Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Peter Briggs; Guillermo del Toro

Keywords: Action/Adventure, Comic Book

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Selma Blair	Actor	23-Jun-1972		A Dirty Shame
John Hurt	Actor	22-Jan-1940		Alien
Doug Jones	Actor	24-May-1960		Pan's Labyrinth
Ron Perlman	Actor	13-Apr-1950		Hellboy
Santiago Segura	Actor	17-Jul-1965		Torrente, the Stupid Arm of the Law
Jeffrey Tambor	Actor	8-Jul-1944		Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show

REVIEWS

Review by anonymous (posted on 3-Jun-2005)

Expecting another campy attempt at "comic book realism" I prepared by lining up plenty of alternative entertainment for when it turned too phoney. My gameboy, a novel I'm reading, and a bottle of particularly cheap booze. Turns out I didn't need any of it. From the first screen I was hooked. The plot, although somewhat moth eaten in appearance, was much deeper than I'd anticipated. Each character became a complete picture in a very short time. Very little guessing as to what would motivate the actions they perform. I was also very impressed by the actors non comic book like dialog. There is no wooden acting in this film. There is, however, a disturbing tendency to allow the viewer to guess the logical progression of things. Unfortunately, this is something we just won't stop seeing, since hollywood is rapidly running out of good, or at least original, ideas. All in all, I enjoyed HellBoy. I found it entertaining and quite amusing. Perhaps Ron Perlmans best role yet.

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