Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army | |
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Directed by | Guillermo del Toro |
Screenplay by | Guillermo del Toro |
Story by |
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Based on | Hellboy by Mike Mignola |
Produced by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
Edited by | Bernat Vilaplana |
Music by | Danny Elfman |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
Country | United States[2] |
Language | English |
Budget | $82.5–85 million[3][4] |
Box office | $168.3 million[4] |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 American
Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released in the United States on July 11, 2008 to generally positive reviews from critics; with praised towards its fantasy atmosphere, as well as Perlman and the other cast's acting performances. It grossed $168.3 million against a production budget between $82.5–85 million. The film received a nomination for Best Makeup at the 81st Academy Awards.
The film was rebooted in 2019, simply titled Hellboy, and was released by Lionsgate. Following the critical and commercial failure of the film, a second reboot was announced in 2023.[7]
Plot
During Christmas 1955, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm, of an ancient war between humans and magical creatures. One day, the goblin blacksmith offer to Balor, king of the elves, to build him an indestructible mechanical army. Encouraged by his son Prince Nuada, Balor accepts. The Golden Army subsequently devastates humanity. Regretting his actions, Balor forms a truce with the humans. The crown to command the Golden Army, which can only be worn by one of royal blood, is split into three pieces. Nuada, disagreeing with the truce, leaves in exile.
In the present, a year after foiling the evil sorcerer
Meanwhile, at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), demonic special agent Hellboy is having issues with his girlfriend Liz and dislikes that their organization must operate in secrecy. Investigating the auction slaughter, Hellboy allows himself to be revealed to the world. In the commotion, Abe Sapien discovers Liz is pregnant but she swears him to secrecy.
Furious at Hellboy's actions,
Nuada tracks his sister to the B.P.R.D. headquarters using their magical bond, which also causes them to share wounds and read each other's thoughts. Nuala hides the final crown piece before Nuada finds her and he battles Hellboy. Nuada critically wounds Hellboy with his spear and abducts Nuala, promising her return in exchange for the crown piece. Unable to remove the spear shard in his wound, Liz and Abe decide to take Hellboy to the Golden Army's location in the Giant's Causeway of Northern Ireland. Krauss comes along, as he sympathizes with Liz, revealing that he, too, lost his wife in the accident that caused the loss of his own body.
They encounter the Bethmoora goblin master blacksmith who brings them before the Angel of Death to retrieve the spear shard. Though warned that Hellboy will doom humanity if he lives and that she will suffer the most from it, Liz pleads for Hellboy's life. The Angel removes the shard from Hellboy's chest and tells Liz to give him a reason to live. She reveals to Hellboy that he will be a father and he recovers.
The goblin leads the team to the resting place of the Golden Army, where Nuada awaits them. Abe gives him the last piece of the crown and Nuada awakens the Golden Army. Hellboy challenges Nuada for the right to command the army. As Hellboy is a member of Hell's royal family, Nuada must accept the challenge. Hellboy defeats Nuada and spares his life, but as Nuada tries stabbing him, Nuala commits suicide to stop her brother and the dying Nuada tells Hellboy he will have to choose whether humanity or magical beings must die. Abe psychically shares his feelings with Nuala before she dies. Liz uses her pyrokinesis to melt the crown, deactivating the Golden Army for good.
Hellboy, Liz, Abe, and Johann resign from the B.P.R.D. and Hellboy contemplates his future life with Liz and their baby. Liz corrects him by revealing that she is pregnant with twins.
Cast
- Ron Perlman as Hellboy: An immensely powerful demon who works for the government organization Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.). Guillermo del Toro described the character's dilemma in the sequel, "[He] has always fought on the side of humans, but this [fantasy of destruction] pushes his buttons to reconsider."[8] In the sequel, Hellboy is armed with an enormous new gun called "The Big Baby", which fires flare-like bullets.[9] Montse Ribé plays a young version of Hellboy in an opening flashback.[10]
- pyrokinetic member of B.P.R.D. and Hellboy's girlfriend. Blair described her character as more engaging in the sequel, "In the first one she was afraid to take a step. She was completely a zombie, not wanting to own up to her power and having the memory of what she'd created in her life... I was really eager to come and play Liz with a little more vibrancy." Blair also had short hair for her role, avoiding long hair from her portrayal in the first film, which she felt "brought her face down". The actress emphasized Liz Sherman's growth in the sequel, "She's looking to the future much more, and things are happening in this one that she has to buck up... I think you're dealing with a lot knowing this young girl that we last saw as very damaged, and now she's with this guy, and all these people around her, I think, we've really had to step up a strength, and a confidence in her so that I don't look like the little baby kid sister tagging along."[11]
- Doug Jones as three characters:
- Abe Sapien: An ichthyo sapien psychic who works for B.P.R.D. with Hellboy. Jones said of his return to the role after the first film, "He's been an absolute treat for me to play this time. He's written with so many different colours and levels and there's a love interest... And his buddy time with Hellboy is more concrete and his brother/sister time with Liz is even better." Jones believed that Abe Sapien became "the brains, the intellect of the team" while Hellboy protects his character because he is still "kind of innocent". The actor pointed to his character's adolescence with love,[12] "His love life is something that's never been tapped into before... So just like a 13-year-old with his first crush, this is how you're going to see Abe this time. A portion of him. Will this affect his decision-making powers?"[13] Unlike the first movie, where Abe's voice was dubbed by David Hyde Pierce, Doug Jones provided the voice himself.
