Hellboy 2 Might As Well Go to Hell

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The Plot: (Beware of spoilers) In ancient times, Humans and Elves battled against each other. Thanks to a Goblin who created an unstoppable army of 4900 soldiers and handing power over to the King of the Elves, the humans would perish. But the King of the Elves saw that it was too powerful and broke the crown which controlled the army into three pieces. 

Fast forward to the present, and Nuada, Prince of the Elves is sick of how greedy humans have become. Humans have pushed the Elves and other magical creatures down underground into hiding. Thus, he wants to punish them by unleashing the power of the Golden Army. Hellboy returns with Liz and Abe Sapien to save the world from impending doom. 

The Good: Aside from all the action movie, it is also a love story. And it also continues the message from the last movie, that even if you are feared by society for being a freak, you need to do what's right and save their lives. The costume design for this movie was beautiful, not to mention the monsters were artistically done. That's why you could see the same touch done thanks to Director Guillermo del Toro, who also directed  the Italian movie, "Pan's Labyrinth"

The Bad: It was a little too cartoony for me, although I understood many of the scenes which showed the ancient epic battle between Humans and Elves were done for the sake of art. However, that doesn't excuse the predictable plot. A

The Grade: C+