Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

Note Générale:

7,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Guillermo del Toro

Scénaristes (WGA):

Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (story) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

11 juillet 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Fantasy

Accroche:

Saving the world is a hell of a job

Intrigue:

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.

Plot Keywords:

Creature | Hell | Prince | Elf | Demon

Récompenses:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 12 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Very good

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 11	4:30 PM	MAX
Thur. Nov. 12	12:05 AM	MAX

Ensemble

Ron Perlman	...	Hellboy
Selma Blair	...	Liz
Doug Jones	...	Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death
John Alexander	...	Johann Krauss / Bethmoora Goblin
James Dodd	...	Johann Krauss
Seth MacFarlane	...	Johann Krauss (voice)
Luke Goss	...	Prince Nuada
Anna Walton	...	Princess Nuala
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Tom Manning
John Hurt	...	Professor Broom
Brian Steele	...	Wink / Cronie / Spice Shop Troll / Cathedral Head / Fragglewump
Andrew Hefler	...	Agent Flint
Iván Kamarás	...	Agent Steel
Mike Kelly	...	Agent Marble
Jeremy Zimmerman	...	Auctioneer
Santiago Segura	...	Distinguished Buyer
Roy Dotrice	...	King Balor
Aidan Cook	...	Two-Headed Shop Owner
Jeanne Mockford	...	Bag Lady
Montse Ribé	...	Young Hellboy
Ferenc Elek	...	Fat Slob
Alex McSweeney	...	Policeman
Justin Pierre	...	Policeman
Matthew O'Toole	...	Limb Vendor
Jamie Wilson	...	Cat Vendor
Kevin Hudson	...	Organ Grinder
Clive Llewellyn	...	Tadpole Vendor
Sándor Svigelj	...	Bagpipe Player
Brian Herring	...	Silkard / Fish Vendor
Pálma Pásztor	...	Mummy Vendor
Jimmy Kimmel	...	Himself
Tim Flavin	...	Newscaster
Belinda Henley	...	Newscaster
Blake Perlman	...	Newscaster
Matt Rippy	...	Newscaster
Judit Viktor	...	Lady with Dog
Szonja Oroszlán	...	Woman with Baby
Michael Mehlmann	...	Auction Bidder Man (as Michael A. Mehlmann)
Todd Williams	...	Auction Bidder Man
Beatrice Zentai	...	Auction Bidder Woman (as Beatrix Zentai)
Péter Horkay	...	Steward
Richard Rifkin	...	TV Pundit
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Tim Larsen	...	Street thug (uncredited)
Gavin McKenzie	...	Auction Room Steward (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Guillermo del Toro

Scénaristes (WGA)
Guillermo del Toro		(screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro		(story) &
Mike Mignola		(story)
Mike Mignola		(comic book)

Produit par
Lawrence Gordon	....	producer
Lloyd Levin	....	producer
Mike Mignola	....	co-producer
Mike Richardson	....	producer
Joe Roth	....	producer
John Swallow	....	co-producer
Chris Symes	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Danny Elfman

Image
Guillermo Navarro

Montage
Bernat Vilaplana

Distribution des rôles
Zsolt Csutak
Jeremy Zimmerman

Création des décors
Stephen Scott

Direction artistique
Anthony Caron-Delion
Peter Francis		(supervising art director)
John Frankish
Paul Laugier
Mark Swain
Judit Varga

Décorateur de plateau
Elli Griff
Zsuzsa Mihalek

Création des costumes
Sammy Sheldon

Maquillage
Roz Abery	....	special makeup effects artist
Orso Balla	....	special makeup effects artist
Tímea Baráth	....	makeup artist assistant
Roland Blancaflor	....	prosthetic department supervisor/speciality costumes
Dave Bonneywell	....	special makeup effects artist
Norman Cabrera	....	key sculptor
Eta Csabavölgyi	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Mike Elizalde	....	makeup designer
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist
Andy Garner	....	special makeup effects artist
Mélanie Gerbeaux	....	hair stylist
Anna Gerõ	....	special makeup effects artist
Pamela Goldammer	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Robin Myriah Hatcher	....	creature technician
Eszter Horváth	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Deborah Jarvis	....	makeup department head
Louis Kiss	....	special makeup effects artist
Tim Larsen	....	special makeup effects artist
David Martí	....	special makeup
Clayton Martinez	....	makeup effects technician
Adam Martyn	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Cass McClure	....	foam latex technician: Spectral Motion
Bart Mixon	....	special makeup effects artist
Ian Morse	....	special makeup effects artist
Sylvia Nava	....	hair department: Spectral Motion
Jessica Nelson	....	contact lens technician
James Ojala	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Steve Painter	....	special makeup effects artist
Anthony Parker	....	special makeup effects artist
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens coordinator/painter: Spectral Motion (as Cristina Patterson)
Iván Pohárnok	....	creature effects artist
Robin Pritchard	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Karen Purvis	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Montse Ribé	....	special makeup effects artist
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special effects prosthetics
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens technician
Lesley Smith	....	chief hair stylist
Lesley Smith	....	chief makeup artist
Greg Solomon	....	creature effects technician
Mario Torres Jr.	....	key sculptor
Arjen Tuiten	....	key sculptor: DDT
Chad Waters	....	special makeup effects artist
Simon Webber	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Michael B. Williams	....	prosthetic department
Hiroshi Yada	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Diana Yun Soo Yoo	....	hair department supervisor: Spectral Motion (as Diana Yunsoo Choi)