- Angel of Death: A female angel with androgynous characteristics. Jones explained his portrayal, "The script refers to the angel as a her and that's what I do. I think she has feminine qualities, but she's not totally a woman either. And that's okay. I like characters that keep you guessing."[12]
- Chamberlain: The door keeper for King Balor.[14] The creature is long, gangly, eight feet tall and wears silk and velvet robes. It also has long, spindly fingers, which filmmakers mobilized with servos and which Jones wore as extensions of his own hands.[15]
- John Alexander and James Dodd as Johann Krauss: Krauss is a German psychic whose ectoplasmic being is contained in a suit after a botched séance. Originally, filmmakers planned to create a computer-generated version of the glass fishbowl helmet, but with the cost being prohibitive, they created an actual helmet. To ensure the invisibility of the actor's head under the glass, perspective and mirror tricks were used. The helmet was controlled by two puppeteers, so the heavy contraption had to be shared between Alexander and Dodd.[15]
- Seth MacFarlane voices Johann Krauss, having taken over from Thomas Kretschmann, after del Toro decided that Kretschmann's voice and the mechanical sound effects to Johann's suit did not mesh well.[16]
- John Alexander also performs and voices the Bethmoora Goblin, a legless goblin who helps Hellboy and the team find the Angel of Death. He is the master goblin blacksmith who forged the Golden Army and lost his original legs in the process.
- Luke Goss as Prince Nuada Silverlance: King Balor's son and a martial arts expert of extraordinary proficiency. Goss was previously cast as mutant vampire Jared Nomak in del Toro's 2002 film Blade II, and the director approached the actor to be cast in Hellboy II. The only other actor considered for the part was Charlie Hunnam.[17] Goss trained with action director and former Jackie Chan Stunt Team member, Brad Allan, learning sword and spear skills for six to seven months for his role.[18] He and Anna Walton also learned ancient Gaelic from a dialog coach for their lines.[19] Goss did not perceive Nuada as evil, explaining, "It's issues, his people, he's part of what he truly believes. I don't think, really, he's so deluded... [He] is driven by an ethic that was instilled by the person he has problems [with; that is,] his father, and inevitably, that leads into the conflict with him and Hellboy." Goss also noted that his character admired and revered his twin sister, portrayed by Anna Walton. He said of the prince and the princess, "There is an incestuous relationship that's not maybe overly obvious to everybody, but some people hopefully will pick up on the fact, certainly from my direction towards her."[18]
- Anna Walton as Princess Nuala: King Balor's daughter and Nuada's twin sister. She is described as "very light" while Nuada is "very dark", creating a yin and yang dynamic.[9] She elaborated on the incestuous tones between her character and Prince Nuada, "He's the dark side and she's the light side and they're pulled apart and pulled back together again, and she's trying to get away because she knows there is something she has to do. He can't let that go and they can't really do anything without each other so it's a really interesting thing." Her character also forms a relationship with Abe Sapien, and Walton noted their similarities, "They are both slightly lost souls and they understand each other." Walton spoke of her character's sense of purpose, "She feels very strongly about what she has to do in the film, and then her absolute connection and love for the Earth and what we are given. That's what she's here to protect... Her relationship with her brother, and how he is almost a part of her but she has to break away and will do whatever it takes to stop him from achieving what he wants to achieve, which is the mass destruction of mankind."[19]
- Tom Manning: Head of the B.P.R.D., he has a slightly antagonistic relationship with Hellboy.
- John Hurt as Trevor Bruttenholm: Hellboy's adoptive father, he is seen in the beginning of the film telling young Hellboy the story of the Golden Army.
