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This was a blind purchase primarily based on the artwork, granted I did read the synopsis and thought to myself this seemed promising.

Sadly it was not the case, it took a lifetime to get going, I will tip the hat to Colin Cunngham who plays Gabriel, he certainly brought his A game to the proceedings, but I found myself thinking, did his performance belong in another movie.

Strangely the artwork at first glance reminded me of The Town That Dreaded Sundown but as far as thrills and chills go, it was quite a numbing experience and storyline wise it was all over the place.

Proceed with caution.

Perhaps I'm old school now but the 1987 original had a certain charm to it, gooey effects, a wild script with a band of actors pulling together to bring it to life, for which all with great aplomb.

Rookie Director Jim Muro excelled with his steadicam work capturing every nuanced moment.

Now moving onto Ryan Kruger's remake or sequel or whatever it wishes to be. Despite some lovely little nods to the original, it quickly falls apart, true the effects remain suitable gross but it lacks the sparkle of what made Muro's an everlasting gem.

Poorly scripted with some wild misfires, the storyline is strained with a storyline that pretty much goes nowhere!

I do question why the character of Chef is Jewish when the movie is set in Cape Town, the actor playing Ronald seems to be acting as if he's in another movie, he seems decent enough but he doesn't belong here.

Having been looking forward to this, it'll never be watched again.

This latest instalment of the Hellboy chronicles managed to squeak a one well release at my local cinema, sadly tiredness from work got in the way of checking it out.

To say this movie is so far removed from the original two truly is an understatement , true the David Harbour version kept the flow going, a decent budget certainly helped even if nothing else did.

This 2024 version isn't bad but it borders on curiousity, I didn't realise until I saw the director's name, Brian Taylor that at least a certain quality would be in place given that he co directed Crank and Crank 2 High Voltage.

However it was clearly evident that I even though Millenium Media produced this they didn't befit the production with a decent budget.

So kudos to Taylor for fashioning something together, granted they plastered the new Hellboy Jake Kesy on the poster I just wished when the movie opened they had waited to give him his big entrance.

There is some good stuff in here, embracing once again the supernatural elements the Crooked Man is a seriously cool creation but there is a lot of bible bashing dialogue in here which to be honest left me cold.

Will they pursue more adventures? Perhaps and no doubt I'll still go back to the well again but I doubt I'll be watching this one again.