Hellboy [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Neil Marshall Neil Marshall

Overview

Director Neil Marshall's reboot of the Hellboy film series sees David Harbour replacing Ron Perlman as the titular half-demon superhero. With the help of his powerful colleagues at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) and other allies, Hellboy attempts to stop an ancient British sorceress (Milla Jovovich) from destroying humanity.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/23/2019
UPC:	0031398304586
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	R
Source:	SUMMIT INC/LIONSGATE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:01:00
Sales rank:	6,187

Special Features

Blu-ray Exclusive; Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy; Reborn (3-Part Documentary); Blu-ray & DVD Special Features; Deleted Scenes; Previsualizations

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

David Harbour	Hellboy
Milla Jovovich	Nimue
Sasha Lane	Alice Monaghan
Ian McShane	Professor Broom
Daniel Dae Kim	Ben Daimio
Katya Peneva	Actor
Thomas Haden Church	Lobster Johnson
Brian Gleeson	Merlin
Mark Stanley	Arthur
Nadya Keranova	Sisters
Maria Tepavicharova	Sisters
Ana Tabakova	Sisters
Penelope Mitchell	Ganeida
Terry Randal	Priest
Mario de la Rosa	Esteban Ruiz/Camazotz
Christopher Mata	Referee
Atanas Srebrev	Agent Madison
Dawn Sherrer	Agent Strode
Michael Heath	Butler
Alistair Petrie	Lord Adam Glaren
Rick Warden	Dr. Edwin Carp
Nitin Ganatra	August Swain
Sophie Okonedo	Lady Hatton
Ilko Iliev	Professor Doctor Karl Ruprect Kroenen
Joel Harlow	Von Krupt
Dimiter Banenkin	Leopold Kurtz
Vanessa Eichholz	Ilsa Hepstein
Kristina Klebe	Leni Rafenstahl
Charles Shannon	Sgt. Whitman
Carle Hampe	Sir Malcom Frost
Tony Van Silva	Abbot
Josh Finan	Novice
Stephen Graham	Grugach
Jonathan Steele	Huntsman
Simon Feek	M-11 Operative
Ava Brennan	Alice's Mother
Anthony Delaney	Alice's Father
Jasmine Audoux-Prevot	Baby Alice
Meglena Karalambova	Leprous Hags
Anna Bankina	Leprous Hags
Ruth Rafailova	Leprous Hags
Laila Morse	Mrs. Harker
Peter Oxley	Gunsmith
Nikolay Stanoev	Monk
Troy James	Baba Yaga
Emma Tate	Baba Yaga
Manal El-Feitury	Mother
Elizabeth Mehari Kahsai	Children In Parking Lot
Said Barry Abdulai	Children In Parking Lot
Natasha Kaplinsky	Anchorwoman
Valentin Stoyanov	Man 1
Viktor Rangelov	Man 2
Vasil Tsvetkov	Man 3
Joshua Samuel Hector	Man 4
Benjamin Wallfisch	Composer

Technical Credits

Andrew Cosby

Mike Mignola

Neil Marshall	Director
Andrew Cosby	Screenwriter
Mike Mignola	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Lawrence Gordon	Producer
Yariv Lerner	Producer,Executive Producer
Robert Sharman	Sound Mixer
Matthew Collinge	Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Carter	Sound/Sound Designer
Lloyd Levin	Producer
Carle Hampe	Producer
Jan Cafourek	Executive Producer
Martin Cantwell	Sound/Sound Designer
Les Weldon	Producer
Trevor Short	Executive Producer
Kristopher Wright	Executive Producer
Jeffrey Greenstein	Executive Producer
Rob Prynne	Sound/Sound Designer
Philip Westgren	Producer
Andrea Wastlund	Producer
Dan Hubbard	Casting
Vladimir Kaloyanov	Sound Mixer
Matt O'Toole	Producer
Mike Richardson	Producer
John Thompson	Executive Producer
Christa Campbell	Executive Producer
Lati Grobman	Executive Producer
Marc Helwig	Executive Producer
Tom Olsson	Executive Producer
Anton Soderhall	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Hellboy is back, this time under the direction of Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers). Rebooting with a new cast and revived characters, the Andrew Cosby (Eureka) script delivers a story that, while decent, may leave fans of the previous movies a little cold for its lack of character engagement. Hellboy (David Harbour) is an agent of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, helping his father, Professor Broom (Ian McShane) against powerful supernatural entities that wish to do mankind harm. But, after a betrayal and subsequent rescue by his powerful, medium friend, Alice Monaghan (Sasha Lane), he doubts his place in human society. To complicate matters, Nimue the Blood Queen (Milla Jovovich) has plans to rid the world of humanity, using Hellboy's power to do so. Caught in the middle, Hellboy must decide whether to save humanity or doom it forever. The story is rather complete, despite a few hitches with its implementation. There are seemingly inauthentic interpersonal relationships, and viewers get the impression that they need to know more about several of the characters on both sides of the battle, including their preexisting motivations. The brief back-stories come across as more of an afterthought than actual development. This is especially true of Nimue, who after having her origins revealed in the opening scene, drifts in and out of the film just to be menacing. The direction is clean, but a premeditated decision to make the film much like a comic book both helps and harms it. It romps along at a fun pace, but there are moments that are just too overdone. The decision to make the film rated R conceptually allows it to be more like the original comics, but in practice, it just appears to be an excuse to add more CGI gore. The CGI includes amazingly detailed creatures and settings. Most of the renderings are beautiful, although in some moments it overwhelms in quantity and pace. All these scenes have accompanying, accurately selected rock-and-roll music that you might expect Hellboy to be listening to while he smashes things. When it's not slightly over-the-top, the acting is excellent. Jovovich is sensually creepy, Lane is a strong sidekick, and McShane is gruff, grumpy, yet caring. The best of the crop, though, is David Harbour, taking over the mantle of the titular role, and wearing it hilariously well. He seems a near-perfect replacement from the start. Hellboy's biggest problem is that neither the original director nor lead actor return for the long-awaited third installment, but instead opt for a hard reboot. If audiences can put aside their disappointment in this respect, they might discover that despite some flaws, the film is worth seeing in its own right.