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Hellboy (2004)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Hurt
Runtime122 min
Rating12A
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In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.
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Hellboy (2004), directed by Guillermo del Toro, is a critically acclaimed fantasy action film that follows a demon who is rescued by Allied forces and goes on to serve as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense. The film has an 80% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.7/10 score on IMDb, indicating generally positive audience reception.
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Hellboy, directed by the visionary Guillermo del Toro in 2004, offers a unique blend of fantasy, action, and dark humor that fans of the genre will thoroughly enjoy. Anchored by Ron Perlman's charismatic performance as the titular demon hero, the film presents a richly imagined supernatural world filled with captivating creatures and thrilling supernatural battles.
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Hellboy is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character, created by Mike Mignola. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the first live-action film in the Hellboy franchise. Ron Perlman stars as the titular character, alongside Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, and John Hurt. The film draws inspiration from the debut comic Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. In the film, a charismatic demon-turned-investigator named "Hellboy" works with the secretive Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense to suppress paranormal threats, when a resurrected sorcerer seeks to make Hellboy fulfill his destiny by triggering the apocalypse.
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