Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008 120 min ★ 6.8 Fantasy, Action

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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Cast

Ron Perlman

Hellboy

Selma Blair

Liz Sherman

Doug Jones

Abe Sapien / Chamberlain / Angel of Death

John Alexander

Johann Krauss / Bethmoora Goblin

Seth MacFarlane

Johann Krauss (voice)

Luke Goss

Prince Nuada

Anna Walton

Princess Nuala

Jeffrey Tambor

Tom Manning

John Hurt

Trevor Bruttenholm

James Dodd

Johann Krauss

Details

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Screenplay

Guillermo del Toro

Tagline

"Believe it or not... He's the good guy."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$85,000,000

Revenue

$160,388,063

Production

Universal Pictures, Dark Horse Entertainment, Relativity Media, Lawrence Gordon Productions

Reviews

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Gimly

October 5, 2018

★ 8/10

As keen as I am for the new Neil Marshall directed _Hellboy_ reboot, I do still wish we had gotten to see a _Golden Army_ sequel to wrap up Ron Perlman's trilogy. Here director Guillermo del Toro lets loose all bars on his fantasy elements, stacking the movie with elves, trolls, even tooth fairies, making for a less grim, but still very good _Hellboy_ sequel. Not to mention it features personal fa...

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daniel_carr

February 28, 2026

★ 6/10

I am a huge sci-fi fantasy fan and I really loved the first Hellboy but I don't know something was off about this one. Like someone watched Lord of The Rings and thought I can do that! The character development felt weak as well not well thought out like the first one but it was nice to hear a familiar voice after watching Star Trek Discovery!

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PhiloCharm

September 27, 2026

★ 8/10

I really love Guillermo del Toro's Movies. This one is a really good sequel to the first Hellboy and definitely worth to see! Sadly this ist the last one with this Cast so we will never know what Toro planned with the open End :(