Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Del Toro's "Hellboy" sequel a devilish delight

By Michael Rechtshaffen

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When is a big studio picture not a big studio picture? When we're talking Universal's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" and the filmmaker happens to be Guillermo del Toro.

Armed with a slightly bigger budget than his 2004 original and with more clout after the Oscar-nominated success of "Pan's Labyrinth," del Toro's latest take on the Mike Mignola comic book is uncompromisingly the product of his wildly fantastical imagination.

... With the origin story out of the way, del Toro wastes little time in getting down to business. When a longstanding truce between the underground-dwelling original sons of the earth and humankind is broken by Prince Nuada (Luke Goss), the rebellious son of King Balor (Ron Perlman's old "Beauty and the Beast" co-star Roy Dotrice), something must be done to prevent him from reawakening the killing machines known as the Golden Army.

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IN THEATERS JULY 11TH!

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