Directeur de production
Jo Burn	....	unit production manager
Felícián Keresztes	....	assistant unit manager
Krisztian Kertai	....	assistant production manager
Chris Patterson	....	production manager: Ireland
Michael Solinger	....	post-production supervisor
Alessio Spinelli	....	assistant production manager: effects / video reference
Miklós Tóth	....	production manager
Gábor Ujházy	....	unit manager
Brian Walsh	....	production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Matthew Baker	....	second assistant director
Rob Burgess	....	second assistant director
Viktor Egri	....	third assistant director
Julia Hargitay	....	assistant director runner
Ben Lanning	....	key second assistant director
Cliff Lanning	....	first assistant director
Tamas Lukacs	....	third assistant director: crowd
Kati Magenheim	....	second assistant director: crowd
Dénes Sajgál	....	second assistant director
Matthew Sharp	....	second assistant director: prep
Judit Soltész	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Nick Starr	....	third assistant director

Département Art
Ali A. Ádám	....	assistant art department coordinator
Szedlacsek Balazs	....	draughtsman
Wayne D. Barlowe	....	visual designer
Guy Bevitt	....	art department assistant
Graham Bishop	....	production buyer
Oliver Carroll	....	model maker
Will Coubrough	....	draftsman
Jordan Crockett	....	draughtsman
Judit Csák	....	assistant art director
Pál Csicsman	....	swing gang
Gábor Csiki	....	propmaker
Gergely Dömölki	....	model maker
David Doran	....	draughtsman
TyRuben Ellingson	....	visual designer
Gavin Fitch	....	assistant art director
Oliver Goodier	....	draughtsman
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Tony Graysmark	....	construction manager
Zsuzsa Kismarty-Lechner	....	assistant art director
Attila Kiss	....	stand-by props
Zoltán Kiss	....	sculptor
Rene Knol	....	supervising dressing prop
Dave Midson	....	supervising dressing props
Mike Mignola	....	visual designer
Alexandra Miklos	....	graphic artist
Raúl Monge	....	storyboard artist
Mily Moreno	....	assistant set decorator
László Nagyidai Jr.	....	construction coordinator
Heather Noble	....	art department coordinator: prep
Szabolcs-Levente Olvedi	....	model maker
Szilvia Paros	....	construction coordinator
Francis Poirier	....	sculptor
Heather Pollington	....	graphic artist
Stefan Priehyba	....	propmaker
Graeme Purdy	....	property master
Mark Rimmell	....	props buyer
John Roberts	....	supervising painter
Zsolt Sajgó	....	construction manager
Oláh Sándor Alexander	....	painter
Josh Sheppard	....	storyboard artist
Roland Stevenson	....	supervising propmaker
Lajos E. Szabó	....	stand-by painter: second unit
Zoltán Szalkai	....	storeman
Krisztina Szilágyi	....	draughtperson
Béla Tollay	....	stand-by props
Francisco Ruiz Velasco	....	visual designer
Tom Whitehead	....	draughtsman
Tracey Wilson	....	storyboard artist
Nimrod Hajdu	....	assistant to production designer (uncredited)
Péter Kovács	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)
Ek Singh	....	production buyer (uncredited)
Gábor Szabó	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Sophie Tarver	....	prop moulder (uncredited)
Raul Villares	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Philippe Amouroux	....	foley recordist
Dafydd Archard	....	sound studio assistant
Harry Barnes	....	foley editor
Christopher Barnett	....	sound designer
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Rachel Boot	....	sound studio assistant
Bryan Bowen	....	sound designer
James Boyle	....	additional sound designer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Martin Cantwell	....	sound designer
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
Doug Cooper	....	sound mix technician
Tony Currie	....	sound editor
Jeff Dalmaine	....	studio engineer
Nick Del-Molino	....	studio assistant
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist
Dominique Devoucoux	....	sound effects editor
Sergio Diaz	....	co-sound supervisor
Sergio Diaz	....	first dialog editor
Florian Fabre	....	assistant foley artist
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Glen Gathard	....	assistant foley mixer
Scott Martin Gershin	....	sound designer
Scott Martin Gershin	....	supervising sound editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Rick Gould	....	adr recorder
Zane Hayward	....	additional sound effects editor
Martín Hernández	....	sound designer
Martín Hernández	....	supervising sound editor
Hugo Jeffreys	....	adr recordist
Michael Keller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Lafbery	....	foley mixer
Rhys Maitland-Jones	....	sound mix technician
Diane Marshall	....	foley artist
Markus Moll	....	sound mix technician
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Mike Prestwood Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alejandro Quevedo	....	sound effects supervisor
Stephen P. Robinson	....	sound designer
Naiki Rossell	....	dialogue editor
Mac Ruth	....	production sound mixer
Sam Southwick	....	adr editor
David Stanke	....	first assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Joseph Stracey	....	sound effects editor
Chris Sturmer	....	sound consultant: dolby
Pál Szûrös	....	boom operator
Oliver Tarney	....	sound effects editor
Vanesa Lorena Tate	....	sound effects editor
Mark Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Roland N. Thai	....	sound designer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Christopher Wilson	....	foley editor
David Young	....	sound editorial engineer
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Peter Zinda	....	sound designer
Andrew Caller	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)
Mark Sheffield	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Matthew G. Armstrong	....	special effects technician
Csaba Bagossy	....	special effects coordinator
Brent Baker	....	mold department and life-casting supervisor: Spectral Motion
Tom Blake	....	animatronic designer
Darin Bouyssou	....	creature effects technician: Spectral Motion Inc.
Leo Burton	....	special effects supervisor: Solution Studios
Brian Clawson	....	foam patcher: Spectral Motion
Ricardo Contreras	....	puppeteer
Sam Conway	....	lead senior special effects technician
Michael Dawson	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Manex Efrem	....	special effects assistant supervisor
Mary Elizalde	....	CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
Chris Fitzgerald	....	creature painter
Peter Hawkins	....	creature effects
Jurgen Heimann	....	mechanical department: Spectral Motion Studios Inc.
Bjorn Henriksson	....	special effects
Andy Hunt	....	sculptor: solution studio
Ivan Kondrup Jensen	....	3d artist and 2D sequence lead: Ghost
Steve Knowles	....	special effects technician
Steve Koch	....	sculptor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Jason Leinster	....	senior technician: wires
Jess Lewington	....	special effects coordinator
Russell Lukich	....	creature paint designer: Spectral Motion
Russell Lukich	....	special effects makeup sculptor: Spectral Motion
Bob Mano	....	key mechanical designer: Spectral Motion Inc.
Molly McGee	....	creature suit fabricator
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup: Spectral Motion
Huw Millar	....	special effects technician
Jordi Morera	....	special effects makeup: DDT SFX Crew
Neil Murray	....	special effects wireman (as Neal Murray)
Pablo Perona Navarro	....	special effects makeup: DDT SFX Team
John Nolan	....	animatronic designer
Peter Norcliffe	....	costume props: Ivo Coveney
Larry Odien	....	animatronics designer: Spectral Motion
László Pintér	....	special effects technician
Martin Rezard	....	sculptor