- Brian Steele as four of the trolls:
- Mr. Wink: A giant cave troll who was originally conceived by Guillermo del Toro. Wink was sculpted by Mario Torres, and the costume was worn by Brian Steele. In the film, Wink's right arm has a giant metal fist. The fist was designed by filmmakers to be made of heavy plastic to stay light enough for motors to operate the mechanical fingers. The fist could also be physically detached and used as a projectile without any computer-generated imagery used.Herman von Klempt. Likewise, Mr. Wink has an old wound on the left side of his face that has closed one of his eyes. Del Toro said that he named Mr. Wink after Selma Blair's one-eyed dog (which Blair confirms in a commentary track for the DVD release).
- Cathedral Head: A troll who is the owner of a map shop who gives Princess Nuala the hidden map.
- Fragglewump: A monstrous Scottish troll that masquerades as a sweet old lady and feeds on kittens and fears canaries.
- Cronie Troll: A spice shop owner who gets in an argument with Hellboy in the troll market
- Mr. Wink: A giant cave troll who was originally conceived by Guillermo del Toro. Wink was sculpted by Mario Torres, and the costume was worn by Brian Steele. In the film, Wink's right arm has a giant metal fist. The fist was designed by filmmakers to be made of heavy plastic to stay light enough for motors to operate the mechanical fingers. The fist could also be physically detached and used as a projectile without any computer-generated imagery used.
- Roy Dotrice as King Balor: The one-armed king of Elfland. All of his dialogue is in Gaelic.
Production
In May 2004, following the release of
Director Guillermo del Toro explored several concepts for the sequel, initially planning to recreate the classic versions of
Del Toro released Pan's Labyrinth in 2006, and the film earned multiple Academy Awards, providing the director enough clout to begin production on the film.[8] Guillermo del Toro began filming the film in June 2007 in Budapest and concluded in December 2007.[27] The film was the first American production to shoot at Korda Studios in Hungary, then newly built outside Budapest.[28] The creature shop was led by the company Spectral Motion,[29] and Filmefex contributed work in makeup and prosthetics. The latter company designed a creature for the troll market scene and built several statues and full-size replicas of the Golden Army.[30]
Music
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
- Takako Nishizaki and Jenő Jandó – "Violin Sonata No. 9"
- Travis – "All I Want to Do Is Rock"
- Poet in Process – "Why"[31]
- Brenga Astur – "Nel Caleyu La Fonte"
- Eels – "Beautiful Freak"
- Barry Manilow – "Can't Smile Without You"
- Red Is for Fire – "Noir"
Release
Hellboy II: The Golden Army opened on July 11, 2008, in 3,204 theaters in the United States and Canada.[32] The film ranked first at the box office, grossing an estimated $35.9 million over the weekend, outperforming the opening of its predecessor, which had opened with $23.2 million.[33] The opening was the biggest of Guillermo del Toro's directing career until 2013, when it was surpassed by Pacific Rim.[34]
Audiences polled by CinemaScore, during the opening weekend, gave the film a 'B' grade.[35] The demographic for the film was mostly male, and the age distribution for moviegoers below and above 25 years old was evenly split.[36] Outside of the United States and Canada, the film had a limited release on 533 screens in Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore, grossing $4.6 million.[37]
In its second weekend in the United States and Canada, the film's box office performance dropped 71% to gross $10.1 million, a larger drop than its predecessor, which dropped 53% in comparison. The sequel's larger drop was attributed to the significant opening of the Batman film The Dark Knight.[38] As of September 9, 2008 the film has grossed $75,986,503 in the United States and Canada. The film came top in the UK and Ireland box office charts upon its release on August 22[39] and earned an additional international gross of $84,401,560 bringing its worldwide total to $160,388,063.[4][3]
Marketing
In addition to
Home media
Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 11, 2008.[41] For the DVD, there is both a single-disc and a 3-disc special edition (not available in the UK).
The single-disc edition includes the movie and a very limited selection of special features. Available on the one-disc edition is a "Director's Notebook" section, in which pages of Del Toro's notebook are reproduced, showcasing design sketches and annotations by the director, as well as "video pod" segments in which he explains these designs and concepts further. The segment is available in the three-disc edition in the "pre-production vault", which also includes other galleries. The three-disc special edition includes two audio commentaries (one by Del Toro and another by members of the cast), six deleted scenes, several featurettes, a full-length documentary, and image galleries. Though not added into the movie after credits due to budget cuts, a comic style of the Zinco Sequel is added to the special features, serving as a prologue to the third Hellboy movie. The third disc contains a digital copy. Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on May 7, 2019.[42]
Reception
Critical response
Rotten Tomatoes reported that 86% of critics gave the film positive reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10, based on 251 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Guillermo del Toro crafts a stellar comic book sequel, boasting visuals that are as imaginative as the characters are endearing."[43] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 36 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[44]
John Anderson said the film would be "almost unthinkable" without Ron Perlman in the lead role, saying the film was more successful than its predecessor mainly due to the more deliberately amusing tone and the "drily ironic" title character. He said the only weak link was Luke Goss's "unimposing" villain.
