HELLBOY 2 Film Review - 17/8/08

Like chewing through candy floss "Hellboy II - The Golden Army" is something and nothing at the same time? Strange statement I know - But the sequel to "Hellboy" seems very lacking in story but 2 hours just flies by? The posters for the film are all pretty duff as well. With the sequel going further into the realm of the mythical ("Pan's Labyrinth") it very much is cut and dried - The folklore creatures return to reclaim their lands from the humans with the help of a goblin 'Golden Army' and Hellboy and his crew (With a new character tagging along - Minus Agent Myers - Who gets a throwaway line to cover his disappearance in the script) trudge out to various places in various esoteric and exotic locales whilst beating the crap out of all manner of beasties. At this point we actually get a taste of what a real 'tooth fairy' can do and how dangerous faerie folk (Elf's?) really are when they return from the dark . . . . . . We carry on with the mushy love angles (Twice this time around) amidst the humour and some of the action is astonishing . . . really astonishing . . . . it's just a pity a handful of scenes strung together don't match the strength of the original story for it's substance matter. Still far superior though than a lot of the rot that does make it to the Cinemas!