Hellboy DVD

As dark forces gather to hasten the apocalypse, hellboy fights fire with fire in this mind-blasting supermatural action-adventure. Based on the celebrated dark horse comic book.

Editor's Note

Based on the comic book series by Mike Mignola, Guillermo del Toro's gleefully eccentric film follows the supernatural adventures of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a cigar-chomping, horn-filing demonic hero enlisted by an occult scholar (John Hurt) to fight evil in the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Along with the fire-throwing Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) and the amphibious psychic Abe Sapien (Doug Jones, with the voice of David Hyde Pierce), Hellboy is joined by new recruit John Myers (Rupert Evans), a squeaky-clean FBI agent assigned to keep the big red devil's exploits in check. Things get out of hand, however, when a vicious monster is unleashed by the villainous Rasputin (Karl Roden), leading to events that may set off an apocalyptic nightmare for humanity.

Echoing Peter Jackson's passion for THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HELLBOY is a labor of love from del Toro, a longtime fan of the comic and its creator. The director's enthusiasm shows, since HELLBOY is a wondrously strange slice of pulpy adventure, mixed with horror and humor, and enhanced by stunning visual effects. In the title role (and lots of red makeup), Perlman is pitch-perfect, giving the good-natured misfit a powerful--yet surprisingly sensitive--presence. Blair, Evans, Hurt, and other actors are similarly well cast, rounding out an ensemble intent on retaining the movie's dark yet superbly entertaining tone.

Features

DVD, Director's Cut, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, Subtitled, French, No Longer Produced

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Sony
	Release Date: 1/22/2008
	Running Time: 132 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2004
	Catalog ID: 07409
	UPC: 00043396074095
	Number of Discs: 3
Audio & Video
	Original Language: English
	Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1

Cast & Crew

	Karel Roden
	Ron Perlman
	Rupert Evans
	Corey Johnson
	Jeffrey Tambor
	Doug Jones
	John Hurt
	Selma Blair
	Guillermo Del Toro - Screenwriter
	Mike Mignola - Source Writer
	David Hyde Pierce - Voice
	Marco Beltrami - Composer
	Guillermo Navarro - Director of Photography
	Lloyd Levin - Producer
	Patrick Palmer - Executive Producer
	Lawrence Gordon - Producer
	Peter Briggs - Story
	Mike Richardson - Producer
	Guillermo Del Toro - Director

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly
"HELLBOY is engaging." 04/09/2004 p.56

New York Times
"Mr. del Toro lets loose with an all-American, vaudevillian rambunctiousness that makes the movie daffy, loose and lovable." 04/02/2004 p.E8

Los Angeles Times
"There's no shortage of slick special effects and rampaging monsters here. Yet what catches the eye and captures the imagination is the lovingly hand-crafted feel of the design..." 04/02/2004 p.C1

USA Today
"Guillermo del Toro has crafted a fiery action picture destined to please comics fans..." 04/09/2004 p.10E

Chicago Sun-Times
"It's vibrating with energy, and you can sense the zeal and joy in its making." 04/02/2004 p.37

Box Office
"[A]n engaging supernatural action film....It's easy to be captivated by del Toro's style and the film's overall panache." 05/01/2004 p.29

Sight and Sound
"The bad guys have great looks....HELLBOY succeeds because it brings the visuals from the page to life with a beating red heart." 09/01/2004 p.50-1

Premiere
"Perlman nails Hellboy's blue-collar ethos....[With] visual artistry and sly wit..." 07/01/2004 p.115-16

Uncut
"Perlman is outstanding....Over-the-top fun..." 10/01/2004 p.144

James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
My sense is that most comic book aficionados, regardless of whether or not they are familiar with Mi

Slate 9 of 10
Guillermo del Toro is in a class with Peter Jackson as a fan-boy who gets it--a brilliant filmmaker - David Edelstein

Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Hellboy is one of those rare movies that's not only based on a comic book, but also feels like - Roger Ebert

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