Lee Rider	....	special effects technician
Juan Serrano	....	special effects technician: DDT SFX
Mark Setrakian	....	key animatronic designer
Keith Shannon	....	special effects technician
Colin Shulver	....	sculptor: Solution Studios
David Simon	....	sculptor
Nigel Sinclair	....	special effects technician
Amber Skowronski	....	special effects technician: Spectral Motion, Inc.
Jeff Small	....	special effects technician
Paul Stephenson	....	lead senior special effects technician
Gábor Sumicz	....	model maker
Neil Toddy Todd	....	special effects technician
Cliff Wallace	....	special effects makeup designer
Jill Warner	....	special effects assistant
Mark White	....	special effects technician
Joss Williams	....	special effects supervisor
Richard Darwin	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Christoph Ammann	....	3D sequence supervisor: Double Negative
Christopher Anciaume	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Martin Casper Andersen	....	visual effects
Arild Anfinnsen	....	visual effects artist
Bacsó Anna	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Szvák Antal	....	visual effects coordinator: Cube Effects
Oliver Atherton	....	digital compositor
Michael Atkin	....	lead matchmove artist: Double Negative
Szapek Attila	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Sergio Ayrosa	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Kamilla Bak	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Vajda Bálint	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Gergely Barta	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Tim Baxter	....	scanning manager
Andy Bean	....	digital effects artist
William Beaton	....	visual effects scanning supervisor
Anders J.L. Beer	....	sequence supervisor
Jo Ann Cordero Belen	....	roto artist: Double Negative
Stephen Bennett	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
James Benson	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Lizzie Bentley	....	matte painter: double negative
Zoltán Benyó	....	visual effects producer: Cube Effects
Frank Berbert	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Petter Bergmark	....	technical director: Double Negative
Hitesh Bharadia	....	senior lighting technical director: Double Negative
Brendan Body	....	animator: Double Negative
Christina Boon	....	digital artist
Tom Bracht	....	character rigger: Double Negative
Tom Bracht	....	character technical director: Double Negative
Andre Braithwaite	....	animator
Paul Brannan	....	lighting technical director: Double Negative
Jamie Briens	....	technical director: Double Negative
Andre Brizard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Jonathan Brooker	....	technical director: Baseblack
Mikael Brosset	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Nik Brownlee	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Péter Bujdosó	....	matte painting supervisor: Cube Effects
Ole Bukowsky	....	animator
Patrick Michael Burke	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Paul Burton	....	lighting artist
Astrid Busser-Casas	....	digital compositor
Luke Butler	....	digital compositor: lipsync
Robert Byrne	....	senior technical director
Daniel Cairnie	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Ean Carr	....	digital compositor
Kun Chang	....	concept artist: Ghost
Andrew Chapman	....	digital effects supervisor: Double Negative
Paul Charisse	....	animator
Jeppe N. Christensen	....	visual effects supervisor
Kia Coates	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Emily Cobb	....	3d artist
Debra Coleman	....	digital compositor
Richard Collis	....	digital effects artist
Loraine Cooper	....	compositor
Ian Copeland	....	digital compositor
Christopher Cram	....	visual effects consultant
Craig Crane	....	animation technical director: Double Negative
Don Crawford	....	digital compositor
Tyson Cross	....	technical director: Double Negative
Neil Culley	....	lead compositor: LipSync Post
Mária Czeglédi	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Nick Dacey	....	assistant visual effects editor: Double Negative
Aimee Dadswell-Davies	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Nick D'Aguiar	....	digital compositor: Lipsync Post
Marcello Da Silva	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Markus Daum	....	character rigger
Markus Daum	....	tools developer
Jay N. Davis	....	sequence supervisor
Martin R. Davison	....	sequence lead: Baseblack
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3D laser scanning
Adrian De Wet	....	digital effects supervisor: Double Negative
Ian Differ	....	visual effects editor
Markus Drayss	....	digital effects artist
Stefan Drury	....	head of visual effects: LipSync Post
Hasraf Dulull	....	digital compositor
Louis Dunlevy	....	digital effects artist
Laboncz Edina	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Bronwyn Edwards	....	compositor
Mohamed Effandi	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Graeme Eglin	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Erik Ellefsen	....	technical director: Baseblack
Jane Ellis	....	visual effects coordinator: Baseblack
Will Elsdale	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack
Mattias Engström	....	matchmove artist: double negative
Theo Facey	....	3d artist: Double Negative
Kenneth Fanning	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Péter Farkas	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Deak Ferrand	....	concept artist: HATCH
Deak Ferrand	....	matte painter: HATCH
Deak Ferrand	....	visual effects designer: HATCH
Antonella Ferrari	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative
Dominique Fiore	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Andrew Fletcher	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Joss Flores	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Nicola Fontana	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Dániel Forgács	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
James Foster	....	digital compositor
Mike Foyle	....	digital effects artist
André Gabriella	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Papp Gabriella	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Gianfranco Gaioni	....	digital artist: Cinesite
John J. Galloway	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Steve Garrad	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Adam Gefen	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Walter Gilbert	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Ben Goodson	....	digital compositor
Ben Goodson	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Azzard Gordon	....	digital matchmove artist: Double Negative
Dianne Gordon	....	data operations manager: Cinesite
Kim Gordon	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Yanni Goudetsidis	....	systems engineer: LipSync Post
Elizabeth Gray	....	visual effects animator: Double Negative
Elysia Greening	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Tom Griffiths	....	digital artist: Double Negative
David Gurrea	....	senior texture artist: Double Negative
Simon Gustafsson	....	matte painter: Double Negative vfx
Sascha Alexander Haber	....	digital colourist: puppet sequence
Alexis Hall	....	digital effects artist
Adam Hammond	....	roto/prep artist: Double Negative
Nick Hanks	....	CG artist: Lipsync Post
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Sam Hare	....	software development: Double Negative
Mick Harper	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Jonathan Harris	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Gavin Harrison	....	technical director: Double Negative
