| Release | Nov 11, 2008 |
| Video |
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs. |
| Audio |
English: Dolby Digital 5.1 English: Dolby Digital 2.0 French: Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English, French, Spanish |
| Studio | Universal Studios |
| Year | 2008 |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
- Presented on three discs
- Includes DIGITAL COPY (3rd disc)
- Widescreen version (16x9)
- Audio Commentary with director Guillermo del Toro
- Audio Commentary with cast members Jeffrey Tambor, Selma Blair & Luke Gross
- Deleted Scenes with optional Commentary by director Guillermo del Toro
- Set Visits (7 mini-documentaries provide viewers with unlimited access to the Hellboy II: The Golden Army set)
- Troll Market Tour with Guillermo del Toro (using sketches and backstage video, del Toro walks the audience through the creation of one of the film's most distinctive sets, the legendary Troll Market)
- Production Workshop
- Animated Comic Zinco Epilogue
- Comic Book Builder
- Still Gallery
- Additional Features:
- Prologue: a special introduction to the DVD from director Guillermo del Toro
- Director's Notebook: exclusive interviews, image scans and text from Guillermo del Toro's personal notebook
- Concept Art Gallery: original designs and concepts for Hellboy II: The Golden Army's costumes and sets
- Hellboy: In Service of the Demon: over 2 hours of footage that takes fans into the creation of this film
- Production Workshop: Professor Broom's Puppet Theatre: A special look inside the opening sequence of the film including storyboards and animatics
- Image Gallery Featuring Teaser Banners, One-Sheets and Poster Explorations
- DVD Rom: Hellboy II: The Golden Army Script
Saving the world is a hell of a job. Believe it or not - he's the good guy!
The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY begs any number of referential mash-ups to be used as description of its outlandish tonal and stylistic qualities. It's a little like a romantic and sophisticated live-action Ninja Turtles movie imbued with a cracked version of H.P. Lovecraft's monster storytelling. It's a feature-length version of STAR WARS's Mos Eisley Cantina mixed with a scrappy, proficient passion for creature design reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. It's also kind of director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY (2004) wrapped in a blanket of his PAN'S LABYRINTH.
This sequel is all these things, but none of them can accurately capture the singularity of a movie which, in some ways, stands alone in its ability to capture the crass and literary luridness of reading a comic book. It's filled with gross creatures bursting with humanity, dark poetry, and slapstick comedy; in one scene, an argument between Hellboy and Johann Krauss, a formless gas contained in a mobilized suit, escalates to the point of Tom-&-Jerry-like violence. As Hellboy himself--a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threats as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien--Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humor that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer.
HELLBOY II's rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn't just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki's animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.
The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds.
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY begs any number of referential mash-ups to be used as description of its outlandish tonal and stylistic qualities. It's a little like a romantic and sophisticated live-action Ninja Turtles movie imbued with a cracked version of H.P. Lovecraft's monster storytelling. It's a feature-length version of STAR WARS's Mos Eisley Cantina mixed with a scrappy, proficient passion for creature design reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. It's also kind of director/co-writer Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY (2004) wrapped in a blanket of his PAN'S LABYRINTH.
This sequel is all these things, but none of them can accurately capture the singularity of a movie which, in some ways, stands alone in its ability to capture the crass and literary luridness of reading a comic book. It's filled with gross creatures bursting with humanity, dark poetry, and slapstick comedy; in one scene, an argument between Hellboy and Johann Krauss, a formless gas contained in a mobilized suit, escalates to the point of Tom-&-Jerry-like violence. As Hellboy himself--a heartfelt anti-hero who regularly eliminates supernatural threats as an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense alongside girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) and comrade Abe Sapien--Ron Perlman again embodies the role with the kind of pathos and humor that one can only expect from a horned, red-skinned Hell-spawn who loves kittens and acts like a hardboiled detective who happens to watch TV and drink a lot of canned beer.
HELLBOY II's rather interesting antagonist, Prince Nuada, isn't just an evil dude. In the mold of the complex villains typically found in Hayao Miyazaki's animated fairy tales, his intentions of restoring control over Earth to an Elvish race by regaining the key to unlock the indestructible Golden Army are at least based on a legitimately noble sentiment before megalomania kicks in.
Universal Studios
presents
Ron PerlmanSelma BlairDoug JonesJames DoddJohn AlexanderSeth MacFarlaneLuke GossAnna WaltonJeffrey TamborJohn HurtBrian SteeleJeremy ZimmermanRoy DotriceIvan KamarasSantiago Segura"Hellboy II: The Golden Army"
Written byGuillermo Del ToroWritten byMike Mignolaproduced byJoe Roth
produced byLawrence Gordon
produced byLloyd Levin
produced byMike Mignola
produced byMike Richardson
directed byGuillermo Del Toro
Production Year: 2008
Written byGuillermo Del ToroWritten byMike Mignolaproduced byJoe Roth
produced byLawrence Gordon
produced byLloyd Levin
produced byMike Mignola
produced byMike Richardson
directed byGuillermo Del Toro
Production Year: 2008
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