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Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Full Screen) | 
| Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Jeffrey Tambor
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  164 reviews
Sales Rank: 515
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: MCAD61100256D
UPC: 025195001854
EAN: 0025195001854
ASIN: B001ER4CSO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/27/2009 Rating: Pg13
Amazon.com
The feverish Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a very busy sequel that might have looked unhinged in the hands of a less visionary director than Guillermo del Toro. Ron Perlman returns as Hellboy, aka "Red," the Dark Horse Comics demon-hero with roots in the mythical world but personal ties in the human realm. Still working, as he was in Hellboy, for a secret department of the federal government that deals (as in "Men In Black") with forces of the fantastic, Red and his colleagues take on a royal elf (Luke Goss) determined to smash a longtime truce between mankind and the forces of magic. Meanwhile, Red's relationship with girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), who can burst into flames at will, is going through a rocky stage observed by Red's fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones), himself struck by love in this film. Del Toro brilliantly integrates the ordinary and extraordinary, diving into an extended scene set in a troll market barely hidden behind the facade of typical city streets. He also unleashes a forest monster that devastates an urban neighborhood, but then--interestingly--brings a luminous beauty to the same area as the creature (an "elemental") succumbs to a terrible death. Del Toro's art direction proves masterful, too, in a climactic battle set in a clockworks-like stronghold tucked away in rugged Irish landscape. But it's really the juxtaposition of visual marvels with not-so-unusual relationship issues that gives Hellboy II a certain jaunty appeal hard to find in other superhero movies. --Tom Keogh
Stills from Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Click for larger image)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 159 more reviews...
 good movie January 5, 2009
Jack W. Wolfe
almost as good as the first! The movie it's self is full of action and the story is a good one it is a good movie.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!! January 5, 2009
Jigsaw (Kentucky)
Today is my 19th Birthday and I received this as a Birthday present! I thought it was really good and just as good as the first! This time, Hellboy and his crew has to stop a Prince from raising the Golden Army and taking over the world. Abe falls in love with the Price's sister. I highly recommend HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY!!!
 Garbage January 4, 2009
Niels Bohr (Ohio)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was horrible. They took Hellboy and made him a sissy. Everyone has a right to an opinion and that's cool, I just disagree with this one being any good. I ended walking out of the movie theater when it came out. I just tried to sit down and watch it again because it was on TV and after suffering through the whole thing. I know I was right to have left. Sure Pan's Labrynth was good but that does not mean that you have to like everything del Toro does. All they did was visual while the story itself either sucked or sucked the persona of Hellboy. Really, Freaking singing and sobbing over relationships? WTH? Why would they even include that scene? Trying to Humanize him for what? It's an action fantasy not a campaign for congressman. But it's ok, for most ppl this will be great since it's made for the masses. If you liked Idiocracy you will love this.
A golden sequel December 31, 2008
S.D.S (MARYLAND)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hellboy II is a good sequel from the original which was a surprise hit. Great special effects and Ron Perlman is outstanding as Hellboy. Back is his sidekick friend the psychic fish guy Abe and his hot (in mnay ways) gf palyed by Blair Brown. The back story is kind of Jr tolkenish which is about an army created for a king to destroy his enemies (humans) but once he saw the carnage created he regretted the decision and put the army in storage for all time and devided up the crown that controlled them so they would never be commanded. However his son has returned from exile and wants to claim what he feels is his. So Hellboy must stop him from destroying the world and also from the temptation that is supposed to be his Destiny which is destroying the world himself. The theme of choice is very clear in this franchise. A good sequel that im sure will lead to another
Yeah, Baby, Hellboy Rocks!!! December 29, 2008
Janice Sims (Central Florida)
I really loved Hellboy, so when I heard that there was a sequel in the works, I could hardly wait to see it. I was NOT disappointed. I've been a Ron Perlman fan since Beauty and the Beast. He was wonderful then and he still is. It was nice to see him and Roy Dotrice (who played FATHER in Beauty and the Beast) reunited even if they were not in scenes together. Luke Goss as Prince Nueda (sp?) was simply fabulous. I know how he looks without makeup, so I was a little disappointed not to see his handsome face. But even in all that makeup, he was superb. And his voice sent chills down my spine. To say nothing of the thrilling acrobatic stunts his character performed. Back to Ron Perlman. He is great with the one-liners. He had me cracking up. In the red makeup and bodysuit, or out of it, he remains the consummate thespian. No, this review is not about the plot. Others have written about the plot. Or about the special effects, all good. For me, watching Hellboy 2 was an emotionally satisfying experience, like going to the movies on Saturday afternoon when you were a kid, and having a blast!
So, all criticism aside: Just see it because it'll bring out the kid in you. It's just that good.
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