Réka Harsányi	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Chris Hart	....	studio assistant: Double Negative
Lionel Heath	....	compositor: Double Negative
Kieron Helsdon	....	previs supervisor
Kieron Helsdon	....	senior technical director: lighting
Kieron Helsdon	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Robert Hemmings	....	animator
Sarah Hemsley	....	visual effects producer: The Senate VFX
Aeon Henderson	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Herbert	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Herbert	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Grant Hewlett	....	technical director: Baseblack
Richard Higham	....	digital supervisor: The Senate VFX
Noel Hocquet	....	technical director: Double Negative
Garrett Honn	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Traci Horie	....	character animator: Double Negative
David Hubert	....	visual effects
Graham Hudson	....	digital artist
Florian Hu	....	visual effects technical director
Changeui Im	....	visual effects
Ludovic Iochem	....	matte painter: Double Negative
Jonna Isotalus	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Horváth Gál István	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Vajda István	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Matthew Jacques	....	compositor
Gemma James	....	visual effects coordinator: DNEG
Kristine-Joeann Jasper	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Henry Jefferson	....	digital compositor: double negative
Mikael Johannesen	....	digital artist
Mikael Johannesen	....	effects animation
Lars Johansson	....	3D artist
Lars Johansson	....	technical director
Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen	....	visual effects coordinator
Réka Kálóczy	....	roto/prep artist: Cube Effects
Alexander Kaminski	....	research & development technical director: Double Negative
Rafal Kaniewski	....	digital compositor
Körmöczy Károly	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Arne Kaupang	....	animator
John Kay	....	3D animator
Uzma Khalid	....	senior lighting artist
Lucy Killick	....	visual effects producer
Christopher Kilshaw	....	visual effects technical director
Duncan Kinnaird	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Pál Klemm	....	2D visual effects supervisor: Cube Effects
Jonathan Knight	....	digital compositor: visual effects: Double Negative
Philip Koch	....	senior creature modeller
Claus Kogsbøll	....	animator
Marcin Kolendo	....	digital artist
Edmund Kolloen	....	lead lighting technical director: Double Negative
Dean Koonjul	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Éva Korda	....	digital paint artist: Cube Effects
Péter Kovács	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
John Kozak	....	r&d support: Baseblack
Dávid Kozma	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Benjamin Krebs	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Martin Kupski	....	character modeler
Danius Kvedaras	....	character rigger: Double Negative
Duncan Kuah Boon Kwang	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Paul Ladd	....	senior visual effects coordinator: Universal
Serena Lam	....	digital compositor
Márk László	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Stafford Lawrence	....	animator
Isaac Layish	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Simon Leech	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Chris Lee Soon Ngee	....	roto artist: Double Negative
Soon Ngee Chris Lee	....	roto/prep artist: Double Negative
Luke Letkey	....	digital compositor
May Leung	....	senior effects artist
James Lewis	....	animator
Darryl Li	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative
Alfred Lindahl	....	character setup artist
Richard Little	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Pascal Loef	....	lighting technical director
David Lowry	....	animator
Thomas Luff	....	roto artist: Double Negative
Natalie MacDonald	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Aysha Madina	....	animator
Virgil Manning	....	animator
Vaibhav Marathe	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Jan Maroske	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Mark Masson	....	sequence lead: Double Negative
Colin McEvoy	....	animation lead
James McPherson	....	roto artist: Double Negative
Gurel Mehmet	....	concept artist: Double Negative
Craig Mepham	....	animator
Károly Mesterházy	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Ana Mestre	....	roto/prep artist: Double Negative
Andre Metello	....	character technical director
Thomas Middleton	....	roto/prep artist: Double Negative
Neil Miller	....	lead matte painter: double Negative
Sangita Mistry	....	paint/roto artist: Double Negative
Bernadett Molnár	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Dele Momoh	....	visual effects artist: Double Negative
Alberto Montañés	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Fernanda Moreno	....	CG artist: Double Negative
Andrew Morley	....	visual effects supervisor: LipSync Post
Martin Mueller	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Thierry Muller	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Tristan Myles	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Patrick Nagle	....	compositor
Csaba Nemesházi	....	visual effects
Nick New	....	technical director
James Nicholl	....	cg artist: LipSync Post
Papp Nikolett	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Paul Norris	....	sequence supervisor/compositor
Thomas Øhlenschlæger	....	digital compositor: Ghost
Fábry Olivia	....	digital paint artist: Cube Effects
Gruff Owen	....	digital compositor
Graham Page	....	digital compositor
Nawaz Parker	....	data operations: cinesite
Ami Patel	....	digital compositor
Tilman Paulin	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Daniel Paulsson	....	texture artist
Venetia Penna	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Csaba Pépp	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Ben Perrott	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Daniel Pettipher	....	production manager: Cinesite
Adrian Pinder	....	cloth supervisor: DNeg
Andy Pinson	....	roto artist
Gábor Piszter	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Fred Place	....	sequence lead compositor
Henriette Plum	....	animator
Attila Polgár	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Carlos Poon	....	technical director: Double Negative
Kate Porter	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Glen Pratt	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Scott Pritchard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Ed Pulis	....	technical support
Jacqui Purkess	....	roto & cleanup
Katherine Pursey	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Simon Pynn	....	matchmove artist: double negative
Paul Raeburn	....	sequence lead
Nigel Rafter	....	animator
Rudy Raijmakers	....	cg animator
Edward Randolph	....	visual effects coordinator: Baseblack
Richard R. Reed	....	digital compositor: Double Negitive
Garth Reilly	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Julia Reinhard	....	compositing lead: Double Negative
Tina Richardson	....	assistant visual effects editor
Viktor Rietveld	....	digital effects artist: Double Negative
Laurent-Paul Robert	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Katherine Roberts	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Xavier Roig	....	lead artist
Tom Rolfe	....	2D sequence lead
Angela Rose	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
James Russell	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Olivier Ryard	....	digital compositor
Rhys Salcombe	....	modeller: Double Negative
