With a rebut "Hellboy" All from the very beginning was not thank God. At first, the studio was quite ugly with Guillermo Del Toro: the director did not leave hope of finishing his trilogy, conducted polls among fans, appointed meetings with Ron Perlman and producers, and then it turned out that they had already decided to restart his back. Moreover, the creator of the character, Mike Mignola, played an important role in this. Well, as they say, the owner of the master.

The new version was promised to make a gloomy horror, closer in spirit to the original source than good -natured fairy tales del Toro. But the script ducking on the network crossed out all the statements of the creators: for some reason, the same comedic action movie loomed there, only with a different set of heroes and even more clicked plot.

Then a test show was held, on which, according to insiders, the focus group almost spat on the screen. The first trailer was also not particularly impressed by anyone, and only the second, with blood, abuse and the most famous song Deep Purple , attracted at least some attention to the project.

And after all the ordeals of Hellboy, he finally found himself on the screens-he only fights off from monsters, but from enraged film critics.

Superior with a stone hand

Dark centuries. The powerful witch Nimue sends the plague to Britain so that the evil of all stripes finally drops the yoke of vile people. But King Arthur stops the sorceress: he dissects her with an escalibur and commands her to bury the remains in the most protected corners of foggy albion. Of course, centuries later, someone is trying to collect the bloody queen in parts and initiate an apocalypse again. Only one who does not even belong to him can prevent the extinction of a human race: a red -skinned demon, nicknamed Hellboy.

Monster design is one of the main advantages of the new Hellboy. Although it can be seen that there was simply not enough budget for a decent embodiment of some ideas

The main feature of the new film adaptation definitely was to be canonicality – this is in fashion today. In the zero, it was possible to redraw the source beyond recognition, and no one, except for especially zealous fans, would say a word, and today comics are mainstream. If you have to cram the references and quotes, there is a chance that the geeks consider that you are on the same wavelength with them, and will be more loyal, even if the picture has a lot of problems. Partly because of this, "Batman vs. Superman" The reputation of the incomprehensible film "For its own".

In Hellboy, fidelity to the primary source is mainly expressed in the fact that you are simply thrown by the details of mythology. Flashback on the left, the exposition on the right, the names, the name … of an unprepared viewer, such a stream of information can easily knock down. The only way out is not to ask questions and accept all strange details and moves as something for granted. No one will explain anything to you in more detail – go read comics.

The complex relationship of red with the named father, apparently, should have become the leitmotif of the film. Alas, it did not work out ..

Hell Mesiv

The Davinci’s Gold Casino film itself seems to be a two -hour cut from a whole series. Sometimes you directly see where one episode could end and another, because events do not flow into each other, but are roughly sewn up by the thread of the plot. Here Hellboy is fighting with a Mexican vampire, now he is hunting giants in a clean field, now he is fighting with a straight -up pig – and everything is a “gallop in Europe”. Diversity is wonderful, but here instead of it a confusion and spontaneity is more likely. Take, for example, a woman-yaga: the design is excellent, the makeup is amazing, but the story could do it perfectly without it. The Russian witch appears almost out of nowhere, throws important information into the plot, and then disappears again to nowhere. And it seems that she even throws some hook for the future, but in fact you will never hear about her to the very credits. Like "unfinished rifles" in Hellboy a whole arsenal.

It is immediately obvious that this is not a good -natured foil of Perlman

At the same time, I still do not want to trample the film into the mud, although maybe it should. It’s like a trip to Maslkar along the spin-free rural road: yes, it shakes, yes, he rinses, but the car is cool. In some places the tape goes into a pure thrash. If in the same "Venome" Nothing was felt except corporate greed, then in the tape of the Nile Marshall you feel almost a childish desire to fuck. As if all participants understood that the project, in general, was doomed. So why not tear off in the end?

Red with blood

David Harbor is very organic in the title role. Yes, a frowning demon again endowed the character of the infantile whiner, but now he at least rolls hysteria due to the crisis of identity, and not because he does not know how to explain to the girl in love in love. In terms of charisma and waging Harbor, it is hardly inferior to Perlman, although it is clear that the makeup is much more complicated than in the Del Toro films, and limits the facial facial expressions more strongly.

Ian Makshin habitually plays Mr. Wednesday from "American gods" And there is nothing to do with the wise professor Brum by the deceased John Hurt. But still, he in itself is such a colorful uncle that he creates an integral image with his presence in the frame. True, if he had a sane script at his disposal, it would have turned out even better.

Not that Mill Yovovich did not try, but she clearly lacks charisma

There is nothing special to say about the second -plan heroes. Sasha Lane is very pretty in the role of Medium Alice, but on this her enviable qualities end. Major Daimio performed by Daniel de Kima a little brighter: a harsh warrior who, by sarcasticity and cynicism, can give a head start and Hellboy himself. It is a pity, the tense relationship between him and red is indicated by a dotted line – a couple of interpreted crosses could add to the film life.

Mill Yovovich plays a typical villainous villainous with a thin, barely distinguishable hint to the depth. It is not surprising that as an antagonist it easily overshadows a giant boar of gruaga. Firstly, it is perfectly made-the animatronics are just a sight for sore eyes-and secondly, it is funny fade, hysteria and generally adds to the picture of humor, which she sometimes lacks.

But what is in Hellboy with more than meat, it is meat and blood. Here the creators went wa-bank and worked out the rating R to the maximum: severed limbs, divorced faces, jaws, languages, children hanging on hooks, saliva, mucus and other discharge-all this simply falls and pours from the screen. Thin natures can really smell, but if you are a fan "Empterian dead" And "Risen from hell" , then catch the moment – in the cinemas such a meat grinder has not been for a long time and in the near future is not expected.

From the new Hellboy you can enjoy. If you forget the Del Toro dilogy for a while, first familiarize yourself with the first-hander comic book or simply turn off the brain, then the film will be a pleasant entertainment for the evening. But, you see, these are not the efforts that a good movie requires the viewer. If Hellboy fails at the box office (the probability of almost 100%), it will be fair. Nevertheless, I want the case of Venom to be repeated, and in continuation the creators to work on the mistakes.