Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Hellboy In 2004, visionary director and screenwriter GUILLERMO DEL TORO brought MIKE MIGNOLA's comic book hero Hellboy (Blade II's RON PERLMAN, Alien: Cloning) to the big screen. The muscular secret agent, complete with horns, tail and temper, was a nobody who would become the favorite of many guys and fans of the genre all over the world, including del Toro. Del Toro introduced the reluctant crime fighter to a global audience with the film Hellboy, and the spirit of the film, stunning action scenes and ingenious special effects made it a commercial and critical success enjoyed by lovers alike. comics and the general public.
The filmmaker's epic odyssey continues with the action-thriller Hellboy: The Golden Army, which follows his 2006 three-time Oscar®-winning masterpiece The Faun's Labyrinth. With bigger muscles, more powerful weapons, multitudes of monsters and a small domestic conflict, our red kitten-loving hero returns. And this time he's going to kick a lot worse asses.
Hellboy fights the right fight when duty calls him through his 'employer': the top-secret Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense - a clandestine agency created in 1943 by Roosevelt that uses secret technologies, mysterious powers and a network of operatives with out-of-the-ordinary powers to defend the world from the most violent supernatural beings - aka BPRD Would much rather sit back and smoke a cigar, drink a six-pack beer, with his pyro-kinetic girlfriend Liz Sherman (SELMA BLAIR from Blonde Revenge, In Good Company) and their countless cats, but fate has more important projects in store for them.
With the breaking of an ancient truce between humanity and the original children of the Earth, an uproar is about to break out. Hellboy The anarchist Prince of the underworld Nuada (LUKE GOSS from Blade II, Unearthed) has grown weary of centuries of respect and obedience to mankind. Plots to awaken an army of long dormant killing machines to get back what belongs to his people; all magical creatures must be free to roam the world again. Only Hellboy can stop the dark ruler and save our world from destruction.
Joining the witty amber-eyed demon and his flammable girlfriend are the main performers of the previous Hellboy - including the psychic and brilliant amphibious being of Bureau Abe Sapien (DOUG JONES of The Labyrinth of the Faun, The fantastic Quattro and Silver Surfer) and BPRD bureaucrat Tom Manning (JEFFREY TAMBOR of Superhero Movie, Meet the Parents). Even acclaimed actor JOHN HURT (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, V for Vendetta) returns in this brand new installment of the franchise as Hellboy's ‚adoptive 'father (the one who saved him from the Nazis) Professor Trevor Broom. New to the team is the now public face of BPRD's first clandestine ectoplasmic medium, Johann Krauss, a role shared by JOHN ALEXANDER (Mighty Joe Young, Gorilla in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey) and newcomer JAMES DODD; Krauss's voice is by SETH MACFARLANE, creator of the smash hit FOX Family Guy and male voice of many characters in this TV series.
Nuada's cruel desire for revenge is balanced by the royal compassion of her twin, the beautiful and ethereal Princess Nuala (ANNA WALTON of The Mutant Chronicles, A Girl and a Gun). ROY DOTRICE (Alien Hunter, Amadeus) plays their anguished father King Balor and BRIAN STEELE (Hellboy) plays the Prince's henchman, Wink, and many other secondary characters from del Toro's world. The Jones movement artist joins Steele in portraying various beasts, including the king's tallest chamberlain and the extraordinary creature that is the Angel of Death.
For this battle, the BPRD must travel between the surface layers of the earth inhabited by humans and the magical underground ones where creatures of the imagination reign. And Hellboy, a creature of both worlds, but marginalized by both, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.
The crew behind the camera of Hellboy: The Golden Army is an esteemed team of artists, including longtime collaborators of del Toro: Academy Award®-winning cinematographer GUILLERMO NAVARRO (The Faun's Labyrinth, A night at the museum), production designer STEPHEN SCOTT (Hellboy, Doom), editor BERNAT VILAPLANA (The labyrinth of the faun, La Monja) and creator and special effects make-up manager MIKE ELIZALDE (Hellboy, X-Men: Final conflict). Hellboy They join the film crew for this episode of Hellboy: costume designer SAMMY SHELDON (V for Vendetta, Black Hawk Down - Black Hawduk down), special effects supervisor MICHAEL J. WASSEL (A God-given feat, Fast and Furious 2) ) and three-time Oscar® nominee composer DANNY ELFMAN (Spider-Man 2, Wanted).
With a script by del Toro, the storyline for Hellboy: The Golden Army was written by del Toro & Mike Mignola, from the Dark Horse comic created by co-executive producer Mignola. Renowned producers LAWRENCE GORDON (Hellboy, Tomb Raider, Die Hard - Crystal Trap), Lloyd Levin (Hellboy, United 93) and Dark Horse Comics president and founder MIKE RICHARDSON (Hellboy, 30 Days of Night) return for this film. . CHRIS SYMES (Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator) is the executive producer.

THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Hellboy
Born in the fires of hell and brought to Earth as a child to perpetrate evil, Hellboy was saved from obscure Nazi forces by the benevolent Dr. Trevor Broom who raised him to become the most far-fetched of heroes. Now it's the turn of the toughest and most impetuous superhero on the planet, this kitten lover, to fight against a cruel prince and his army of killing machines. He may be red, cuckold and misunderstood, but when you need a job well done, it's time to call on Hellboy. And it doesn't hurt that this huge giant has a 'special' arm (a virtual mace in the form of an invulnerable red stone attached to his forearm). If that's not enough, he has "Big Baby", a shotgun / revolver hybrid with bullets the size of cans of baby food.

Liz
Pyrokinetics Liz Sherman has only begun to learn about and use the great powers that first manifested themselves when she was 11 and which tragically destroyed her family. Marginalized and shunned as a child due to this 'gift', shy Liz has found not only a home in the BPRD, but also the love of her life in Hellboy. Tired of feeling like a freak, Liz agrees to join the team and no longer keep her powers hidden. If necessary, he repeats aloud: "The fire is not my enemy, the fire is in me. The fire is me" to launch a volley of flames against any enemy who threatens friendly or innocent people.

Abe
An aquatic being who is around 150 years old, the brilliant Abe Sapien has the psychogenic power to read objects and to know their past and future. Abe's immoderate kindness, a consummate gentleman, is matched only by his passion for delicious rotten eggs. The "Ichthyo Sapien" must use an Aqua-Lung to deliver oxygen to her body when out of the water and holds a very special place in her heart for the mysterious Princess Nuala who shares some of her qualities and sense of justice. .

Johann
New member of the BPRD, Johann Krauss is a protoplasmic medium who can briefly take control of entities, both mechanical and organic, and reactivate their neural senses. Trained in the art of teleplasm and dressed in a thick containment suit that prevents the escape of his gaseous ectoplasms, Johann's ability to inhabit the inanimate will be very useful to Hellboy, Liz and Abe as they search for the monsters they are roam in the dark of night ...

Manning
Special Agent Tom Manning, the BPRD's most important link to the FBI, has spent decades keeping the secret superhero group's existence hidden from the public. Though he spared the team many catastrophes in front of public opinion (and sidestepped many questions and curiosities from tabloids eager to report on a devil-man) Special Agent Manning was ultimately overwhelmed by Hellboy's 'public' exploits at Manhattan. Now that the existence of the BPRD has revealed itself to a stunned world, Manning's work is in jeopardy and Washington is demanding that Johann Krauss be the new public face of the previously secret agency.

Prince Nuada
A cruel leader who threatens both the world above and below, Prince Nuada disobeyed his own blood predecessors to awaken an unstoppable army of creatures known as the Golden Army. He returned from exile to the kingdom of Bethmoora to reclaim the land and freedom he believes have been taken from his people. For this to happen, Nuada knows she needs the help of the good, the bad and… the very bad guys.

	Original title:	Hellboy II: The Golden Army
	Country:	Use
	Year:	2008
	Gender:	Action, Fantastic, Comics
	Duration:	110 '
	Directed by:	Guillermo del Toro
	Actors:	Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Luke Goss, Thomas Kretschmann, Brian Steele, Anna Walton
	Official site:	http://www.hellboymovie.com/
	Production:	Dark Horse Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Mid Atlantic Films, Universal Pictures
	Distribution:	UIP
	Exit :	16 July 2008

All names, images and trademarks are copyright Dark Horse Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Mid Atlantic Films, Universal Pictures and those entitled to do so and are used here exclusively for cognitive and informative purposes.