Tiago Santos	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Jakob Schmidt	....	senior technical director
Markus Schneider	....	digital compositor
Florian Schroeder	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Florian Schroeder	....	sequence lead compositor: Double Negative
Petra Schwane	....	sequence lead: Baseblack
Michele Sciolette	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
David Scott	....	digital compositor
Alexander Seaman	....	visual effects technical director: Double Negative
Wendy Seddon	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
John Seru	....	matchmove artist
Foad Shah	....	digital compositor
Matthew Shaw	....	digital compositor
Rob Shears	....	visual effects editor: Double Negative
Steve Shearston	....	technical director: Double Negative
Andrew Simmonds	....	digital artist
David Sjodin	....	compositor
Lim Sky	....	roto artist: Double Negative
Jeremy Smith	....	visual effects technical director
Marc Smith	....	3D laser scanning
Tammy Smith	....	roto/prep artist: double negative
Dan Snape	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Noémi Somoskövy	....	visual effects coordinator: Cube Effects
Lajos Soós	....	match mover
Lajos Soós	....	visual effects
Malcolm Souter	....	digital compositor
Malcolm Souter	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Samantha Spacey	....	visual effects line producer: The Senate VFX
Moriah Sparks	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Simon Stanley-Clamp	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Jon Stanley	....	senior systems engineer: LipSync Post
Richard Stay	....	compositor: Double Negative
Adrian Steel	....	lead render wrangler: Cinesite
Jim Steel	....	2D sequence lead: Double Negative
Andy Stevens	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite
Claire Stewart	....	visual effects coordinator
Paul Venn Stirling	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Sean Stranks	....	lead sequence compositor: Double Negative
Jonathan Styles	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Christopher Sweet	....	matchmove artist
Esben Syberg	....	3D sequence lead: Ghost
Mátyás Szabó	....	lead digital compositor: Cube Effects
Zoltán Szegedi	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Gábor Székely	....	technical director: Cube Effects
András Szõcs	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Fiedler Tamás	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Ria Tamok	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Lucy Tanner	....	visual effects coordinator: LipSync Post
Pál Tauszig	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
Andy Taylor	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Ben Taylor	....	digital compositor
Bridget M. Taylor	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Scott Taylor	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Stephen Thornhill	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Simon Tingell	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Christian Toft	....	digital artist
Shahin Toosi	....	digital artist
Gábor Tóth	....	lead digital compositor: Cube Effects
Samantha Tracey	....	visual effects line producer: LipSync Post
Oleg Troy	....	match move artist
Adrian Tsang	....	senior character technical director
Eric Tsui	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Andrew Tulloch	....	matchmove artist
Jenõ Udvardi	....	visual effects producer: Cube Effects
Christoph Unger	....	matte painter
Jon Veal	....	modeller
Gergely Velki	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Attila Vocsa	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Eugénie von Tunzelmann	....	sequence lead: Double Negative
Andreas Vrhovsek	....	visual effects technical director: Double Negative
Christian Waite	....	matchmove artist
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor: Baseblack
Rasmus Warming	....	3D artist
Pieter Warmington	....	lead artist: digi-doubles, Double Negative
Sharon Warmington	....	compositor: double negative
Mike Wassel	....	visual effects supervisor (as Michael J. Wassel)
Ollie Weigall	....	digital artist: Cinesite
Tom Westermann	....	digital artist
Neil West	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Andrew Whitehurst	....	sequence lead: Double Negative
Sheila Wickens	....	lead compositor: LipSync Post
Ed Wilkie	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Chantelle Williams	....	technical director: Double Negative
Blake Winder	....	digital compositor: LipSync Post
Christine Wong	....	compositor
Jonathan Wood	....	CG artist: Lipsync Post
Kim Worrall	....	compositor
Alison Wortman	....	technical director: Double Negative
Rachel Wright	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Anna Yamazoe	....	matchmove artist: Double Negative
Trevor Young	....	sequence lead compositor
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor
Péter Zavorszky	....	visual effects production manager: Cube Effects
Fiedler Zoltán	....	digital compositor: Cube Effects
George Zwier	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Janice Body	....	digital image restorer (uncredited)
Simon Eves	....	software developer: Double Negative (uncredited)
M. Frakes	....	animatics (uncredited)
Steve Hawken	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Warwick Hewett	....	visual effects coordinator: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Nicola Hoyle	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Louise Hussey	....	visual effects producer: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Hayden Jones	....	digital compositor: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates (uncredited)
Alex Llewellyn	....	digital compositor: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Taz Lodder	....	technical support: Double Negative (uncredited)
Will Martindale	....	rotoscope artist/runner: Double Negative (uncredited)
Angela Noble	....	digital effects artist: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Mark Pascoe	....	digital effects artist: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Jonathan Privett	....	digital compositor: titles, Rushes (uncredited)
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator (uncredited)
Alan Williamson	....	visual effects assistant: titles, Rushes (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Bradley James Allan	....	stunt coordinator
Ferenc Berecz	....	stunt rigger
Xia Bin	....	stunt double
Sándor Boros	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	technical advisor: stunts
Mark Chapman	....	stunt rigger
Rhye Copeman	....	stunt rigger
Erika Cziráky	....	stunt performer
Gábor Duck	....	stunts
Balázs Farkas	....	stunts
Xiang Gao	....	stunt performer
Kinga Gavalda	....	stunts
Justin Rodgers Hall	....	stunt performer
Gábor Hortobágyi	....	stunt performer
István Koleszár	....	stunts
Gergely Korpácsi	....	stunt performer
László Kósa	....	stunts
Norbert Kovács	....	stunts
József Kovalik	....	stunts
Balazs Lengyel	....	stunts
Akos Lenkei	....	stunts
Attila Mora	....	stunts
Bonnie Morgan	....	stunts
Ferenc Novinecz	....	stunts
Andy Owen	....	key stunt rigger
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt coordinator: Hungary
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt double: Hellboy
Miklós Pardányi	....	stunts
Jan Petrina	....	stunt double (stunt double: Hellboy)
Gábor Piroch	....	stunt double
Laszlo Ramon	....	stunt performer
Oliver Simor	....	stunt double: Hellboy
Ákos Sinkó	....	stunts
Gáspár Szabó	....	stunts
Damien Walters	....	tumbling double (as Damien G. Walters)
Michael Weis	....	stunt rigger
Max White	....	stunt double
Peng Zhang	....	assistant stunt coordinator

