Hellboy
Hellboy

Hellboy

2019Movie121 minEnglish

Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.

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IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic31/100
Google Users57%
Director: Neil MarshallGenres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Plot Summary

Hellboy, a beast with a tail and horns, is a demon summoned from hell to fight for humanity. But when the dust settles, he finds himself battling an evil sorceress bent on revenge and threatening the world. He must confront his inner demons and choose between the life he has on Earth and the one he was destined for.

Critical Reception

The 2019 reboot of Hellboy was met with largely negative reviews from critics and a poor box office performance. Reviewers criticized its convoluted plot, excessive gore, and lack of character development, while some appreciated its dark tone and action sequences.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its dark, R-rated tone and occasional bursts of creative gore.
  • Criticized for its messy, unfocused plot and reliance on CGI.
  • David Harbour's performance as Hellboy was seen as a highlight by some, but not enough to save the film.

Google audience: Audience reviews for Hellboy (2019) were mixed. Many appreciated the film's violent action and David Harbour's portrayal of the titular character. However, a significant portion of viewers found the plot confusing, the humor to be hit-or-miss, and the overall execution disappointing compared to previous iterations.

Fun Fact

Director Neil Marshall revealed that the film was initially intended to be R-rated, which was a significant departure from the previous Guillermo del Toro-directed films that were PG-13.

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TMDB Reviews

8 reviews
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Where do I start? Not since Derek Jarman at his most outlandish, have I seen so many people leave a screening mid-film. With Jarman that was almost certainly because his style of film-making and storytelling had a profoundly polarising effe...
GenerationofSwine

GenerationofSwin...

Horrible. "If humans didn't kill monsters, maybe monsters wouldn't be that bad." I guess, maybe, the good thing I can say about this movie is that, if you are part of the "everything has to be political all the time," crowd...it injec...
Martha

Martha

I went into this movie with low expectations. Ron Perlman was my perfect Hellboy. David Harbour was so good I hardly noticed a difference which is saying a lot. I think David put in a lot of research and work into trying to be a little bit ...
Sheldon Nylander

Sheldon Nylander

If Guillermo del Toro’s version of Hellboy is the imaginative grand symphony, this version is the discordant heavy metal little brother. Based on “The Wild Hunt” and “The Storm and the Fury” storylines in the comics doesn’t save it, either....
JPV852

JPV852

I may not be a big fan of Guillermo Del Toro (talented filmmaker but I don't stand at attention with his every project), yet his visual flair was on display with 2004's Hellboy, something that was sorely lacking in this reboot. Also lacking...
Gimly

Gimly

I don't really get the intense vitriol directed at the 2019 _Hellboy_. I mean it's not especially good, it's certainly worse than both del Toro movies, but the absolute dogpiling it got doesn't seem 100% warranted to me. There does seem to ...
Per Gunnar Jonsson

Per Gunnar Jonss...

Despite the less than stellar ratings this movie has received I have to say that I quite liked it actually. It is a much more violent, gory and adult movie than the previous Hellboy movies and this is probably contributing a lot to my appre...
Manuel São Bento

Manuel São Bento

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) Guillermo del Toro's pair of Hellboy movies were always pretty acclaimed by both critics and audience. So, if a reboot was in the works, it had to be way different fr...