Cinafilm has over 5 million movie reviews and counting …

About Us
Contact Us
Sitemap
Follow us onCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest

Last updated: 18 Jul 2026 at 09:10 UTC

Back to movie details

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) - Critic Reviews - Page 4 of 9

61-80 of 177 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Des Partridge (52) for Courier Mail (Australia) (71) on 27 Aug 2008

The sets are dazzling, but the characters (manufactured by computer artists in most cases) aren't particularly designed to engage…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By David Stratton (799) for At the Movies (Australia) (716) on 27 Aug 2008

Not only are the creatures amazingly conceived, but there's a lovely sense of humour to it all as Del Toro references horror movies of the…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Jarrod Walker (34) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 27 Aug 2008

At times the creaky dialogue can be cliched, but it can't change the fact that Hellboy II is a hoot, aided considerably by star Ron Perlman's…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 22 Aug 2008

A spectacularly vibrant, varied, detailed, freakish, magical, surreal and exciting universe for this sequel to Hellboy (2004)…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Anthony Quinn (478) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 21 Aug 2008

All the same, this isn't a patch on the phantsamagoric splendour of Pan's Labyrinth, over-egging every set-piece and outstaying its welcome…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Martin Hoyle (37) for Financial Times (1,822) on 21 Aug 2008

The film shows a certain wit and a refined eclecticism: a director who in a few seconds combines Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, a quotation from…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 21 Aug 2008

Playful, offbeat and with a decidedly droll sense of humour, Hellboy II's a richly rewarding superhero film with moments of gleeful comedy…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Rob James (32) for Total Film (3,532) on 21 Aug 2008

A baby-step backwards after Pan's Labyrinth, but a rung up from the original Hellboy: more laid-back, even more out-there…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 21 Aug 2008

Second time around, director Guillermo Del Toro scores another direct hit with a monster yarn as keen on the gags as the global destruction…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Jenny Mccartney (26) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 21 Aug 2008

As a result, the impression is one of richly ingenious chaos that, despite all the hellfires burning, left me just a little cold…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Cosmo Landesman (73) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 21 Aug 2008

With Hellboy II, the comic-book blockbuster has finally grown up - without giving up the fairy-tale wonders of our youth…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Matthew De Abaitua (44) for Film4 (1,522) on 21 Aug 2008

Del Toro's imagination is as fertile as ever but the plot keeps too much in reserve…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Nigel Floyd (230) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Aug 2008

Guillermo del Toro's Fabergé egg of a fairytale is not so much a sequel as a fusion of the fabulist imagination of 'Pan's Labyrinth' with…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Victor Olliver (198) for Teletext (251) on 18 Aug 2008

By Mike Martin - From the man who made Pan's Labyrinth it's a disappointment…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 17 Aug 2008

Cinema is full of monsters, but few in recent memory have been so capable of eliciting our sympathy and understanding…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Aug 2008

The whole affair is pulpy, jokey, sometimes touching and frequently nonsensical: a big mess and, mostly, a lot of fun…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 24 Jul 2008

moves with the virile grace of a prizefighter…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Stephen Himes (148) for Film Snobs (370) on 21 Jul 2008

Del Toro seems to use this movie as batting practice for The Hobbit…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 21 Jul 2008

Hellboy II: The Golden Army is not a sequel that soars to new heights, but it does slip into a nice summer-movie comfort zone…

Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 21 Jul 2008

Further proof that franchises' second films can be better than the first…

1
...
3
4
5
...
9

Page 4 of 9

More reviews of this movie:

Perhaps you were looking for:

Selma Blair - Top 5 movies:

Ron Perlman - Top 5 movies:

Seth MacFarlane - Top 5 movies:

Movies you might like:

1973

45%8 Reviews

Brotherhood of the Wolf

2001

69%616 Reviews

1972

72%276 Reviews

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

1997

43%216 Reviews

1993

39%486 Reviews

The First Purge

2018

48%467 Reviews

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

1969

50%5 Reviews

2007

48%509 Reviews

Butcher the Bakers

2017

56%1 Review

2002

59%250 Reviews

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

2005

58%34 Reviews

Share This Page

Share

Tweet

Popular Movies Right Now

2022

68%144 Reviews

2023

85%310 Reviews

2014

69%994 Reviews

2022

72%115 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

2020

70%170 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008

72%801 Reviews

2010

71%661 Reviews

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

1989

77%313 Reviews

2010

54%753 Reviews

1988

36%560 Reviews

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

2023

73%168 Reviews

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

58%781 Reviews

2023

57%23 Reviews

2005

55%460 Reviews

Get social with CinafilmFollow us for reviews of the latest moviesCinafilm - Twitter Cinafilm - Pinterest Cinafilm - RSS

© 2026 Cinafilm Internet Productions

Prime Video logo is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates

Our website support team can be reached by email at [email protected], or by phoning +44 3300 431 396

Cinafilm IP, Office 12693, PO Box 15113, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 2NJ, United Kingdom