Caméra et Département Electrique
László Angyal	....	best boy
Ádám Balogh	....	rigging best boy
Antal Berger	....	rigging gaffer
László Bille	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Matthew Devitt	....	best boy grip
Sándor Domokos	....	camera loader
András Eichstaedt	....	video assist trainee
Zsolt Fehér	....	assistant camera
David Grennan	....	focus puller: second unit
Nándor Gulyás	....	assistant camera
Tibor Gulyás	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Gergely Hajba	....	assistant camera
Attila Hevesi	....	electrician
Gábor Hevesi	....	gaffer: Hungary
Stephen Jackson	....	director of photography: second unit
Zoltán Lakatos	....	riggin electrician/dimmer board operator
David Lee	....	gaffer
Juan Leyva	....	first assistant camera
István Ménkü	....	electrician
John J. Moers	....	director of photography: documentary crew
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Cormac O'Omáille	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Pavel Proisl	....	crane & head technician grip
Balázs Rozgonyi	....	video assist operator
Jaromir Sedina	....	camera operator
Rick Stribling	....	key grip
János Varga	....	electrician
Balázs Várszegi	....	video assist operator
Ádám Wallner	....	assistant camera
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Tibor Fejér	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Departement Animation
Terence Bannon	....	animator
Benn Garnish	....	animator
Scott Holmes	....	animator
Chris Lentz	....	character animator: Double Negative VFX
Peter Panton	....	animator