Michael Rechtshaffen concluded that Hellboy II was less focused than the first film, but that it played "faster and looser" and mostly a "wild ride".
The film appeared on some critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008. Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald named it the fifth-best film of 2008 (along with The Dark Knight),[54] and Stephanie Zacharek of Salon named it the tenth-best film of 2008 (along with Iron Man).[54]
Awards
Award | Category | Winner/Nominee | Result |
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Academy Awards | Best Makeup | Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz | Nominated |
Empire Awards | Best Sci-Fi/Superhero | Nominated | |
Saturn Awards | Best Horror Film | Won | |
Best Make-up | Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz | Nominated | |
Best Special Effects | Michael J. Wassel, Adrian De Wet, Andrew Chapman, Eamonn Butler | Nominated | |
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture | Bradley James Allan, Mark Chapman, Bonnie Morgan , Andrew Owen, Michael Weis, Peng Zhang
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Nominated |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Doug Jones | Won |
Best Actor | Ron Perlman | Won | |
Best Make-Up/ Creature FX | Mike Elizalde/ David Martí/ Montse Ribé/ Cliff Wallace | Won | |
Best Wide-Release Film | Warner Bros | Won | |
Best Screenplay | Guillermo del Toro | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Anna Walton | Nominated | |
Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture | Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian de Wet, Eamonn Butler | Nominated |
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Colin McEvoy, Christoph Ammann for "Elemental Sequence" | Nominated |
Tie-in publications and merchandise
Short story
Guillermo del Toro and
Promotional comic
This story by Mike Mignola and Guillermo del Toro with art by Francisco Ruiz Velasco was published as a special promotion for the film by Dark Horse Comics in one-shot comic book Hellboy: The Golden Army (January 2008) with three variant covers:[9]
- Photo cover of Ron Perlman as Hellboy
- Photo cover of Doug Jones as Abe Sapien
- Photo cover of Selma Blair as Liz Sherman
In his introduction film director del Toro affirms his and Mignola's admiration of Velasco's "clean, propulsive narrative, draftsmanship, and artistic skills" and states that the intention of this title is to treat the film's opening narrative as a mini-epic and give the artist the opportunity to tell it with unlimited budget and shooting time.
In the story Professor Trevor Bruttenholm, caring for the young Hellboy at Douglas Air Force Base, New Mexico, on Christmas Eve 1944, relates the story of the Golden Army from the film's opening prologue, which he describes as the first tale ever told, as a bedtime story that he ends by saying one day Hellboy may find out if it is true.
Art book
Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie (June 18, 2008,
- Complete screenplay including a deleted scene illustrated with the original storyboards
- Interviews and commentary from creator Mike Mignola and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
Novelization
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (June 18, 2008,
Video game
During its initial theatrical release in North America, a
Zinco epilogue
Included as a special feature on the DVD is an animated comic that foreshadows the events of the next film.[56] In the Zinco Epilogue, a group of men go into Rasputin's tomb and find Kroenen's body. After bringing Kroenen to a doctor along with instructions to revive him with an alchemical manual, Zinco and his party travel to an arctic cave with Zinco as the only survivor. Upon entering the cavern, Zinco opens a container he has with him containing the preserved head of Kroenen and attaches it to a giant robot. As soon as it is attached, the cyborg awakens and the spirit of Rasputin appears, stating that he has one more job for him.
Notes
- ^ as depicted in Hellboy (2004 film)
Post release
Cancelled sequel and spin-offs
Del Toro had expressed interest in a sequel, saying, "I think we would all come back to do a third Hellboy, if they can wait for me to get out of Middle-Earth, but we don't know. Ron may want to do it sooner, but I certainly know where we're going with the movie on the third one."[57] On May 30, 2010, Guillermo del Toro dropped out of directing The Hobbit.
