Let me set this up for you: I'm a sucker for comic book movies. I enjoy the "Hellboy" character. I liked the original movie a lot. I believe this one was equally well made. Now, somehow, despite all of that, I found "Hellboy II" did not keep my interest. Ron Perlman was once again very good as Hellboy. He has a great knack for these characters. Having a big, red, cigar-smoking man with sawed-off devil horns is just plain fun and Perlman completely captures this character. In this installment, there is a mythical Golden Army once controlled by the king of the magical people. When this army is far more destructive than her ever dreamed, he splits up the town that controls them and reaches a truce with humans, keeping their two worlds separate. Of course, many years later, his son, Prince Nuada (Luke Goss) decides to find the separate pieces and break the truce. Of course, Hellboy and his team will have something to say about that. The movie is visually fantastic to watch and is actually a very good script. I think the element that was missing was that there was just not enough Hellboy. When he is on the screen, it is great fun as he is a "hero" that just does not take himself seriously at all. Also, they added a pregnancy subplot that really did nothing for the movie itself. I understand it was designed to give some depth to the character and his motivations, but it really didn't move the plot along at all. If you are a fan of "Hellboy" or Guillermo Del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth": HIGHLY recommended by the way), you will definitely enjoy this, but it is probably not something I'd recommend for the mainstream movie-watcher.Grade: C
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