Hellboy II : the Golden Army

Locations
Call Number: DVD Fantasy Hellboy, DVD Action Hellboy
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Fantasy Hellboy	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD Action Hellboy	1-week checkout	On Shelf

DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
Bonus material: feature commentary with director, Guillermo del Toro (includes video prologue) ; feature commentary with cast members Jeffrey Tambor, Selma Blair, and Luke Goss ; set visits ; troll market tour with Guillermo del Toro ; animated comic zinco epilogue ; deleted scenes with optional commentary by director Guillermo del Toro.
Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Seth MacFarlane, John Hurt.
The fate of mankind hangs in the balance when a ruthless prince awakens an unstoppable army of creatures and wages war with the human world. It's up to Hellboy and his team of paranormal outcasts to face off with the forces of darkness.
DVD ; Region 1 ; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 (English, Spanish, and French) and DVS Dolby digital 2.0 (English) ; NTSC.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Thumbs up! submitted by pkooger on November 28, 2008, 11:25am Director Guillermo del Toro hits the mark again in this sequel to Hellboy. Hellboy II: The Golden Army has all of the elements that made the first film successful. Interesting characters with superpowers AND personalities keep the film fresh, and the CGI battles and stunts will satisfy anyone looking for fantasy action. Del Toro always has fantastic locations and backgrounds in his films, and this one is no exception. My only complaint is that the film jumps around in location so much that we only get to see each place for a few minutes. I would have loved to spend more time exploring places like the goblin market or the ruins of the underground city in which the titular golden army is entombed.
In the superhero/fantasy genre it is a rare thing to have a sympathetic villain as well as a sympathetic hero, but Hellboy II has both. Prince Nuada is definitely a bad guy (he wants to kill all humans), but in a sense his actions are motivated by trying to save himself and the rest of the non-human world. The heros are equally conflicted. For example, is it ethical to save the life of someone who is destined to destroy the world? Del Toro likes to explore the grey areas, and that is why I like his movies.

Golden submitted by Fevvers - STAR473 on August 6, 2014, 5:14pm I found this one not as flat-out enjoyable as the first Hellboy, but the visuals are amazing. The story is a bit too murky, but there's no arguing that the film is gorgeous. The goblin market setting is worth quite a lot of close inspection - I did a lot of pausing and delved into some "making-of" clips. I recommend it - but for both better and for worse, it has a different feel than the first Hellboy.

Can't handle the camp! submitted by ishhewitt on July 10, 2016, 1:33pm So campy. So bad.