypse»i
the help a collection of elders
of H.P. Lovecraftian propo®
Director Guillermo delfo
(“Blade II,” “The 1
Backbone”) has reached
plateau with his adaptatr
Mike Mignola’s comic
Easily his best American fit
del Toro has managed
creation primarily regarded: 2 ; e
its visual style and fleshotf
believable character.
Ron Pearlman,
Hollywood’s most undertf
actors, was seemingly
play “Hellboy.” Pearlmaneas!
conveys a boyish charm thal*'
warm audiences to H
sympathetic story while
ing to retain his
appearance and voice. The
ty and the beast
between Hellboy and
convincingly
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Lipp
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throughout the script.
Shemian is torn by hernfi
for a normal life and
tion to her big, red friendJ
tragic despondency th;
Hell boy’s frustration
inability to reveal his
for Sherman is a joy to
The movie may be a fun
though the bizarre
feature a few minor misgivii? (^1-
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porting cast is not as fullyde' 1
oped as the main characters.
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i org;
saving
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alone as an excellent exantpli
competent filmmaking and*
not disappoint, no ma
jaded one may have become:' 3 ne ' s
to the recent influx of super)' famih
movies. For a good cheesyW* world
full of monsters and the deft 1
who hit them, don
“Hellboy.”
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