2008 · action · fantasy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Directed by Guillermo del Toro2h 0m2008
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.
Our read: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) reads as a warm, breathless, surreal action · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, breathless, measured action / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
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