Département Casting
Vanessa Baker	....	adr voice casting
Brendan Donnison	....	adr voice casting
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Terry L. Lamfers	....	casting executive
Manuel Puro	....	casting associate

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Brigitta Barkó	....	wardrobe dresser: Mr Perlman
Ildikó Bíró	....	dresser: Hungary
Mari Csáki	....	dresser
Mónika Erdõsi	....	dresser
Beke Ferenche	....	costumes
Magdi Jakus	....	costumes
Charlotte-Rose Kay	....	assistant costume designer
Jo Korer	....	set costume supervisor
Stacia Lang	....	specialty costumer
Susan MacKenzie	....	costumes
Mónika Matyi	....	costume supervisor: Hungary
Dóra Papp	....	key costumer
Josie Pledge	....	key costume cutter (as Jo Carter)
Leticia Sandoval	....	specialty costumes
Alexandra Szucs	....	wardrobe assistant
Chrissy Szucs	....	costume coordinator
Emma Walker	....	costume dyer/breakdown
Vanessa Woolgar	....	set costumer
Nicole Young	....	costume supervisor

Dpartement Editorial
Marcus Alexander	....	digital intermediate producer
Jonathan Dixon	....	digital intermediate support
Paul Doogan	....	scan record manager
Peter Devaney Flanagan	....	additional editor
Peter Guyan	....	digital intermediate support
Sascha Alexander Haber	....	colorist (Marionette Prologue)
Élodie Ichter	....	digital intermediate editor
Adam Inglis	....	colorist
Richard Ketteridge	....	first assistant editor
Andrew Lim	....	digital color assist
Gyula István Mózes	....	assistant editor
Anita M. Patel	....	post-production coordinator
Evan Schiff	....	first assistant editor
Simon Whitehead	....	second assistant editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Département Musique
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Steve Bartek	....	lead orchestrator
Halli Cauthery	....	composer: additional music
Peter Cobbin	....	score recordist
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Michael Higham	....	music editor
Lewis Jones	....	pro tools recordist
T.J. Lindgren	....	additional music arranger
T.J. Lindgren	....	additional music programmer
Deborah Lurie	....	additional music arranger
Darren McKenzie	....	midi transcriptions
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor
Shie Rozow	....	music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
Rick Wentworth	....	conductor

Département Transport
Steve Bridgen	....	transportation coordinator
Nyári Csaba	....	driver
Richard Eksteen	....	driver: costume truck
George Fohn	....	driver: cast
Peter Knob	....	transportation captain
Claudia Kossik	....	transportation captain
Ryan Marshall	....	driver: camera truck, Northern Ireland
Boris Olomi	....	picture vehicle technician
Steve Pirolli	....	facilities captain

Divers
Rudolf András	....	location scout
Laszlo Arvay	....	health and safety officer
László Bencze	....	production assistant
Andreu Buenafuente	....	voice dubbing: Jeffrey Tambor (Spanish version )
Kelly Kiyoon Chang	....	accountant trainee
Adam Cocker	....	production runner: london
János Cserven	....	location manager
Gabriella Csoma	....	production coordinator
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Péter Danó	....	third assistant accountant
Kriszta Dorogi	....	location coordinator
Cristiano D'Urso	....	second assistant accountant
Rita Galántai	....	assistant production coordinator
József Goór	....	extras coordinator
Zoltan Horkai	....	head animal trainer
Erika Jonas	....	set runner
Robert Koroknyai	....	assistant production coordinator
Barnabás Kovács	....	second assistant accountant
Lisa-Kim Ling Kuan	....	accountant: UK
Balázs Labancz	....	production assistant
Andrea Larsen	....	first assistant accountant
Christopher LeStrange	....	location manager: new york unit
Richard Lucas	....	programmer
Gary Martin	....	additional adr voice
Gergö Marton	....	set production assistant
Gavin McKenzie	....	computer and video playback technician: Useful Companies
Sam Mill	....	production coordinator
Doug Moreno	....	financial controller
Ian Morse	....	puppeteer
José Mota	....	voice dubbing: Abe Sapien (Spanish version )
Peggy Mulloy	....	unit publicist
János Papp	....	health and safety advisor
Tamás Péter	....	production assistant
Philip Pickford	....	aerial safety engineer
Steve Pirolli	....	location facilities manager
Jean-Marc Rulier	....	cyber scanning
Santiago Segura	....	voice dubbing: Seth MacFarlaine (Spanish version )
Kirk Shalosky	....	second assistant accountant
David Sillery	....	armorer
Oliver Simor	....	stand-in: Mr. Perlman
Trevor Smith	....	assistant: Lawrence Gordon
Javier Soto	....	documentarian
Adrian Spanna	....	computer and video project manager
Simon Staines	....	creative supervisor: Useful Companies
Claire Stewart	....	travel coordinator
Enikö Szakács	....	cashier
Dóra Szanka	....	production secretary
Lee Tailor	....	creature coordinator
Erika Tamás	....	first assistant accountant
Emese Toth	....	set runner
Kolos Trimmel	....	production accountant
Sara-Jane Valentine	....	computer and video coordinator: Useful Companies
Gabriella Winkler	....	script supervisor
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Dark Horse Entertainment
• Internationale Filmproduktion Eagle
• Lawrence Gordon Productions
• Mid Atlantic Films
• Relativity Media (in association with)
• Universal Pictures

