Film Review: Hellboy II

This has been a summer for comic book movies. Even though the Hellboy series owes its storyline to the Dark Horse comic of the same name, it might be unfair to call Hellboy II: The Golden Army a comic book movie. First and foremost, it's a fantasy – a dark fantasy where fairies have gnashing teeth and gods of the forest can destroy city blocks. With Hellboy II, director Guillermo del Toro gives us a fantasy that is newer, bigger and more beautiful than the first. But can he make us care about two-dimensional characters?

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