Bottom line:  not as good as the first, but our cigar smokin’, beer drinking, shoot-first-ask –questions-later main man is back in all his glory.

Our second foray into the world of Hell Boy provides a glimpse of him as a child.  We are given some insight into how he was raised and how he’s been kept hidden for all of these years.  He’s raised by a human, which accounts for his human characteristics. 

And yes, our man’s got himself a woman.  He knows all about the good life of having a warm body to keep him satisfied and the cold heart that often comes along with it.  A large part of the story focuses on dealing with the problems with his girlfriend.

It’s got its share of action, but it’s quite slow in many parts.  It could have been tightened up a bit.  There’s not much ass to look at either.  Selma Blair can be easy on the eyes in some movies, but she doesn’t have much sex appeal here.  She does keep it a little exciting when she pulls her gun and fires off a few rounds, but she could have showed us a little cleavage, or at least some upper thigh for crying out loud.

I’m giving it two beers.  I’d give it two and a half, but I can’t do that without wasting half a beer – and I hate to waste beer.  Keep your 10 bucks and rent it.  That way you can have a few beers, and light up a cigar while Hellboy kicks some ass with his cigar in one hand and a beer in the other.  It’ll make the movie much better.

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