The Right Hand of Doom

Monday · 6 Sep 04 · 02:30 PM IST | Posted by Karthik | Category: Movies

I finally got to see Hellboy on CD last night.  Actually it was this morning (1:30 AM to 3:30 AM).  Was trying to DivX Anacondas till then, after that took the corrupted CDs of Rakht to Comp Room till 4:30 AM.

I really enjoyed the movie!  Ron Perlman was perfectly cast in the lead role, as a demon from hell who was adopted during WW2, and 60 years later is part of the B.P.R.D. (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense).  Rasputin and his evil forces want to take over the world and literally unleash hell, so the B.P.R.D. agents must stop them.  I haven't read the Hellboy comics (save one ecomic!), which if I had done would have let me enjoy the movie even more.  Still, I thought the movie had great characters (Hellboy himself, Abe Sapien and Kroenen — terrific concepts), a fast pace, and great action.  There were a couple of scenes that reminded me of director Guillermo del Toro's Blade II (like the scene in the tunnels with the Sammaels here, and the Reaper hunt in B2; the Kroenen "dissection" and B2's Reaper autopsy), which was very cool, and I appreciated the icky effects (though they were limited).

Resident Evil: Apocalypse will be out very soon.  And according to one comment (based on a sneak preview) I read on the IMDb, it's even better than the first!

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