Hellboy (2004)

Cautiously Recommended

USA/Czech Republic

Feature Film

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Peter Briggs, Mike Mignola

Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro

Composer: Marco Beltrami

Cast: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, David Hyde Pierce

Hellboy, a large red demon raised by an American scientist at the The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, finds that he must save the world, when a pair of ex-Nazis, bent on bringing forth Armageddon, attempt to open a gateway to hell, in del Toro’s mildly entertaining comic book movie, which just about manages to find the right balance between humour and action. Iain.Stott

Followed by Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).