In June 2010, Del Toro speculated that Hellboy III might happen after his next project, but said that the screenplay had yet to be written.[58]
On July 14, 2012, after being inspired by a recent Make-A-Wish function in which Ron Perlman appeared in full Hellboy makeup for a terminally ill boy, Del Toro stated, "I can say publicly that now we are together in trying [to do Hellboy 3]".[59]
On April 5, 2013, in an interview with Comic Book Resources, Hellboy creator Mike Mignola commented that the possibility of a third Hellboy film seemed unlikely, stating "The biggest problem I see as far as PR for the next billion years is explaining endlessly ... that there's no Hellboy 3 movie".[60]
On June 30, 2013, del Toro discussed the possibility of developing Hellboy 3 at
Del Toro suggested telling the story of Hellboy 3 in comic book form, but Mignola vetoed the idea.[62]
On June 30, 2013, in an interview, Ron Perlman spoke about Hellboy 3 saying, "[Hellboy 3] needs to be twice as big as Hellboy 1 or Hellboy 2. It's all of these oracles coming home to roost with these apocalyptic things taking place, Guillermo's version of this resolve in the trilogy is epic in scope. Not just anybody can make this movie. It has to be somebody who's no stranger to this sense of scope. For me to do Hellboy 3, it could kill me—in terms of physically demanding, for a guy my age, but it's worth it because anyone who sits and listens to Guillermo's version of how this thing ends is completely seduced. It's so theatrical and compelling and if you liked the first two movies in any way, shape or form, this is the ultimate one-two punch."[63]
On July 11, 2014, in a Reddit AMA, Del Toro said, "Well, you know, we don't have that movie on the horizon, but the idea for it was to have Hellboy finally come to terms with the fact that his destiny, his inevitable destiny, is to become the beast of the Apocalypse, and having him and Liz face the sort of, that part of his nature, and he has to do it, in order to be able to ironically vanquish the foe that he has to face in the 3rd film. He has to become the beast of the Apocalypse to be able to defend humanity, but at the same time he becomes a much darker being. It's a very interesting ending to the series, but I don't think it will happen. ... We have gone through basically every studio and asked for financing, and they are not interested. I think that the first movie made its budget back, and a little bit of profit, but then it was very very big on video and DVD. The story repeated itself with the second already, it made its money back at the box office, but a small margin of profit in the release of the theatrical print, but was very very big on DVD and video. Sadly now from a business point of view all the studios know is that you don't have that safety net of the DVD and video, so they view the project as dangerous."[64][65]
In July 2015, del Toro said that
In February 2017, Del Toro announced via Twitter, "Must report that 100% [Hellboy 3] will not happen."[67]
In July 2019, Perlman said that he would still love to finish the trilogy with del Toro, ignoring the reboot, and that he thought it could happen if financing could be found.[68] In January 2022, Perlman encouraged Del Toro to proceed with the sequel, saying that they owed it to the fans to get it done and that "it would be an epic conclusion."[69]
In 2010, Hellboy screenwriter
In 2015, Briggs received another call from Universal, saying that Hellboy 3 had been cancelled and asking him and Mason to return for a reworked Silverlance, with producer Lawrence Gordon involved. The caveat was that Hellboy could not appear, but the writers managed to get the character a cameo appearance at the climax. If successful, the film would have launched a From the Files of the B.P.R.D. spin-off series.[70]
In May 2017, Briggs affirmed that, with the announcement of the Hellboy reboot, the Silverlance project was dead.[70]
In September 2023, Perlman stated that he was still interested in making a third film with del Toro to complete the trilogy.[71]
Reboots
About 2014, Mignola, writer Andrew Cosby, and the producers began work on the story for a new film. The project was initially intended as a sequel to del Toro's films, but Perlman was unwilling to star without del Toro involved. When Neil Marshall joined, it was decided that the new film would be a reboot.[72]
On May 8, 2017, it was announced that
In February 2023, Millennium Media announced plans for a new live-action reboot titled Hellboy: The Crooked Man, the first in a potential series of films. Production is scheduled to begin in March 2023 in Bulgaria with Brian Taylor directing from a script by Mignola and Golden, based on the 2008 comic of the same name. The film is to be co-produced between Nu Boyana and Campbell Grobman Film and is presented by Millennium Media in association with Dark Horse Entertainment.[77]
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Further reading
- Greenberger, Robert (June 15, 2008). Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Paperback). Novelization of the film. Dark Horse. ISBN 978-1-59307-954-3.
- ISBN 978-1-59307-964-2.
- Del Toro, Guillermo; Mignola, Mike; Sandoval, Sergio; Velasco, Francisco Ruis (December 29, 2008). The Monsters of Hellboy II (Paperback). Dark Horse. ISBN 978-1-59307-965-9.
External links
- Official website
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army at IMDb
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army at AllMovie
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army at Rotten Tomatoes
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army at Box Office Mojo
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army at Metacritic
- From mind to movie - how the world of Hellboy II was created - Extrageographic Archived August 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine