Hellboy (Ron Perlman), super cute firebomb Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), the sensitive and highly educated Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), and the team’s new boss, the gaseous German Dr Krauss (John Alexander), find themselves in the plot from Mummy 3 (and numerous other films) when a bad guy (Luke Goss) attempts to raise an indestructible army to conquer the world.
Director/writer Guillermo del Toro’s first Hellboy movie was visually beautiful and well cast, but dull. Guillermo’s sequel is a vast improvement and it’s narrative fluidity compliments his flamboyant, visual style. In Hellboy 2, the tempo is quicker, the jokes more frequent, and the characterisation and plot less laboured. There is even time for Barry Manilow.
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