The Silver Screen: Hellboy

The Silver Screen

Covering the past, present, and future of motion pictures, this blog is a record of one film-buff's viewing experiences, opinions, and recommendations...

Saturday, April 10, 2004

Hellboy

An interesting mix of Nazi-era pulp, superhero comics, and H.P. Lovecraft, Hellboy is an entertaining two hours of popcorn. The plot is as shallow as a river in August, but you probably won't even notice over the combination of Ron Pearlman's wise-cracks and the top-notch FX wizardry. (Particularly neat are the howling, tentacle-covered beasts that Hellboy battles at seemingly every turn.) The unfortunate downside to these elements is that the film is that it tends to drag when either Pearlman or the tentacle beasts aren't on screen.

Overall, you won't feel that your life or mind is enriched by a viewing of Hellboy, but you certainly will forget your troubles for about 120 minutes...

RATING: R

- posted by Stephen @ 9:35 PM