Hellboy II: The Golden Army – a quick review
The story: The muscular, kitten-loving, red fella has to stand up against an over-ambitious prince and his ancient army of indestructible, golden warriors - great movie! Watch it!
In a nutshell: Hellboy is craving for recognition for his heroic deeds, very much to disliking of his superiors. Simultaneously, he’s got a few personal life issues with his moody girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair, hot!). Luckily, as he faces his next challenge, the narrow-minded but aspiring Prince Nuada Hellboy can count on his psychic pal Abe
Flickcritique says: WOOOOOOW! What a great comic adaptation! Hellboy2 rocks! Let me summarize the movie quickly:
- acting performance: 9/10 points. Kudos to Ron Perlman, well done!
- plot: 7/10 points. Could be slightly more logical but I did not mind really.
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sense of humor: 10/10 points. Laughed my ass off!
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CGI: 10/10 points. Particularly the Golden Army warriors are awsome!
For me, this movie is even better then the first Hellboy flick. The main characters definitely evolved and appear more mature now. I even liked the new ones, even though I was skeptical at the first sight. The explanation for the tooth ferry tale was brilliant and so were the tooth ferries themselves - evil little bastards
A funny fact: the scenes that were supposed to be in Giant’s Causeway/Northern Ireland, however it did not look like Giant’s Causeway at all [yes, I have been there]. Anyways, Red’s sense of humor was making it up for any flaws the script had. Loved the movie!
My favorite conversation:
A: Nice baby.
B: I am not a baby. I am a tumor.
Conclusion: What are you waiting for? Watch that cool movie, you gonna like it!
Watch it if you liked: the first movie about Hellboy (2004) is the only one that comes to my mind.
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Doomsday – a crap movie review
In a nutshell: Entire Scotland has been quarantined for decades after an outbreak. As the deadly virus strikes London, the only hope is to find a cure among those who survived in the quarantine – one of the worst pieces of crap I’ve ever seen
If you do value your time, don’t watch this! :-(
The story: We have seen this a few times in the last months. In the near future a deadly virus turning people into blood spitting zombies strikes UK and spreads quickly. This time Glasgow is the city of the doom. The government isolates entire Scotland with a huge wall and a security system in order to make sure nothing would come out and no one would get into the quarantined area. As the virus strikes again three decades later, the only hope relys on a small team sent to the quarantined zone in order to find the people who survived, as they might be the key to a cure. It’s a suicide mission obviously as anarchy reigns Alba (Gaelic name for Scotland).
Flickcritique says: It’s so bad!
Imagine a cross over of 28 Weeks Later, Mad Max and Robin Hood spiced up with plenty of gore scenes. There is cancan dancing in the movie, along with medieval knights and castles but also a brand new, hand polished Bentley being used for an escape. The main character has an eye prosthesis that can be pulled out and she would still see through the eye. The acting is so bad, I am not going to comment on it at all. The flick is ridiculous, even though I don’t think it was cheap
Conclusion: If you have absolutely nothing to do, you rather stare at a wall then watch this. It’s an amazingly crappy, bad movie
No “watch it if you liked” recommendation this time I am afraid. The movie is just too bad to compare it to any other.