Hellboy

Very groovy

If there's ever a super hero who has been misused in the cinematic universe, it's easily Hellboy. The character was originally created by Mike Mignola and his first cinematic outing was this film in 2004. The movie is based on the original comic titled, Seed of Destruction. It was directed by the fantastic Guillermo del Toro and stars the fantastic (but loonie) Ron Perlman as Hellboy. The story goes that Rasputin (yes, the same) fails in his attempt to awaken the imprisoned Ogdru Jahad. During this attempt, Hellboy comes into our world as a little red monkey. He's brought up to fight against demon's and all sorts. In modern times, Rasputin is resurrected and plans the destruction of civilisation with the help of our red friend. If you've read the original comic, you'll know the story. It's a little different in places but the similarities are there. However, if you're unfamiliar with Mignola's work. Prepare for some weird things. Hellboy is a film that really stands out. It was quite different back then and I couldn't imagine something this creative being made today. del Toro really outdid himself with the creation of this film. The character designs, the music, the atmosphere and vibe are all very unique and extremely memorable. Perlman oozes charisma, as he always does and the supporting cast do a great job behind him. John Hurt deserves the honourable mention as he is wonderful as Hellboy's adoptive father, Professor Broom. The 4k transfer of the movie is about as perfect as you can get. The movie has always looked great on home media, but this just looks stunning. The clarity is spot on and the colours are quite something. The detail in the shadows is also impressive. The scene where you can barely see Hellboy's hooves is now sharp and highly detailed. It no longer looks drowned out in darkness. You can see every bit of detail in all its demonic glory. The high definition detail of the Hellboy make up and outfit, as well as Abe's blue fishiness etc is wonderful to see. Some of the CGI isn't perfect and looks its age but the overall artistic nature of the film hides it a bit. I have owned multiple of copies of this film and this by far the best Hellboy has looked. It's a fantastic transfer and a must have for fans of the character. It's an excellent and highly underappreciated film in my opinion. Well worth picking up!

Way better than the new version.

HELLBOY follows the story of a demon called HellBoy who works with the bureau of paranormal research and defence to combat supernatural threats with the help of his team, not to mention being guided by his adoptive father who is a professor. It has a good plot with interesting characters, both heroes and villains. The video quality is great. The film has aspects of action, adventure and some funny bits. The bonus features include deleted scenes with optional commentary, featurettes, Hellboy the seeds of creation documentary and directors commentary. All bonus features are in standard definition. Despite what is said in other reviews, this is not a steel case but just a normal blue ray case. Overall it is a great film.

Great film

Good

It was good but would have been better if Hellboy was bright pink. Fast delivery.

Writer and director Guillermo de Toro 2004 production brings to the big screen the comic book character "Hellboy" based on the Dark Horse comic series by Mike Mignola. This film which was released on Blu-ray in 2007 on a region free 50GB disc which has been encoded using MPEG-4 codec in full 1080p resolution in the original cinema aspect ratio of 1.85, comparing the region 1 DVD version of this movie I had against this UK released Blu-ray, the HD transfer shows it has a greater colour palette than the DVD this release also has a better range of hues and blacks which are deeper and of greater variation. The real star of this release is the uncompressed PCM 5.1 audio which when played against Dolby Digital 5.1 version, the PCM soundtrack brings the whole audio playback to life with better all round sound performance, with easier to understand dialogue, a wider soundstage to the music and the bigger sound to the gunfire, hand to hand combat and speaker shaking explosions have an even more satisfying bass sound. There are also audio tracks on this disc in Spanish PCM 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1. There are also subtitles for the hard of hearing in English, Hindi and Spanish, there is also a director's commentary and the special features are in standard definition and follow the same contents as the double DVD released earlier a great addition to any action fan's Blu-ray collection.

FORMAT: Blu-Ray UPC: 0-43396-19172-3 RELEASED: 2007-06-05 TITLE: Hellboy: Director's Cut (2004) • Unrated • 2:12:29 Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Doug Jones Guillermo del Toro (Director) Director Guillermo del Toro strikes again! This is a movie based on a comic book character (though, admittedly, a most unusual comic book character) that doesn't SEEM like a movie based on a comic book character — mainly because, while it has plenty of action, it also has plenty of character development and numerous instances of witty and interesting dialog. See the other reviews for more detail and/or other opinions regarding the plot of the movie. VIDEO: 1.85:1 • Color • 1080p • MPEG-4 AVC (25.9 Mbps) The images presented in this movie are fairly sharp, with very good delineation of objects in the deep shadows (of which, there are many). Also, the image possesses a muted color-palette that works very well with the tone of the source material. However, the entire film appeared ever-so-slightly soft, and lacking in fine detail — as was evident in many of the close-ups of faces, clothing and the many occult artifacts (it was as though someone was a little too vigorous in the use of the "sharpness" control when transferring the film). Aside from some infrequent occurrences of banding (particularly around the dropped light-sticks when Abe was swimming in the underwater cavern), there were no other major picture anomalies (such as: specks, hair-lines, white dots, color fluctuations, etc.) to mar the image. Overall, this movie's picture quality, while very good, is another example of the learning curve that was encountered by those who transferred movies to blu-ray in the early days of the format: that is, usually more than adequate, but could be better (nothing that a remastering using current techniques and technology couldn't fix). AUDIO: LPCM 5.1 (48KHz, 16-bit) • Dolby Digital 5.1 (448 kbps) I listened to the LPCM track all the way through, and compared several short sections of the standard Dolby Digital track to the LPCM track. The midrange and high-end sections of the LPCM track (particularly with voices and music) were more life-like and had greater detail than the lossly Dolby Digital track. However, the Dolby Digital track seemed to have more prominent, and slightly deeper, bass than the LPCM track — though, neither featured very deep bass. The surround channels were fairly active and somewhat directional, dialog was cleanly recorded and well-placed, and ambient sounds that convey the location of the on-screen setting were effectively integrated into the soundtrack. The LPCM version is a very good (though not great) soundtrack, which should satisfy all but the pickiest listeners. EXTRAS: Deleted Scenes Several 'Making Of' videos None of the extras were reviewed.

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This is the review for the DVD Edition. Firstly, the image on the page description here says director's cut which is 127 mins long. But this one is 117 min theatrical version. But as they have already mentioned this on the description, so in a way it is not misleading, I would still appreciate if they changed the poster on the web page. Now about the one I received. I received a 2 disc edition. I got Hancock for free with this. Thanks to the seller. The outer cover looks amazing. The inner part of the case is plastic , the one we usually throw away. That's why I reduced one star. There are literally no scratches on the DVDs. So it's a great DVD. Both the discs are region 5 locked. Go for it! I bought this one for Rs. 224

Received a broken product in a padded envelope.

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