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Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, Luke Goss, Anna Walton, and John Hurt

Directed By: Guillermo Del Toro

The first 30 minutes of this film is totally devoid of clichés with Del Toro yarning up a story with an old man telling a boy with a powerful arm about an indestructible army of soldiers. The director Guillermo del Toro is on top of his game with this sequel to the much loved Hellboy movie. The movie has surely taken major strides in every department with this one. Del Toro loves to loose his way into a sea of monsters from the illuminated embers of his mind. The film is more of a celebration of the human imagination.

There is an ancient truce between the trolls and human that has sort of been infringed by the humans. They have begun building parking lots and shopping malls. It sets the stage for the age old conflict to reignite between the trolls with Prince Nuada hoping to resurrect his civilization by evoking the indestructible Golden Army. But this won’t be easy because the only person that comes in his way is his twin sister who seems joined to him in many other ways than expected.

So the battle rages on with Hellboy and his friends fighting for the human side. But there is a catch to all this many of the creatures he is battling are some of the last of his generation even similar to him. Ron Perlman who plays the Hellboy has a blast this time around trying to adjust into this world where the humans are not sure about his appearance and whether he is a hero or not. This is one of the dilemmas Del Toro focuses on by not letting the action be in the forefront of this story.

Del Toro’s world is a place between the creatures from Star Wars and the legendary ones from Lord Of the Rings. The most distinct feature of the film is the detail that will make you surely want you to visit many of the worlds created by him. Del Toro is twisted enough to even create jokes on these creatures. There is certainly a willing suspension of disbelief by creating these references.

The film is filled with sights of extraordinary beauty even though they are in places that we are all too familiar with like the streets of Manhattan. The totally mindless use of CGI is suddenly brought into a halt with a thought that is surely going to warm probably even Hell. Even the use of the old tooth fairy myth to bring out creatures which feed on bones and teeth is something that is surely going to leave some repelled. But to watch each of these creatures is more like an exploration that Del Toro wants to lead us into. So I would like all of you to take his hand and surrender your senses.