Distributeurs

• Solar Films (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Finnkino (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Universal Home Video (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Universal Pictures (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• fX Network (2010) (USA) (TV)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Baseblack
• Cinesite
• Double Negative
• FB-FX (costume props)
• Filmefex Studio
• Ghost ApS
• Hatch Production (conceptual art) (visual effects design)
• Lip Sync Post (additional visual effects)
• Plowman Craven & Associates (3D LIDAR & Cyber scanning and digital modelling)
• Rushes Post Production (titles) (uncredited)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (additional visual effects)
• Spectral Motion

Autres Companies

• Mi Casa Multimedia  Blu-ray/DVD audio mix & mastering 5.1, 7.1
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Behind the Scenes  shipping by
• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• De Lane Lea  post-production facilities
• Flying Pictures  aerial services provided by (as Flying Pictures Ltd.)
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Korda Studios  sound stages
• Light Odyssey  technocrane rental
• Light Odyssey  truss and rigging equipment
• Mi Casa Multimedia  sound re-recording (DVD / Blu-ray)
• Open Casting  casting
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Production Depot  camera equipment provided by (plate shots)
• Real World Post  sound post-production
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• Shoot NI  location services: Ireland
• Soundelux  post-production sound services
• Synxspeed  sound post-production (foreign dub)
• Translux  facilities and trucks
• Useful Company  digital playback and design
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Videoassist.hu  video assist equipment

Autre(s) titre(s):

Hellboy 2 (USA) (working title)
Hellboy 2 - Die goldene Armee (Germany)
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and some language.

Durée:

120 min

Pays:

USA | Allemagne

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44505) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Ireland:12A | Malaysia:U | UK:12A | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Norway:11 | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Africa:10V | New Zealand:M | Brazil:14 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Denmark:11 | France:U | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:12

Lieux de tournage:

Budapest, Hungary

Société:

Dark Horse Entertainment

Anecdotes:

Seth MacFarlane based the voice of Johann Krauss on Jeremy Irons’ character from Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995).

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: When Hellboy hits the ground and starts to pass out from being impaled, the camera gives a shot as if through the eyes of Hellboy, but the image shrinks from the top and bottom, but his eyelids are set vertically and should therefore close from left to right.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: My son, would you turn off that wretched puppet, and brush your teeth?
Young Hellboy: Don't call him a puppet!
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: I beg your pardon?
Young Hellboy: He's not a puppet! Howdy Doody's real!
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: Well, Mr. Dee-dee Doo-doo will have to say good night.

Connexions:

Références Top Gun (1986)

Bande son:

Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

Very good

You know you're not watching a formulaic comic book film when one of the highlights is a drunken rendition of "Can't Smile Without You" by Hellboy and Abe Sapien. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is a more confident, assured outing than the first film and while it does not draw from Mignola's comics for its plot it is perhaps better off for it, lacking the usual burden of comparison and expectations. "The Golden Army" is more fantastical than the first film and is less sci-fi oriented but this is the sort of thing Del Toro does exceptionally well as a writer. He never lets the fantasy become the focus of the film, instead concentrating on characters and delivering action scenes that can only be described as, forgive the crass immaturity, kickass.

As entertaining as many comic book-to-film adaptations are it is a rare event when one can call one of these films a true artistic achievement. I am convinced without a shadow of a doubt that Guillermo Del Toro's entire career has been leading up to this film, particularly regarding his work as screenwriter here. The comedy feels less forced and is worked incredibly well into the script here, so much so that it doesn't feel remotely unnatural when the scene of comic drunken singing leads directly without a break into one of the film's most intensely dramatic sequences. Del Toro's handling of character has never been better, not even with "The Devil's Backbone", which is still my favorite of his films, and his sheer skill and ability when it comes to telling a fairytale-esquire fantasy is astonishing, as proved in the prologue to this film. In short this is Del Toro at the top of his game and providing artistry the likes of which we rarely if ever see in summer blockbusters. It's only fair that an astonishingly brilliant comic like "Hellboy" by an astonishingly brilliant artist like Mike Mignola is adapted this well and by someone as talented at what they do as he is.

How refreshing it is, a week after the release of "Hancock", which to me epitomizes everything wrong with action film-making today, that we get "The Golden Army" which features hands down some of the finest action scenes we have ever seen in this sort of film. Just stunningly beautiful, well-shot, well-crafted, the sort of thing that leaves one wondering how much time and effort went into it and endlessly thankful that some really talented people went to the trouble of making the film.

The film is generally just superb on a technical level. Why am I even saying this? Of course it is. Danny Elfman composing, Guillermo Navarro serving as cinematographer, top-notch editors, fantastic special effects wizards. It's a world-class crew that made this film. I shouldn't be surprised at its quality but "The Golden Army" really just floored and astonished me with how good it is. The cast is also excellent, proving once again that you don't need 'big names' to carry a movie. Just about everyone here is excellent, particularly Perlman with another excellent turn as Hellboy and the underrated Selma Blair as Liz Sherman.

"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" provides essentially everything a Del Toro or Mignola fan would want. I imagine it will entertain and charm many outside those circles as well with its fantastic action sequences, engaging characters, and wonderful sense of humor. I would personally go as far as calling "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" one of the top five or so comic book movies ever made.